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Level 6 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Foundations of Technical Analysis

AB606 · Investment and Risk Management — Week 5 of 16

CourseAB606
Week5 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Foundations of Technical Analysis

  1. The underlying assumptions of technical analysis and Dow Theory
  2. Support and resistance dynamics
  3. Candlestick patterns and trendline construction
  4. Classical chart patterns (reversals, continuations, head and shoulders)

What you will be able to do

  • 2.2 Explain how technical analysis is used in financial markets.

Activity

Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain how technical analysis is used in financial markets.

Study materials

Videos

  • Session 11 (of 42): Technical Analysis · YouTube · Aswath Damodaran · 19 min · for registered students
  • Session 31 (of 42): Market Timing - Non-financial and technical indicators · YouTube · Aswath Damodaran · 21 min · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Financial Market Architecture
  • Week 2: Trading Mechanics and Investment Venues
  • Week 3: Macroeconomic and Geopolitical Impacts on Markets
  • Week 4: Behavioural Finance and Trader Psychology
  • Week 5: Foundations of Technical Analysis
  • Week 6: Technical Indicators and Oscillator Application
  • Week 7: Technical Trading Strategies in Practice
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Taxonomy and Measurement of Investment Risk
  • Week 10: Portfolio Theory and Diversification Strategies
  • Week 11: Derivatives and Active Risk Mitigation
  • Week 12: Applying Investment and Risk Management in practice: case s…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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