Level 3: Technical Analysis

Types of Charts

Learn the three main types of trading charts and why the right chart type directly affects your market analysis quality

Candlestick Anatomy

Learn how to read candlestick anatomy — open, high, low, close, body, and wicks and understand what each part tells you about market sentiment and price control

Support and Resistance

Learn what support and resistance are, how these price zones form, why they matter for entries and stops, and the mistakes beginners make reading them wrong

Trendlines

Learn what trendlines are, how to draw them correctly, what a trendline break really means, and the mistakes that cause most beginners to misread them entirely

Channels

Learn what trading channels are, how ascending, descending, and horizontal channels work, and how to use channel boundaries to plan entries, stops, and targets

Candlestick Patterns

Learn the most important candlestick patterns and why location matters more than the pattern shape when reading the market

Moving Averages

Learn how moving averages work, the difference between SMA and EMA, how to use them as trend filters and dynamic support — and the mistakes beginners make

RSI

Learn how the RSI works, what overbought and oversold really mean, how to spot RSI divergence, and why most traders misuse this indicator and how to avoid it

MACD

Learn how the MACD works, what crossovers and divergence signal, how to read the histogram, and why using it as a confirmation tool beats treating it as a predictor

Bollinger Bands

Learn how Bollinger Bands work, what the squeeze signals, when band touches matter, and why context determines everything about how to read this indicator correctly

Chart Patterns

Learn the most important chart patterns and how to use them to plan entries, stops, and targets

Triangles

Learn the three triangle chart patterns, how to confirm a breakout, avoid false breaks, and calculate measured move targets

Flags and Pennants

Learn how flag and pennant patterns form, what makes a valid flagpole, how to confirm a breakout, and how to calculate a measured move target before you trade

Confluence

Learn what confluence is in trading, how to combine independent signals correctly, and why requiring multiple confirmations before acting filters out most bad trades

False Signals

Learn why false signals happen, how liquidity hunts and ranging markets create them, and the filtering techniques that stop most bad trades before you enter them