Basic Technical Analysis

Learn to read a market’s state — the way institutions do.

About this course

The foundational course of GreyBoxQuant, given away in full. Technical analysis is taught here as a language for describing what a market is doing — its structure, trend, momentum and volatility — never as a tool for predicting what it will do. Four modules take you from "why a market exists at all" to reading volume and open interest like a professional, in the proven DSIMA order.

The curriculum

Module 1

Foundations — How to Think About Markets

1.1 Why Stock Markets Exist Preview 16 min 1.2 How the Market Works 31 min 1.3 How to Think About Technical Analysis 9 min 1.4 The Real Game: Odds, Not Accuracy 11 min 1.5 Three Lenses on a Market (and Where TA Fits) 10 min 1.6 What Technical Analysis Is, and Its Assumptions 12 min 1.7 Charts & Scales: How to Read the Page 11 min

Module 2

Dow Theory — The Framework for Trend

2.1 Dow Theory: The Original Framework ▶ Interactive 15 min

Module 3

Structure & Chart Patterns

3.1 Support & Resistance 11 min 3.2 Trendlines & Channels 9 min 3.3 Introduction to Chart Patterns 11 min 3.4 Trend-Following (Continuation) Patterns 9 min 3.5 Trend-Reversal Patterns 13 min 3.6 Gaps 7 min

Module 4

Candlesticks — Reading the Session

4.1 Candlesticks I: Anatomy & One-Bar Signals 16 min 4.2 Candlesticks II: Two- & Three-Bar Patterns + Bias Theory 12 min

Module 5

Indicators — The Objective Toolkit

5.1 What an Indicator Really Is 9 min 5.2 Momentum: RSI 9 min 5.3 Trend: Moving Averages 9 min 5.4 Momentum: MACD 10 min 5.5 Trend Strength: ADX 7 min 5.6 ATR & Supertrend 8 min 5.7 Volatility: Bollinger Bands 7 min

Module 6

Fibonacci & Elliott Wave — Ratios & Waves

6.1 Fibonacci: Ratios & Retracements 9 min 6.2 Elliott Wave: The Structure 6.3 Elliott Wave: Rules, Guidelines & Fibonacci Targets

Module 7

Volume, Participation & the Bigger Picture

7.1 Volume: The Footprint of Participation 7.2 Open Interest: Reading the Derivatives Crowd 7.3 How the Industry Uses TA + the Algo Landscape 7.4 Compounding, the India Story & Where to Go Next