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The idea is simple: by looking at how price behaved in the past, a trader tries to understand current market mood (bullish or bearish) and the probability of future moves.<\/p>\n
In one line:
\nTechnical analysis = reading charts to improve your timing for buying and selling.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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<\/h2>\n2. Why Use Technical Analysis?<\/h2>\n
Traders use technical analysis because markets often show:<\/p>\n
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Trends<\/strong> (up, down, sideways)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Patterns<\/strong> (repeating shapes on charts)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Psychology<\/strong> (fear and greed) visible in price<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Some common goals:<\/p>\n
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Find better entry and exit points.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Ride trends rather than fight them.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Avoid buying at obvious tops or selling at obvious bottoms.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Control risk with stop-loss levels.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Fundamental analysis helps decide what<\/em> to buy.
\nTechnical analysis helps decide when<\/em> to buy or sell.<\/p>\n
\n3. Core Principles of Technical Analysis<\/h2>\n
Most of technical analysis rests on three basic ideas:<\/p>\n
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Price discounts everything<\/strong>
\nMost known information (results, news, expectations) is already reflected in the price. So if you study the price, you indirectly study all that information.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Price moves in trends<\/strong>
\nPrice tends to move in one direction for a while: uptrend, downtrend, or sideways. It doesn\u2019t change direction randomly every second on higher timeframes.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n- \n
History tends to repeat<\/strong>
\nHuman emotions repeat \u2013 greed, fear, panic, FOMO. Because of that, similar chart patterns appear again and again, and traders try to use them as clues.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nThese are not laws, but they provide a useful framework.<\/p>\n
\n4. Types of Charts<\/h2>\n
Technical analysis starts with charts. Common chart types:<\/p>\n
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Line chart<\/strong>
\nPlots closing prices with a line. Clean and simple, good for a quick overview.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Bar chart<\/strong>
\nShows open, high, low, close as vertical bars with small horizontal ticks.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Candlestick chart<\/strong> (most popular)
\nEach \u201ccandle\u201d usually shows:<\/p>\n- \n
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Open price<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Low price<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Close price<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
If the close is higher than the open, the candle is often green (bullish). If the close is lower than the open, it is often red (bearish). Candlesticks make it easy to see who is winning: buyers or sellers.<\/p>\n
Most traders from beginner to advanced prefer candlestick charts.<\/p>\n
\n5. Timeframes: Different Views of the Same Market<\/h2>\n
The same stock can look bullish on one timeframe and bearish on another. That\u2019s why timeframe matters.<\/p>\n
Common timeframes:<\/p>\n
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Intraday<\/strong>: 1 min, 5 min, 15 min, 1 hour<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Swing trading<\/strong>: 2 hour, 4 hour, daily<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Positional \/ investing<\/strong>: daily, weekly, monthly<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
General idea:<\/p>\n
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Lower timeframes = more noise, more trades, more stress.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Higher timeframes = smoother moves, stronger signals, fewer trades.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
A solid approach for many traders:<\/p>\n
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Use higher timeframe (daily, weekly) to understand the main trend<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Use a lower timeframe (hourly, 15 min) to fine-tune entries and exits<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
\n6. Understanding Trend<\/h2>\n
Trend is one of the most important concepts.<\/p>\n
Three basic trends:<\/p>\n
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