Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Introduction to Technical Analysis

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Technical Analysis is

       The method of Forecasting the direction of prices.
       By studying the past market data.
       Market data comprise of Price and Volume.
       With the help of charts showing the trading history and statistics.
       To make buy or sell decisions.

Definition of Technical Analysis

       Technical analysis is a method of evaluating securities by analyzing statistics generated by market activity, past prices, and volume.
       Technical analysis is a security analysis methodology for forecasting the direction of prices through the study of past market data, primarily price and volume.
       Technical analysis is a methodology that makes buy and sell decisions using market statistics. It primarily involves studying charts showing the trading history and statistics for whatever security is being analyzed.

Fundamental Analysis

       A method of evaluating a security that entails attempting to measure its intrinsic value by examining related economic, financial and other qualitative and quantitative factors including macroeconomic factors and company-specific factors
       The end goal of performing fundamental analysis is to produce a value that an investor can compare with the security's current price, with the aim of figuring out what sort of position to take with that security (under-priced = buy, overpriced = sell or short).

Difference between the two



Assumptions of TA

1.     The market discounts everything.
2.     Price moves in trends.
3.     History tends to repeat itself.

The Importance Of Volume

       What is Volume?

Volume is simply the number of shares or contracts that trade over a given period of time, usually a day. The higher the volume, the more active the security.

        Any price movement up or down with relatively high volume is seen as a stronger, more relevant move than a similar move with weak volume.

In the other blogs we will study the Concepts related to TA

       Trend Analysis
       Support and Resistance
       Charts and their types
       Chart patterns
       Technical Indicators and so on…