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Basics of Trading

Ten modules covering the basic concepts needed to trade any market. Learn about Technical Analysis Basics, Chart Patterns, Technical Indicators, Candlestick Chart Formations, The Psychology of Trading, Money Management, Position Sizing, Intro to Fundamental Analysis, Economic Releases that Move the Markets and how to Pull It All Together. For more detail click the Read More link.

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Module 1: Technical Analysis Basics

  • Introduction to Technical Analysis
  • Dow Theory and Trends
  • Dow Theory, Part II
  • Reading Price Charts
  • Support & Resistance
  • Multi-Time Frame Analysis

Module 2: Chart Patterns

  • Double Top and Double Bottom
  • Trading the Double Top and Double Bottom
  • The Head and Shoulders Pattern
  • Trading the Head and Shoulders Pattern
  • The Rising and Falling Wedge Pattern
  • Trading the Rising and Falling Wedge
  • The Flag and Pennant Patterns
  • Trading the Flag and Pennant
  • Triangle Charting Patterns
  • Trading Triangle Chart Patterns

Module 3: Technical Indicators

  • An Introduction to Technical Indicators
  • The Moving Average
  • Trading With Moving Averages
  • The MACD
  • Trading With the MACD
  • The Relative Strength Index
  • The Stochastic Oscillator
  • Bollinger Bands
  • The Average Directional Index
  • The Parabolic SAR

Module 4: Candlestick Chart Formations

  • An Introduction to Candlesticks
  • The Spinning Top and Doji
  • The Bullish and Bearish Engulfing Formations
  • The Hammer and Hanging Man
  • The Morning and Evening Star
  • The Inverted Hammer and Shooting Star

Module 5: The Psychology of Trading

  • The Most Important Aspect of Trading
  • Why Traders Hold Losing Positions
  • Two Mistakes That Will Destroy Your Trading Account
  • Following the Sheep to Slaughter
  • Why Traders Cut Profits Too Soon
  • How to Lock in Profits with Trailing Stops

Module 6: Money Management

  • Setting Realistic Profit Expectations
  • Learn to Protect Capital First
  • Determining Your Initial Stop Level
  • Setting Stops Using Volatility
  • Up Your Chances for Profit When Setting Stops
  • How to Guard Your Stops
  • Incorporating Indicators in Stop Placement

Module 7: Position Sizing

  • Position Sizing Separates the Winners
  • The Problem With Fixed Position Sizes
  • Martingale and Anti-Martingale Approaches
  • % Risk Sizing Method
  • % Volatility Position Sizing Method

Module 8: Intro to Fundamental Analysis

  • Intro to Fundamentals and the US Economy
  • Components of the US Economy, Part 1
  • Components of the US Economy, Part 2
  • Fiscal Policy and The Business Cycle
  • Why Interest Rates Move Markets, Part 1
  • Why Interest Rates Move Markets, Part 2
  • An Introduction to the Federal Reserve
  • How the Federal Reserve Moves Interest Rates
  • When the Federal Reserve Moves Interest Rates
  • How the Fed Signals Policy Changes Beforehand

Module 9: Economic Releases that Move the Markets

  • What Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Means to Traders
  • Trading the News - The Components of GDP
  • Trading the News: Non Farm Payrolls (NFP's)
  • Trading the News: Retail Sales
  • How to Interpret the ISM Manufacturing Index
  • How to Interpret the Producer Price Index (PPI)
  • How to Interpret the Consumer Price Index
  • How to Interpret the Existing Home Sales Number
  • How to Interpret the Consumer Confidence Index
  • How to Interpret the Index of Leading Economic Indicators

Module 10: Pulling It All Together

  • An Introduction to Day Trading
  • An Introduction to Swing Trading
  • An Introduction to Position Trading
  • 10 Components of a Trading Journal
  • 7 Things Your Trading Journal Should Tell You
  • The 20 Components of a Successful Trading Plan

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