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Alex Douglas

What is Technical Analysis?• VERY broad subject – Many branches • Difficult to define

- ongoing projectfor IFTA

Unrealistic expectations

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DoesTechnical AnalysisWork?

Minimum Price Objective

“Head and Shoulders Tops- The Essential

Facts”

by

David Schwartzand

Robin Griffiths

23%

11%

13%

13%

40%

Height of Left Shoulder Relative to Height of HeadThe Left Shoulder - LS

LH

• It is best if the Left Shoulder is large in comparison to the the height of the Head.

• Calculation = L / H

The Left Shoulder - LSHeight of LS Relative to Pre-Formation Rally

$6.50

$8.60

$9.00

Height of the LS relative tothe Pre-Formation Rally= ($9.00 - $8.60) / ($9.00 - $6.50)= $0.40 / $2.50= 16%

The Left Shoulder - LSHeight of LS Relative to Pre-Formation Rally

Height of LS relative to Pre-Formation Rally

Odds of Meeting orExceeding the MPO

- 65%

- 41%

- 28%

• 12% or less

• 13% to 22%

• over 22%

The HeadHeight – Peak of Head to Neckline on day of peak

$3.00

Height of Head as a percentage= ($3.45 - $3.00) / $3.00= $0.45 / $3.00= 15%

$3.05$2.95

$3.45

The HeadHeight – Peak of Head to Neckline on day of peak

Height of the Headas a percentage


- 79%

- 40%

- 28%

- 8%

• 16.4% or less

• 16.5% to 24.7%

• 24.8% to 44.3%

• 44.4% or more

The HeadTime Taken to form the Head

The HeadTime Taken to form the Head

Number of Weeks toform The Head


- 88%

- 60%

- 17%

• 5 weeks or less

• 5 to 14 weeks

• 14 weeks or moreIt is the overall relationship that is important.Patterns that form relatively quickly have abetter chance of meeting or exceeding the MPO.

The Right Shoulder - RSSymmetry between Right & Left Shoulders

• Only 14% of confirmed H&S have a Right Shoulder that is within 10% of the Left Shoulder.

• Of those 14%, only 27% end up meeting or exceeding the MPO.

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Rating a potential H&S pattern

Percentage of MPO to be achieved

38 or more 32 - 37 29 - 31 Below 29

100% or more 91% 48% 18% 3%50 - 99% 3% 44% 44% 41%49% or less 6% 8% 38% 56%

Score from rating system

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Psychology of Trading& Technical Analysis

• DISCIPLINE•“Cut Losses & Let Profits Run”• Control of - Fear, Greed, Ego• Need to tame the urge to be “right”

• We need to go further than this and be aware of our built in BIASES that influence how we see and interpret charts.

H O R I Z O N T A L / P A R A L L E L

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Divergence

Divergence

Indicators

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Indicator OverloadPrice Rate-of-ChangePublic Short RatioPuts/Calls RatioQuadrant LinesRelative Strength, ComparativeRelative Strength IndexRenkoSpeed Resistance LinesSpreadsStandard DeviationSTIXStochastic OscillatorSwing IndexThree Link BreakTime Series ForcastTirone LevelsTotal Short RatioTrade Volume IndexTrendlinesTRIXTypical PriceUltimate OscillatorUpside/Downside RatioUpside/Downside VolumeVertical Horizonal FilterVolatility, Chaikin'sVolumeVolume OscillatorVolume Rate-of-ChangeWeighted CloseWilliams' Accumulation/DistributionWilliams' %RZig Zag

Gann AnglesHerrick Payoff IndexKagiLarge Block RatioLinear Regression LinesMACDMass IndexMcClellan OscillatorMcClellan Summation IndexMember Short RatioMomentumMoney Flow IndexMoving AveragesNegative Volume IndexNew Highs-Lows CumulativeNew Highs-New LowsNew Highs/Lows RatioOdd Lot Balance IndexOdd Lot Purchases/SalesOdd Lot Short RatioOn Balance VolumeOpen InterestOpen-10 TRINOption AnalysisOverbought/OversoldParabolic SARPatternsPercent RetracementPoint & FigurePositive Volume IndexPrice and Volume TrendPrice Oscillator

Absolute Breadth IndexAccumulation/DistributionAccumulation Swing IndexAdvance/Decline LineAdvance/Decline RatioAdvancing-Declining IssuesAdvancing, Declining, Unchanged VolumeAndrews' PitchforkArms IndexAverage True RangeBollinger Bands Breadth ThrustBull/Bear RatioCandlesticks - JapaneseChaikin OscillatorCommodity Channel IndexCommodity Selection IndexCorrelation AnalysisCumulative Volume IndexCyclesDemand IndexDetrended Price OscillatorDirectional MovementEase of MovementEfficient Market TheoryElliott Wave TheoryEnvelopes (Trading Bands)Equivolume/CandlevolumeFibonacci StudiesFour Percent ModelFourier Transform

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Indicator Overload• So many indicators available at the click of a button

• Danger – Selecting the indicator that supports yourpre-conceived view of the market

• Complex is not necessarily Better

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Thoroughly learn a handful of Indicators• Trend Following Indicators

• Moving Averages• Directional Movement Index• On-Balance Volume

• Momentum Indicators / Oscillators• RSI• Stochastic

• Hybrid Indicators• MACD• Bollinger Bands

• Need to Avoid the Collinearity Trap

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Time FrameWeekly = Tide Daily = Waves Intraday = Ripples

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Time Frame

|------ BOLLINGER BANDS ------|2 sd either side of the mean

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|------ BOLLINGER BANDS ------|

89%

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BFX – Belgium

BBands narrowestsince 1995

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BFX – Belgium+10%

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Soybean Futures

Turn suggests end ofthe impulsive move

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How to use Technical Analysis Successfullywww.alexdouglas.com

• Ensure that you have realistic expectations

• Don’t take statements on how well various tools oftechnical analysis ‘work’ at face value – Dig deeper

• Be aware of Psychological Biases• Suppress the urge to be “right”

• Learn how to detect valid Divergence signals

• Select a handful of indicators and thoroughly learnhow they are created and how they behave

• Seek confirmation across timeframes

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