STA Education Update

STA One Day Introduction to Technical Analysis

What is Technical Analysis?

Technical analysis is the forecasting of market prices by means of analysis of data generated by the process of trading, and has become an important part of most investment house activity. One of the many attractions of technical analysis is that its methodology can be applied almost identically in any market. The same techniques can be applied to currencies, commodities, bonds, interest rates and equities. It can be used for market timing, asset allocation and utilised to help limit risk.

Syllabus

The technical vs. the fundamental approach; technical analysis basics (different chart types, the concept of support and resistance; pattern analysis); relative strength; Dow Theory & Elliott Wave Principle basics; sentiment; market breadth; candlestick charting; moving averages; momentum indicators; technical strategy.

Intensive One Day Introduction to Technical Analysis

Wednesday 4 June 2014, 9.30 - 5.00pm
University of London Union

Course objective
The course covers the core technical analysis skills needed for both trading and investment purposes. Technical analysis basics and trading/investment techniques are taught by industry professionals with long and wide-ranging experience in the subject, giving delegates access not only to intensive seminar style teaching but also to the practical application of technical analysis. The one-day course itself counts as 6 CPD points. It will also provide a very useful first step towards the highly prized STA Diploma should participants wish to continue their studies.

HOW TO REGISTER
The course costs £350 for STA members; £435 for non-STA Members (but this includes membership of the Society for 12 months). The course will be held at ULU, Malet St, London, WC1E 7HY from 9.30am-5.00pm.

To register please visit www.sta-uk.org/shop

Lecturers:

Luise Kliem MSTA: During a 20-year City career Luise worked first as a commodity broker, then as a stockbroker, before becoming a full-time technical analyst. She was Senior Technical Analyst (Director of Global Securities Research & Economics) at Merrill Lynch from 1995 to 2000, then joined Commerzbank Securities as Head of Technical Analysis.

Luise specialised in equity technical research, and was consistently highly rated in surveys such as Thomson Reuters Extel, until leaving the City in 2001.
Since that time she has been taking on consultancy roles, with a number of years spent as consultant to the Credit Suisse Technical Analysis team. She is a regular lecturer on STA courses at LSE and Queen Mary University, and is also the STA Diploma Chief Examiner.

Clive Lambert MSTA: Clive is the founder, and continues to be the main contributor, for FuturesTechs, one of the UK’s leading Independent Technical Analysis companies. He has been in the City for 27 years, has been in the futures market for over 20 years as a broker and trader, and has been writing technical analysis for over 15 years.

Clive is an active member of the Society of Technical Analysts and has been enlisted as a regular lecturer on the Society's annual Diploma Course, covering a wide range of subjects over the years. He was on the STA board between 2003 and 2011, and was asked to speak at the IFTA Conference in Sarajevo in 2011. He is the author of “Candlestick Charts: An Introduction to using Candlestick Charts”, published in 2009.