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Technical Analysis &

Practical Day Trading

In this syllabus:
Introduction
Agenda
Special Bonuses
Details & Registration

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Technical Analysis &

Practical Day Trading
Course Details:
Duration:

32 Hours

Level:

Beginners-Intermediate

Prerequisites:

None

Tuition:

$2,800

Instructional Method

Group-Live

Location

New York, NY

Course Agenda
Part 1 - The Traders Environment

Part 5 - Technical Analysis II - Swing Trading Patterns

Part 2 - Technical Analysis I - Classic Analysis

Part 6 - Technical Analysis III - Advanced Technical Indicators

Part 3 - The Trading Day

Part 7 - Psychology & Risk Management

Part 4 - Know the Marketplace

Overview:
The objective of the Technical Analysis & Practical Day Trading course is to prepare investors and traders to trade like
professionals and make a living from active trading.
Whether you have never traded before, or only trade once in awhile, this course will teach you the secrets and practical
aspects of the active trading world, with an emphasis on technical analysis, risk management, psychology, and the use
of case studies.
You will learn technical analysis from the basic to the most advanced levels, utilizing techniques and high probability
chart patterns used by professional traders and market makers. We will teach you how to identify patterns that stocks
exhibit in charts of various time frames, and show you how to capitalize on that data by knowing how to enter, manage,
and exit the trade appropriately.

Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course participants will be able to:

Know how to prepare for and act during the trading day
Make large 1-3 -day gains by using unique Swing Trading techniques
Control your order flow and think & act like a Market Maker
Identify the right trading style for you and develop it, while knowing how to adapt to changing market conditions
Master and operate a sophisticated trading platform and technical analysis software used by professional traders

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Some of the practical tools our students will enjoy:
Analysis and case studies of current events in the market as they apply to the course a mate
Working with trading platforms & technical analysis tools used by Wall Street professionals.
Learn advanced secret trading techniques used by NASDAQ market makers.
Identify and develop the right trading style for you , while understanding how to adapt to changing market conditions
Brief Curriculum:
Part 1: The Traders Environment
Learn the basic elements, nuances and lingo of the day-trader environment. Understand the markets in which you will
participate - what moves them and who the key players are.
Part 2: Technical Analysis I - Classic Analysis
Establish the foundation to your technical analysis knowledge. Learn about the key chart patterns that are the ABCs of
technical analysis, and the different technical and systemic approaches used by traders.
Part 3: The Trading Day
Get ready for your trading day. Conduct your own research, arrive prepared and equipped with the information necessary to have a successful trading day. Learn how to respond to the different events that regularly occur throughout the
day. Learn the secrets of shorting stocks.
Part 4: Know the Marketplace
Learn about key indices every trader should follow, their derivatives and how institutions use them to move the markets. Learn how special events can move stocks, and how to make money from it.
Part 5: Technical Analysis II - Swing Trading Patterns
Hunting for trend reversals and using profitable & low risk techniques for short term moves.
Part 6: Technical Analysis III - Advanced Technical Indicators
Use moving average, stochastic and momentum analysis to confirm the reliability of technical patterns. Learn how to
trade as a systemic trader with these powerful indicators.
Part 7: Psychology & Risk Management
Identify the risks, how and when to use stops, setting trading rules and developing a disciplined approach for surviving the business of investing in the long run.

Small Groups
We believe that personal attention and tutoring is the most effective way to help you understand the material and
succeed. Therefore, each class has a high teacher to student ratio (max. of 10 students per class, guaranteed) to give
our students personal attention, training and the depth of knowledge they need to be successful investors.

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Part 1

The Traders Environment

Learn the basic elements, nuances and lingo of the day-trader environment. Understand the markets in which you will
participate - what moves them and who the key players are.
1.1 Trading - Definitions and Skills
1.2 Market Terminology
1.3 Reading Market Data
1.4 Trading Executions
1.5 Order Types
1.6 Using Level II Screen and Data
1.7 Using ECNs
1.8 Risk Management with Level II
1.9 Economic and Market Conditions
1.10 Economic Indicators
1.11 Market Indicators
1.12 Sector AnalysisII
1.13 Trading Styles Overview
1.13.1
1.13.2
1.13.3
1.13.4
1.13.5
1.13.6

Day Trading
Scalping
Momentum Trading
Swing Trading
Position Trading
What is the Right Style for You?

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1.14 The Market Maker

1.14.1
1.14.2
1.14.3
1.14.4
1.14.5
1.14.6
1.14.7
1.14.8

Know Your Market Maker

Wire Houses
Investment Banks
Wholesalers
Regional Firms
Level II - Scenarios
If They Tell You to Buy
For Your Benefit...or Theirs?

1.15 Finding Stocks to Trader

1.14.1 Stock Screening Criteria
1.14.4 10 High Probability Criteria
1.14.4 Adapting Criteria to the Market Conditions
1.14.4 Using the Internet for Stock Screening

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Part 2

Technical Analysis I - Classic Analysis

Establish the foundation to your technical analysis knowledge. Learn about the key chart patterns that are the ABCs of technical analysis, and the different technical and systemic approaches used by traders.
2.1 Technical Analysis Basics
2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.1.4
2.1.5
2.1.6
2.1.7
2.1.8
2.1.9

Basic Chart
Drawing Support & Resistance Lines
Support & Resistance
Initial Trend Line
Trust the Trend Line
Moving Averages
Classic Moving Averages
Simple vs. Exponential Moving Averages
Working within Different Time Frames

2.2 Continuation Patterns

2.3 Trend Reversal
2.3.1 Bump & Run
2.3.2 Double top
2.4.3 Double bottom
2.3.4 Head & Shoulders Top
2.3.5 Head & Shoulders Bottom
2.3.6 Falling Wedge
2.3.7 Rising Wedge
2.3.8 Rounding Bottom
2.3.9 Triple Top
2.3.10 Triple Bottom

2.4 Trend Continuation

2.4.1
2.4.2
2.4.3
2.4.4
2.4.5
2.4.6
2.4.7
2.4.8

Ascending Triangles
Descending Triangles
Symmetrical Triangles
Cup with Handle
Flag, Pennant
Rectangles
Price Channels
Measured Move (Bull / Bear)

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2.5
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.9
2.10
2.11
2.12

Symmetrical Triangle - Bearish

Ascending Triangle - Bullish
Descending Triangle - Bearish
Bullish Flag
Bearish Flag
Bull Pennant
Bear Pennant
Bearish Wedge -Asymmetrical Triangle

2.13 Multiple Patterns - IntraDay

2.13.1
2.13.2
2.13.3
2.13.4
2.13.5
2.13.6
2.13.7
2.13.8

Cup with Handle

Volume as Pressure
Intraday Volume at Key Times
Volume Pace Required to Break
High Volume on Breakout
Low Volume on Pullback
Volume Drive Price
Climactic Volume

2.14 Gaps - What are they?

2.13.1
2.13.2
2.13.3
2.13.4
2.13.5
2.13.6
2.13.7
2.13.8
2.13.9
2.13.10
2.13.11

Common Gaps
Breakaway Gaps
Breakaway - Intraday Behavior
Runaway Gaps
Exhaustion Gaps
When is a Runaway gap an Exhaustion Gap?
Island Reversal Pattern
Upside Opening Gaps
Trading the Opening Gap Fade
NASDAQ PMI - What Will the Gap Be?
Upside Opening Gaps

2.15 Key Reversal Days

2.16 Reversal Day

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Part 3

The Trading Day

Get ready for your trading day. Conduct your own research, arrive prepared and equipped with the information necessary to
have a successful trading day. Learn how to respond to the different events that regularly occur throughout the day. Learn the
secrets of shorting stocks.
3.1 Preparing for the Trading Day
3.1.1
3.1.2
3.1.3
3.1.4
3.1.5
3.1.6
3.1.7
3.1.8
3.1.9

Pre-Market Trading Environment

Checking Critical Support/Resistance Levels
The Slightly Bigger Picture
Does the Market Fit into the Picture
Roadmap to Risk Management
Trade Plan
Market Opens
Plan Review
Forming an Initial Viewpoint

3.2.3
3.2.4
3.2.5
3.2.6
3.2.7

Milder Reversal
The Stagnation
Lunchtime Moody Blues
Break Out or Down
The Closing

3.3 Secrets of Shorting

3.3.1
3.3.2
3.3.3
3.3.4
3.3.5
3.3.6
3.3.7
3.3.8

3.2 Events During the Trading Day

3.2.1 The Opening
3.2.2 First Reversal

More Than One Possible Entry

Dont Be a Pioneer
Shorts Can be Wonderful
What Will the Level II Box Look Like?
Let the Platform Help
Short Squeeze
How Would You Get Short, Now?
Golden Nugget Secret for Shorting

Part 4

Know the Marketplace

Learn about key indices every trader should follow, their derivatives and how institutions use them to move the markets. Learn
how special events can move stocks, and how to make money from it
4.1 Indexes & Your Positions
4.1.1 Indexes Overview
4.1.2 Indexes Components & Specifications:
- S&P 500
- DJIA
- NASDAQ COMPOSITE & NASDAQ 100

4.1.4 Arbitrage and Buying/Selling Programs

4.1.5 Sector Indexes

4.2 Special Situation Trading

4.1.3 Index Trading Instruments:

- E-mini
- Pit Traded Futures
- ETFs (QQQQ, SPY, DIA)
- Fair Value

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4.2.1
4.2.2
4.2.3
4.2.4
4.2.5
4.2.6

Insiders
Analyst Upgrade/Downgrade
Tender Offer/Takeover Bid
FOMC Interest Rate Release
Quadruple Witching Day
Window Dressing Season

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Part 5

Technical Analysis II - Swing Trading Patterns

Hunting for trend reversals and using profitable & low risk techniques for short term moves.
5.1 Current Status of the Market
5.2 Candlestick Patterns
5.2.1
5.2.2
5.2.3
5.2.4
5.2.5
5.2.6
5.2.7
5.2.8
5.2.9

Basic Candlestick Forms

Candle East/West Translation
Harami
Basic Reversal Patterns
Engulfing Pattern
Evening Star
Morning Star
Dark Cloud Cover
Hammerr

5.2.10
5.2.11
5.2.12
5.2.13

Shooting Star
3 White Soldiers
3 Black Crows
Hanging Man

5.3 Breakouts
5.4 Hunting Swings
5.5 How to use Volume

Part 6

Technical Analysis III - Advanced Technical Indicators

Use moving average, stochastic and momentum analysis to confirm the reliability of technical patterns. Learn how to trade as
a systemic trader with these powerful indicators.
6.1 Moving Averages Convergence/Divergence
(MACD)
6.1.1 The 12 & 26 Period EMAs
6.1.2 MACD With All Four Elements Shown
6.1.3 Positive & Negative Divergences

6.2 Linear Regression Channel

6.3 Relative Strength Indicator (RSI)
6.3.1 Simplicity & liquidity
6.3.2 Diversification & Indexing

6.4 Stochastics
6.4.1 An Idealized View of Stochastics
6.4.2 Stochastics - %K and %D
6.4.3 Stochastics - %D slow
6.4.4 Stochastics - Slow and Fast

6.5 Disadvantages

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6.5.1 Bollinger Bands on Daily Charts

6.5.2 Intraday Bollinger

6.6 Fibonacci
6.6.1
6.6.2
6.6.3
6.6.4
6.6.5
6.6.6
6.6.7
6.6.8
6.6.9

Fibonacci Retrenchment Levels

More Ratios
3 Major ways of Looking at Fib Retrenchment
Fibonacci Extensions
Clusters or Confluence
Fibonacci Time Zones
Fibonacci Fans
Projections
Fib Profit Objectives

6.7 Elliott Wave Theory

6.7.1 5 Up and 3 Down
6.7.2 10 Survival Skills

6.8 Technical Indicator Traps

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Psychology & Risk Management

Identify the risks, how and when to use stops, setting trading rules and developing a disciplined approach for surviving the
business of investing in the long run.

7.1 Risk analysis- Risk/Reward

7.2 The learning curve
7.3 Preservation of capital & absolute returns
7.4 Protecting your account
7.4.1
7.4.2
7.4.3
7.4.3

Protective stops
Trailing stops
How and when to place a stop
Using online portfolio tracking tools

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7.5 Managing with losing and winning trades

7.6 Investor psychology & discipline
7.6.1
7.6.2
7.6.3
7.6.4

10 Commandments for active traders

Identifying your strengths & breaking bad habits
Filtering out the background noise
Disciplined approach

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notes. Also included are class exercises, handouts and a CD with graphics and charts.
All material is organized in accordance with the curriculum.
Membership
Graduation from our courses does not mean your relationship with us ends. Our graduates will receive access
to our special investor forum, where you can ask questions and exchange ideas with instructors as well as other
investors like yourself. We will also invite you to participate in our annual conference, free of charge.
Small Groups
We believe that personal attention and tutoring is the most effective way to
help you understand the material and succeed. Therefore, each class has a high
teacher to student ratio (max. of 10 students per class, guaranteed) to give our
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