technical analysis

Technical Analysis is the study of price action of the market itself rather than the economic factors that contribute to it. Technical analysts believe that human behavior is the principle driver behind change in financial markets and that this behavior produces trends and repeating patterns that are predictive to the trained eye.

The first recorded history of a trader using technical analysis was Sokyo Honma, a rice trader in eighteenth century Japan. Charles Dow is the recognized father of modern technical analysis based on a series of editorials he wrote for The Wall street Journal between 1897 and 1902.

The most authoritative text on technical analysis is Technical Analysis of Stock Trends(1948) by Robert Edwards and John Magee. The most comprehensive text is Technical Analysis (2007) by Charles Kirkpatrick and Julie Dahlquist. The premiere organization dedicated to the advancement of technical analysis and credentialing of practitioners is the Market Technicians Association (MTA.org).

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• Cautious Optimism Returns to Markets

  
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  The Dollar declined slightly against most rivals in todays early trading, as concerns over Dubais debt repayment problems eased, boosting demand for higher yielding currencies and commodities. USD - Dollar Declines as Concerns over Dubai Ease The Dollar declined slightly against higher yielding currencies in ...
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• Daily Technicals - Dec 1 2009

  
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  Daily Technicals - Dec 1 2009
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• AIA Engineering

  
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  Recommend a buy in AIA Engineering from a short-term perspective. It is evident from the charts that the stock has been on an intermediate-term uptrend from its March low of Rs 102. Since then, the stock has been shaping higher peaks and troughs. Conclusive break-out of the stocks significant long-term resistance ...
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• Top Takes From RealMoney

  
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  Heres what some of our market pros are saying and playing.
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• Dow, Gold, Dollar: Chart View

  
  TheStreet.com — Authority: 557
  The broader market is becoming unstable and looks like it could have more of a pullback this week.
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• Can the Tiger Woods situation impact Nike?

  
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  Filed under: Columns , NIKE, IncB (NKE) , Business of sports Okay, so everyone is weighing on the Tiger Woods incident over the holiday weekend. As a "business of sports blogger," its my turn to toss in my two cents. First things first, whatever you think happened early on Friday morning , Tiger has asked for ...
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• BNP Paribas: Dubai could support an increase in pressure on the pound

  
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  Attempts to reduce the euro / pound remained limited, while continuing to attract the attention of buyers, and a currency strategist BNP Paribas noted that this may partly be due to fears of investors about the prospects of development of the situation around Dubai World. Dubai has large investments in the real estate ...
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• Mizuho: monthly closing of the dollar / yen below 87.00 will confirm the bearish trend

  
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  Pair dollar / yen fell back on Friday from a 15-year low of 84.80, however, unable to rise above the 87.00 area, which currency analyst at Mizuho attach particular importance. Bank strategists believe that if the dollar / yen will last is now below this area, where the 38% Fibonacci Retracement and 9-day moving ...
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• CIEN - Ciena Corporation - Long Term Stock Chart

  
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  Long term, technical analysis chart of CIEN stock (Ciena Corporation - NASDAQ:CIEN), with trend lines, trend channels and support/resistance levels: CIEN - Ciena Corporation - Long term stock chart, monthly, since 2000
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• BRCD - Brocade Communications - Long Term Stock Chart

  
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  Long term, monthly technical analysis chart of BRCD stock (Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. - NASDAQ:BRCD), with trend channels and support & resistance levels to watch for: BRCD - Brocade Communications Systems - Long term stock chart, monthly, since 2000
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• Weekly Technical Analysis

  
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  What do the charts say? Commentary: What began as a typical low-volume, dull holiday week on Wall Street ended with quite a show as the markets gapped [...]
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• Gold ETF Charts: Resistance Overhead

  
  TheStreet.com — Authority: 557
  The only concern on the chart of GLD is now at the upper end of the channel.
  21 hours ago

• USD/JPY Freefall Bottoms Out

  
  Forex Trading Education : Forex Trading Blog by FOREXYARD — Authority: 141
  The USD/JPY pair has experienced much bearishness in the last few days as it currently trades at 86.30. The current bearish trend is expected to come to an end anytime soon, and a bullish correction may be in the making. I will illustrate below that the USD/JPY may very well be heading for a reversal. [...]
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• Oil Backtracks on Bearish Breakout, Metals Hint Downside

  
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  Commodities – Energy Oil Backtracks on Bearish Breakout But Downside Still Favored Crude Oil (WTI)       $76.28       +$0.23       +0.30% Oil seemed to have broken lower beyond support a falling channel that had contained prices since late October amid widespread selling of risky ...
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• Daily Review 30/11/2009

  
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  USD Dollar (USD) The Dollar lowered versus most majors on Friday as Dubai debt concerns were reduced due to UAEs pledge to back foreign and domestic banks in Dubai. NASDAQ and Dow Jones dropped by -1.73% and -1.48% after being closed on Thursday due to Thanksgiving. Crude fell by -2.45% closing at 76.05$ a ...
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• U.S Non-Farm Payrolls Week Begins

  
  KOTAKASU FOREX — Authority: 137
  As the Crises in Dubai created some volatility in the market approaching the weekend, the affect of this story appears to have eased at the moment. Currently the most important data this week looks to be the U.S Non-Farm Employment Change expected on Friday. This publication usually creates unique opportunities to ...
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• Investors Intelligence

  
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  What do you think of them apples?
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• Tata Communications

  
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  We recommend a buy in the stock of Tata Communications from a short-term perspective. It is apparent from the charts that the stock has been on a medium-term downtrend from its May high of Rs 651 (a 52-week high). In late October, the stock broke through the significant support level at Rs 450 by experiencing high ...
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• EURUSD formed a short term cycle top

  
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  EURUSD formed a short term cycle top at 1.5144 and dropped sharply to as low as 1.4828 last week. Range trading between 1.4801 and 1.5144 is possible in a couple of days. As long as 1.4801 support holds, the fall from 1.5144 is treated as consolidation of uptrend from 1.3748 (Jun 16 low), and another rise towards ...
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• Forex Trading Strategies

  
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  Free 5 Day Video Course Free 5 Day Video Trading Course The 2009 financial climate is leaving many people feeling uncertain about Share Trading, one only has to observe the charts and keep abreast of floundering organisations, to realise how volatile the Share market is. Yes there is still profits in it, and ...
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