Technical analysis, level 1: reading price
Learn to read the chart before adding any indicator. Each lesson has worked examples on gold, EUR/USD or Saudi Aramco (2222), a practice task on a real chart and a “mark this chart” exercise.
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- 1Market structure: higher highs, higher lows, BOS and CHoCH
Read trend direction from swing points: higher highs and higher lows, lower highs and lower lows, break of structure (BOS) and change of character (CHoCH), with a gold example.
4 min read - 2Support and resistance zones, supply and demand
Draw support and resistance as zones, understand why broken resistance can turn into support, and find supply and demand bases, with a Saudi Aramco (2222) example.
3 min read - 3Trendlines and channels: how to draw them and when they break
Draw valid trendlines from swing points, add a parallel channel, read a break, and avoid the most common trendline mistakes, with a EUR/USD example.
3 min read - 4Candlestick patterns in context: engulfing, hammer, shooting star, doji, inside bar
Learn five common candlestick patterns and, more importantly, when they matter: at a level, in the right trend context, confirmed by the close. Gold example.
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