Technical analysis
Support and resistance
 Horizontal lines that price bounce from


 Price tends to bounce off a few cents before or after.


 Very seldom bounce off the exact price
Support
 Horizontal line that price tend to bounce up from.
Resistance
 Opposite of support
How to use
 Buy when price is close to support


 Sell when price is close to resistacnce
Indicators
 Give a signal whether price is overbought or oversold


 Cannot be used alone


 Use it as a supporting tool
Moving average
 Most popular indicator
 Calculated by taking the closing price of the previous
  X periods and dividing it by X.
 Can also be calculated using the opening price or
  typical price etc.
 Simple
 Exponential
Simple MA
Exponential MA
How to use
 Establish trend


 Buy on pullbacks to MA in uptrend


 Sell on rallies to MA in downtrend
Establish trend
Sell on rallies

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Editor's Notes