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Technical Analysis (Part 5): Point and Figure charts

April 26, 2017 by The Stop Hunter Leave a Comment

Last week in Part 4, we looked at candlestick charts. This week, we look at one of the oldest charting methods popularised in the West: Point and Figure charts. To some, Point and Figure charts look like a glorified game of noughts and crosses! To others they simply make no sense or serve no purpose. Unfortunately, the interest in Point and Figure charts is on the wane, which is a shame because if you dug a little deeper, they can be a highly effective charting approach that you could use for your trading and investing. They can offer flexibility and a different perspective on price action. [Read more…]

Technical Analysis (Part 1): History, theory and philosophy

March 30, 2017 by The Stop Hunter 1 Comment

Welcome to a new Technical Analysis blog series. This series will comprise 25 introductory articles covering all aspects of technical analysis, from the very basics through to some more advanced theory. Hopefully, these articles will whet your appetite for the subject and inspire you to take up technical analysis (if you haven’t already) and use it in your trading and investing. My aim is to enhance your existing knowledge and give you an insight into how technical analysis can be used as an effective trading tool, both to make and save you money and give you new roads to follow. This is a vast, often misunderstood subject, so the aim of this blog series is to make it more accessible by breaking down a few of those boundaries.

In this first article we explore the roots of technical analysis. It is vitally important for you to understand where technical analysis has come from and the thinking behind it, if you’re ever going to successfully use it in practice. [Read more…]