Welcome to TONI TURNER S TRADING SCHOOL. Series

Welcome to TONI TURNER S TRADING SCHOOL Series

Disclaimer This seminar, How to Read Charts: Five Easy Steps to Chart Analysis, was prepared for educational purposes only. Its contents do not recommend, advocate or urge the buying, selling, or holding of any financial instruments. The author expresses personal opinions in the seminar contents, herein, and will not assume any responsibility whatsoever for the actions of the attendee or person reading these contents. The author may or may not hold positions in the financial instruments discussed in this seminar content. Trading and investing involve high levels of risk. Future results can be dramatically different from the opinions expressed herein. Past performance does not guarantee future performance.

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How to Read Charts Five Easy Steps to Chart Analysis TRADING SCHOOL Series TONITURNER educating traders and active investors

Today s Seminar Objective We ll establish an efficient and accurate stepby-step process for interpreting the basic components of price charts. This process will assist us in making the most profitable decisions when entering, managing and exiting our portfolio positions.

Topics Outline 1. Price Chart Styles Why Candles Shed the Most Light 2. Cycles, Trends & Trend Lines -- Make Them Work for You 3. Support & Resistance Your Keys to Trading and Investing Success 4. Volume Signals They re Priceless 5. Moving Averages Voted Most Reliable Chart Indicator 6. Mastering Charts Putting it All Together 7. Practice Makes Profits! 8. Confirm What You ve Learned...

How to Read Charts Five Easy Steps to Chart Analysis Price Chart Styles Why Candles Shed the Most Light

Three Basic Styles of Price Charts Line chart Bar chart Candlestick chart

Line Chart RealTick graphics used with permission of Townsend Analytics, Ltd. 1986-2008 Townsend Analytics, Ltd.

Bar Chart RealTick graphics used with permission of Townsend Analytics, Ltd. 1986-2008 Townsend Analytics, Ltd.

Candlestick Charts RealTick graphics used with permission of Townsend Analytics, Ltd. 1986-2008 Townsend Analytics, Ltd.

Why Candlestick Charts Shed the Most Light... Broadcast market s mood & manner Predict tops and bottoms of upswings/downswings Give early trend reversal signals Enhance money management decisions Best used with other indicator signals Master of candle charts: Steve Nison www.candlecharts.com

Basic Candlestick Formations High = 57 High = 57 High = 57 Close = 56 Open = 56 Open & Shadow Close = 55 Open = 54 Close = 54 Low = 53 Low = 53 Low = 53

Basic Candlestick Formations Bullish Bearish Indecision Doji Gravestone Doji

Candlestick Chart Examples RealTick graphics used with permission of Townsend Analytics, Ltd. 1986-2008 Townsend Analytics, Ltd.

How to Read Charts Five Easy Steps to Chart Analysis Cycles, Trends & Trend Lines Make Them Work for You!

Cycles Trends & Trend Lines Economies of industrialized nations move in cycles. In turn, their financial markets and prices of equities that Peak populate these capital markets also move in cycles. Trough Trough

Four Stages of a Cycle Stage 3 Peak Distribution- Horizontal Stage 2 Uptrend Higher highs Higher lows Stage 4 Downtrend Lower highs Lower lows Stage 1 Base -- Accumulation - Horizontal Stage 1 -- Base Accumulation Horizontal

Cycles & Trends on Daily Chart RealTick graphics used with permission of Townsend Analytics, Ltd. 1986-2008 Townsend Analytics, Ltd.

How to Read Charts Five Easy Steps to Chart Analysis Support & Resistance Your Keys to Trading & Investing Success

Support & Resistance Trends form from price moves interspersed with resting periods that create support and resistance zones. Demand Support Buyers Supply Resistance Sellers You can identify support & resistance zones using... Price Trend lines Moving averages

Support & Resistance Price & Trend Line Support Weekly Chart RealTick graphics used with permission of Townsend Analytics, Ltd. 1986-2008 Townsend Analytics, Ltd.

Support & Resistance Price & Trend Line Support 5-minute chart RealTick graphics used with permission of Townsend Analytics, Ltd. 1986-2008 Townsend Analytics, Ltd.

Support & Resistance Price & Trend Line Support RealTick graphics used with permission of Townsend Analytics, Ltd. 1986-2008 Townsend Analytics, Ltd.

How to Read Charts Five Easy Steps to Chart Analysis Volume Signals They re Priceless

Volume Signals They re Priceless VOLUME ISSUES UNIQUE SIGNALS WHY? Volume signals act as vital decision support tools these signals: Alert us to trend continuations Predict potential trend reversals Support entry opportunities Define the health of price swings Validate exit decisions

Volume Signals They re Priceless If volume momentum matches price move, then volume confirms price action. If volume momentum does not correspond with price action, that non-confirmation warns implied price action may fail. Called price/volume divergence

Volume Signals They re Priceless! RealTick graphics used with permission of Townsend Analytics, Ltd. 1986-2008 Townsend Analytics, Ltd.

Volume Signals They re Priceless RealTick graphics used with permission of Townsend Analytics, Ltd. 1986-2008 Townsend Analytics, Ltd.

Volume Signals They re Priceless! RealTick graphics used with permission of Townsend Analytics, Ltd. 1986-2008 Townsend Analytics, Ltd.

How to Read Charts Five Easy Steps to Chart Analysis Moving Averages Voted Most Reliable Chart Indicator

Moving Averages Voted Most Reliable Moving averages are single-line indicators we use to measure a stock s health. The line = the average closing price of a stock over a measured time period. To calculate today s 50-day moving average: add stock s closing price for last 50 days, then divide by 50.

Moving Averages Voted Most Reliable Moving averages form reliable support and resistance zones. When combined with other technical tools, moving averages can act as excellent decision support tools for buying, managing and selling stock positions. Investors favor the 50-day and 200-day moving averages on daily charts. Traders often add the 20-day moving average. 39-week MA on weekly charts = 200-day MA on daily charts.

Moving Averages Voted Most Reliable RealTick graphics used with permission of Townsend Analytics, Ltd. 1986-2008 Townsend Analytics, Ltd.

Mastering Charts Putting It All Together When evaluating a stock s price chart, ask... Is this stock in an uptrend, downtrend or horizontal trend? Where is short-term / long-term support & resistance? What story are the candles telling? What signals are volume issuing? Where are the 20-day, 50-day and 200-day, 39-week moving averages in relation to price? Or, (day trading) where is price trading in relation to intraday moving averages? or

Mastering Charts Putting It All Together RealTick graphics used with permission of Townsend Analytics, Ltd. 1986-2008 Townsend Analytics, Ltd.

Practice Makes Profits! Keep your list of Mastering Chart questions next to your computer. Next, look at charts of all time frames and look for: 1. Cycles both partial and complete 2. Uptrends only, then downtrends only. Draw trend lines, both short and long term.. 3. Nearby support, longer term (farther away) support. Draw horizontal support and resistance lines. 4. Highs and lows and what stories the candles issued. 5. Uptrends and downtrends, and their correlating volume signals 6. Uptrends and downtrends, with 20-day, 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Note crossovers and how stocks acted after those crossovers. Repeat with weekly charts using 39- day MA, and intraday charts using 10 and 20-period MAs.

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