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What Is Technical Analysis? A Realistic Introduction
Technical analysis is the study of price behaviour to inform trading decisions. It rests on three assumptions, two of which are reasonable and one of which is frequently overstated. Understanding which is which prevents the two errors that define how most traders misuse it. This is the first lesson of our Technical Analysis section. It […]
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How to Read Candlestick Charts in Forex
A single candlestick contains four prices and a story about who won the period. Most beginners look at the colour and move on, which discards roughly three quarters of the available information. Learning to read one candle properly is the foundation everything else in technical analysis rests on. The three chart types Line charts connect […]
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Candlestick Patterns That Actually Matter in Forex
There are over fifty named candlestick patterns. You need about six. The rest are either variations on those six, too rare to matter, or shapes that were named because they could be rather than because they signify anything reliable. This lesson covers the patterns that earn their place, what each one actually describes about participant […]
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Support and Resistance — How to Draw Levels That Work
If you learn one thing from this entire section, learn to draw levels properly. Support and resistance underpins every entry, every stop placement and every target in technical trading. It is also the concept beginners think they understand fastest and actually apply worst. What support and resistance actually is Support is a price area where […]
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Market Structure in Forex — Trends, Breaks and Stops
Market structure is the sequence of highs and lows that defines whether a market is trending or not. It gives you an objective trend definition, a natural place for your stop, and a specific signal for when a trend has ended — all without a single indicator. The basic definitions An uptrend is a sequence […]
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Trendlines and Channels — Drawing Them Honestly
Trendlines have a specific problem no other technical tool shares: two competent traders drawing on the same chart will produce different lines. That subjectivity is worth confronting directly, because it determines how much weight a trendline deserves — which is less than most guides suggest. What a trendline is A diagonal line connecting a series […]
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Chart Patterns in Forex — What They Actually Tell You
Chart patterns are the most heavily marketed part of technical analysis and the part where claimed reliability most exceeds evidence. They do contain genuine information, but only when you can explain what participants are doing inside them. Pattern recognition without that explanation is shape-matching. Two categories Reversal patterns suggest a trend may be ending. Continuation […]
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Multiple Timeframe Analysis in Forex — Top-Down Method
A chart showing a clear uptrend and a chart showing a clear downtrend can be the same instrument at the same moment. Understanding why resolves most of the confusion beginners experience, and it is the single change that improves chart reading fastest. The problem it solves A trader looks at the 15-minute chart, sees a […]
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Volume in Forex — Why Tick Volume Is Not What You Think
The volume figure on your forex chart is not volume. It counts price changes, not money traded, and it comes from one broker rather than the whole market. Understanding that distinction prevents a category of analysis that feels rigorous and rests on nothing. What forex volume actually shows In stock markets, volume is a real […]
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