17231 - Financial Markets Technical Analysis

Academic Year 2010/2011

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Rimini
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in FINANCE, INSURANCE AND BUSINESS (cod. 8053)

Course contents

The lectures begin at the second half years 2010 - 2011.

The Course is articulated into three steps.

FIRTS STEP

What analysis tecnical is.
Financial market and economic cycles
The Dow Theory
Different kinds of graphics
The best traders and founder of AT

SECOND STEP

Support, resistance and trend line
The figure of continuation or exhaustion of trend
The moving avarage
The momentum indicators

THIRD STEP

How to make trading
The trading system
The psicology in trading
How to manage profit and loss

 

Readings/Bibliography

We suggest the following books for the chapters of interest: - Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets - Marting J. Pring - McGRAW-HILL - or - Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets - Murphy John J. - HOEPLY

Assessment methods

The Examination will be written.
The students must analyse two graphics and answer to a questionary with ten questions.

Teaching tools

An Analysis Tecnical Software - Visual Trader - will be showed during the lectures and the most important tools will be explained.
The students can use the software for free at the laboratory of Piazza Teatini.
Other free softwares consultable on web will be illustrated to the students. 

Office hours

See the website of Michele Clementi