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Analysis Class for Beginners

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Introduction Compact

Because there are many investors who want to know about TA, I am using this forum to post a series of "lessons". The focus will be on basic TA only, with examples provided at URLs to illustrate.

This is by no means a comprehensive study, and those wishing to learn more are encouraged to read books and other threads of a more advanced nature. Questions are encouraged and will be answered on a selective basis to further the process. Flames will be ignored.

What will be covered in this thread?
- Chart patterns; reversal, consolidation
- Support and resistance
- Trendlines and channels
- Gaps
- Moving averages
- Candlesticks

These are the fundamentals of tech analysis. More esoteric methods are used also, and have their followers. However, it is not in the scope of this thread to cover them in-depth.

I am not a pro, and do not pretend to know everything. I do have five years experience using TA to make investment decisions.

As always, the success of this thread depends on those who use it. I welcome others experienced in TA to answer questions posted here. Also, please resist the temptation to make stock picks to this thread.

Kevin Hansen

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1471	Zig and zag in January effect just started; may last until March 15th then stret	Arthur Tang	-	1/3/2009
1470	The new thing on Wall street is that specialists and market makers do short sell	Arthur Tang	-	12/30/2008
1469	1.3 year later..any thing "new Tang" ;-)	Chartgod	-	12/30/2008
1468	The problems of NYSE and Nasdaq is that their transaction system can not handle	Arthur Tang	-	7/28/2007
1467	In classic market making process, you move price up to create a buying opportuni	Arthur Tang	-	7/27/2007
1466	Yesterday, July 24th, 2007. Momentum players were divided. The seller won, the	Arthur Tang	-	7/25/2007
1465	Now that we took care of the gambling side of the stock market; we have to set u	Arthur Tang	-	6/27/2007
1464	Ebb and Flow momentum plays with daytraders, are interesting because the markets	Arthur Tang	-	6/27/2007
1463	Friday closing shows the trading volume. Nyse 2.6 billion shares. A slow day wo	Arthur Tang	-	6/23/2007
1462	Ebb and flow momentum play is the excitement of daytrading. This will need very	Arthur Tang	-	6/21/2007
1461	When brokerages made obscene profits, it is generally covering their short inter	Arthur Tang	-	6/21/2007
1460	401k plan is expected to be over $200 billion per year. Recently the funds all g	Arthur Tang	-	6/20/2007
1459	Now that seasonal investing habits is upon us after a nice run of January effect	Arthur Tang	-	6/20/2007
1458	Forbes this month had an article on Goldman Sachs and its boss of their bull pan	Arthur Tang	-	1/31/2007
1457	If you are just a beginner, and you want an investment method that can be easy a	Arthur Tang	-	12/3/2006
1456	Currently in December 2006, the market has advanced 15% in the index of the exch	Arthur Tang	-	12/2/2006
1455	The value of stock is based on earnings and P/E ratio is the perception of growt	Arthur Tang	-	11/19/2006
1454	If you read fundamental analysis on Silicon investor, you might notice that a bu	Arthur Tang	-	11/4/2006
1453	Fundamental analysis for anyone? The health and wealth of a company depended on	Arthur Tang	-	10/31/2006
1452	Technical analysis for many years were defined by female technicians famous on W	Arthur Tang	-	10/29/2006
1451	Cheap stocks are not a bargain? Until the company has a business plan that is c	Arthur Tang	-	10/18/2006
1450	More important analysis for the beginners is the number of stockholders in the s	Arthur Tang	-	10/15/2006
1449	A few of the more important analysis for beginners is the Nasdaq traders short i	Arthur Tang	-	10/15/2006
1448	Study of distribution by full service brokerages? For beginners, the daily trad	Arthur Tang	-	10/10/2006
1447	Seasonal analysis turns out is based on money coming into Wall street every seas	Arthur Tang	-	10/6/2006

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