
Intermediate
Applied Technical Analysis
An intermediate course on mechanisms: retracements and gaps, volume and open interest, long-term charts, moving averages, oscillators, and confirmation. Assumes chart reading from Trading Foundations. Education only.
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Lessons

Module 1
Retracements and gaps
Measured pullbacks, gap types, and reversal days as descriptions with failure modes.
| # | Lesson | Time | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Percentage retracements | 11 min | |
| 2 | Price gaps and their types | 11 min | |
| 3 | Reversal days | 10 min |

Module 2
Volume and open interest
Volume as a secondary confirmation, open-interest rules in futures, and climax behaviour.
| # | Lesson | Time | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Volume as a secondary indicator | 11 min | |
| 5 | Open interest rules in futures | 12 min | |
| 6 | Climaxes and overcrowded opinion | 11 min |

Module 3
Long-term charts
Why weekly and monthly charts matter, what they show, and why they are not short-term timing tools.
| # | Lesson | Time | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Why longer-range charts matter | 10 min | |
| 8 | Patterns on weekly and monthly charts | 10 min | |
| 9 | Long-term charts are not timing tools | 9 min |

Module 4
Moving averages
Lag and smoothing, envelopes and bands, and why optimisation can mislead.
| # | Lesson | Time | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Smoothing, lag, and range failure | 11 min | |
| 11 | Envelopes, bands, and volatility | 11 min | |
| 12 | To optimise or not | 10 min |

Module 5
Oscillators
When oscillators help, how RSI and stochastics fail in strong trends, and MACD with contrary opinion.
| # | Lesson | Time | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | When oscillators help | 11 min | |
| 14 | RSI, stochastics, and trend context | 12 min | |
| 15 | MACD, histogram, and contrary opinion | 11 min |

Module 6
Confirmation
Agreement and divergence, continuation pauses, and combining tools without stacking the same idea.
| # | Lesson | Time | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Confirmation and divergence | 10 min | |
| 17 | Triangles, flags, and pauses | 12 min | |
| 18 | Combining tools without stacking twins | 10 min |
Education only. Nothing here is financial advice or a recommendation to trade. Trading involves risk and you can lose money.
