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Free online course Technical analysis

Duration of the online course: 3 hours and 46 minutes

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Build trading skills fast with this free technical analysis course: read trends, candlesticks, indicators, and patterns to plan smarter entries and exits.

In this free course, learn about

  • Define technical analysis and identify market states: uptrend, downtrend, and range
  • Spot trend exhaustion and potential trend reversals
  • Read Japanese candlesticks, including engulfing candles and pin bars
  • Apply range-trading strategies using price action signals
  • Use moving averages for trend direction and dynamic support/resistance
  • Mark major support and resistance zones and understand their role
  • Recognize key chart patterns: head & shoulders, double tops/bottoms
  • Trade channels and use support/resistance within channel structures
  • Identify triangle patterns and plan breakout trades
  • Use Fibonacci retracements to find reversal/pullback areas
  • Interpret MACD signals, including the moving-average (signal) line meaning
  • Use Bollinger Bands to gauge volatility and potential mean reversion
  • Apply Parabolic SAR as a secondary confirmation for trend/entries
  • Differentiate and use oscillators: Stochastic, RSI, plus ADX for trend strength

About the free online course

Technical analysis is one of the most practical skills in investing: the ability to read price action, understand market psychology, and turn a chart into a decision. In this free online course, you will learn how traders analyze trends, identify potential turning points, and develop a clearer process for timing entries and exits across different market conditions. Instead of relying on guesses or headlines, you will train your eye to spot structure, momentum, and volatility in a way that supports disciplined execution.

You will start by recognizing the core market environments: uptrends, downtrends, and range-bound periods. From there, you will build confidence with the visual language of charts, including Japanese candlesticks and key reversal clues like engulfing candles and pin bars. As your foundation grows, you will connect price behavior with common tools used by active traders, learning how moving averages can act as dynamic support and resistance and how broader levels can influence reactions and breakouts.

The course also helps you think in probabilities. You will learn to interpret classic price patterns such as head and shoulders, double tops and bottoms, channels, and triangles, and to understand what breakouts and failed moves can signal. To support these insights, you will explore widely used indicators such as Fibonacci retracements, MACD, Bollinger Bands, Parabolic SAR, Stochastic, RSI, ADX, and Ichimoku, focusing on what they can and cannot tell you when combined with context.

By the end, you will be able to analyze charts more confidently, filter noisy signals, and build a repeatable approach that fits your risk tolerance. Whether your goal is to trade more systematically, strengthen your investing toolkit, or prepare for more advanced market study, this course provides a structured, skill-focused path to making technical analysis usable in real decisions.

Course content

  • Video class: What is Technical Analysis? Defining an Uptrend 10m
  • Exercise: What is technical analysis?
  • Video class: Downtrends and Range Trading Markets 09m
  • Video class: How to Know End of a Trend 09m
  • Exercise: What is the characteristic of a downtrend?
  • Video class: Introduction to Japanese Candlesticks 08m
  • Video class: Candlesticks: Engulfing Candles 11m
  • Exercise: What is an engulfing candle in Japanese candlesticks?
  • Video class: What are Pin Bars? 06m
  • Video class: Strategies for Range Trading Markets 10m
  • Exercise: What can engulfing candles and pin bars help us with in a ranging market?
  • Video class: How Traders use Moving Averages 08m
  • Video class: Support and Resistance 09m
  • Exercise: What are major support and resistance areas in the market?
  • Video class: Dynamic Support and Resistance with Moving Averages 09m
  • Video class: Price Patterns: Head and Shoulders and Double Top and Bottom 07m
  • Exercise: What is the Head and Shoulders pattern?
  • Video class: Price Patterns: Channels, Support and Resistance 07m
  • Exercise: What is a channel in market trading?
  • Video class: Price Patterns: Triangle Chart Patterns and Breakouts 09m
  • Exercise: What is a triangle in technical analysis?
  • Video class: How to Trade Reversals With Fibonacci Retracements 06m
  • Video class: How to Interpret the MACD on a Trading Chart 09m
  • Exercise: What does the green moving average on the MACD represent?
  • Video class: Bollinger Bands And Market Volatility 05m
  • Exercise: What do Bollinger Bands indicate in technical analysis?
  • Video class: Using the Parabolic SAR to Trade 05m
  • Exercise: How can the Parabolic SAR be used as a secondary opinion of market analysis?
  • Video class: Trading using the Stochastic Indicator 04m
  • Video class: Relative Strength Index (RSI) and the Average Directional Index (ADX) Made Simple 05m
  • Exercise: What is the difference between the RSI and the stochastic indicator?
  • Video class: Using the Ichimoku Indicator 07m
  • Video class: Learn the Basic Elliott Wave Pattern 08m
  • Exercise: What is Elliot wave theory based on?
  • Video class: Elliott Wave #2: ABC Pattern Corrections: Zigzags, Flats and Triangles 10m
  • Video class: What is the US Dollar Index (USDX)? 05m
  • Exercise: What is the US dollar index?
  • Video class: Trading Strategy Example: Moving Averages Crossover 06m
  • Video class: Stop Losses and Take Profits: Risk Reward Ratios 05m
  • Video class: Day Trading, Swing Trading and Position Trading 05m
  • Video class: Should You Trade Mechanically or with Discretion? 03m
  • Exercise: What is the main difference between mechanical trading and discretionary trading?
  • Video class: Money Management and Minimizing Risk 08m
  • Video class: Creating a Trading System 05m
  • Video class: The Importance of Keeping a Trading Journal/Log 07m

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3 hours and 46 minutes of online video course

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How do support and resistance levels work in technical analysis?

Support is a price area where buying may slow a decline, while resistance is an area where selling may limit an advance. Traders use these zones to plan entries, exits, and risk levels.

What does a head and shoulders pattern signal in trading?

A head and shoulders pattern can signal a potential trend reversal. A break below its neckline is commonly watched as confirmation of a bearish reversal.

What is the difference between RSI and the stochastic indicator?

RSI measures the speed and magnitude of recent price changes, while stochastic compares a closing price with its recent trading range. Both can help identify momentum and potential overbought or oversold conditions.

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