What is Technical Analysis? Foundations of Technical Analysis and does it really work?

Support and resistance are the foundation stone of all technical analysis.

The key to analysing bar charts: control, commitment, OHLC, whipsaws, long and short positions...

Expose hidden trends: markets trend in more than one direction at the same time...

The simplicity of these observations by Charles Dow belie their immense impact on the field of technical analysis.

How to identify trends and trend changes.

Lines (or ranging markets may take the place of a secondary reaction.

Bull and Bear markets are confirmed by both the Industrial and Transport Averages...

Bull and bear markets each have three phases.

Stan Weinstein's powerful system for trading long-term trends: the model combines a number of proven techniques to identify breakouts.

A swing trading technique using moving averages and short-term chart patterns.

An often-discussed system for tracking trends is the Directional Movement System set for weekly, rather than daily, directional movement. We compare performance to Stan Weinstein's breakout model.

If you are going to trade trends, no matter what the time frame, you are likely to encounter three major problems: false starts, early shakeouts and ...

Never trade against the trend - a fundamental principle in technical analysis. That's easy enough to follow, but how do you determine the trend?

Used to measure trend direction, moving averages are only one of many important trend indicators.

Three main indicators of the strength of a trend.

A trendline is simply a momentum indicator, alerting you to any acceleration or deceleration of the trend.

Trade standard deviation channels are plotted at a set number of standard deviations around a linear regression line.

The behavior of the market is the most powerful influence on the performance of every stock.

The change in prices on any day is influenced by a number of cycles in different time frames...

Edwin Coppock designed this oscillator with one sole purpose: to identify the commencement of bull markets.

Developed by Chartcraft, the index combines bull signals from individual stocks to identify market trends.

William J. O'Neill identifies these signals in 24 Essential Lessons for Investment Success.

Stan Weinstein's powerful system for trading long-term trends: the model combines a number of proven techniques to identify breakouts.

Interest rates have a big influence on stock markets because of three factors.

Each chart type reveals different facets of the relationship between price, trading range and volume.

Candlesticks contain the same data as a normal bar chart but highlight the relationship between opening and closing prices.

How to identify trends, control, commitment, uncertainty, inside and outside days.

The greatest advance in the last decade, equivolume exposes price and volume interaction.

Point & Figure charts are used to identify support levels, resistance and chart patterns. Point and Figure ignores the time factor and concentrate solely on movements in price.