Machine generated contents note: How to Take This Course -- INTRODUCTION -- LESSON 1 -- The Philosophy of Technical Analysis -- The Basic Principles -- Technical Analysis Defined -- Adaptability to Different Markets and Investment Time Horizons -- True or False Quiz -- Answers -- CONSTRUCTING CHARTS -- LESSON 2 -- Basic Chart Construction -- Types of Charts -- The Bar Chart -- Arithmetic versus Logarithmic Scale -- Volume -- Open Interest -- Chart Preparation -- True or False Quiz -- Answers -- PROFITABLE CHART PATTERNS -- LESSON 3 -- Major Reversal Chart Patterns -- Key Reversals -- Head and Shoulders Tops and Bottoms -- Rounding Tops and Bottoms (Saucers) -- Ascending and Descending Triangles -- Rectangles -- Double and Triple Tops and Bottoms -- Diamond -- Rising and Falling Wedges -- V Formations (Spikes) -- True or False Quiz -- Answers -- LESSON 4 -- Consolidation Formations -- Flags -- Pennants -- Head and Shoulders Continuation Patterns -- Symmetrical Triangle -- True or False Quiz -- Answers -- LESSON 5 -- Gaps -- Frequency of Appearance -- Insignificant Gaps -- Significant Gaps -- Common Gap -- Breakaway Gap -- Runaway Gap -- Exhaustion Gap -- The Island Reversal -- The Total Picture -- A Wall Street Myth-Gaps Must Be Closed -- True or False Quiz -- Answers -- KEY ANALYTICAL TOOLS -- LESSON 6 -- Trendlines and Channels -- How Trendlines Are Drawn -- Significance of a Trendline -- Validity of Trendline Penetration -- Curved Trendlines -- Trendline Role Reversal -- Trend Channels -- The Fan Principle -- True or False Quiz -- Answers -- LESSON 7 -- Support and Resistance -- Support and Resistance Defined -- Role Reversal -- Trend Reversals -- Percentage Retracements -- Speed Resistance Lines -- True or False Quiz -- Answers -- LESSON 8 -- The True Value of Failed Signals -- Bull Trap -- Bear Trap -- Failed Trendline Signals -- True or False Quiz -- Answers -- LESSON 9 -- Using Moving Averages -- Simple Moving Average -- Weighted Moving Average -- Exponential Moving Average -- Multiple Moving Averages -- Envelopes (Trading Bands) -- True or False Quiz -- Answers -- LESSON 10 -- Relative Strength Analysis -- Industry Group versus a Market Index -- Individual Stock versus an Industry Group -- True or False Quiz -- Answers -- LESSON 11 -- Volume and Open Interest -- Basic Rules of Volume -- Blowoffs and Selling Climaxes -- On-Balance Volume -- Volume Reversal -- Example 1 Negative Volume Reversal -- Example 2 Positive Volume Reversal -- Open Interest -- True or False Quiz -- Answers -- ADVANCED ANALYSIS -- LESSON 12 -- Oscillators -- Oscillator Interpretation -- Types of Oscillators -- Momentum Oscillators -- Rate of Change Oscillators -- Moving Average Oscillators -- True or False Quiz -- Answers -- LESSON 13 -- Relative Strength Index -- Conceptual Basis of the Relative Strength Index -- How to Calculate the Relative Strength Index -- Interpreting the Relative Strength Index -- True or False Quiz -- Answers -- LESSON 14 -- Stochastics -- Calculation -- Divergence Analysis -- Extreme Readings -- Reversal Warning Signal -- LESSON 15 -- Moving Average Convergence-Divergence -- Divergence Analysis -- Extreme Readings -- Crossover of MACD by the Signal Line -- True or False Quiz -- Answers -- LESSON 16 -- Bollinger Bands -- Indicator Interpretation -- True or False Quiz -- Answers -- ALTERNATIVE CHARTING METHODS -- LESSON 17 -- Point and Figure Charting -- Point and Figure Charts versus Bar Charts -- Constructing Point and Figure Charts -- Box Size -- Reversal Criteria -- Chart Patterns -- Trendlines -- True or False Quiz -- Answers -- LESSON 18 -- Japanese Candlestick Charting -- Constructing Candlestick Lines -- v., Rllich Reversal Patterns -- Key Continuation Patterns -- True or False Quiz -- Answers -- PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER -- LESSON 19 -- The Weight-of-Evidence Approach -- to Technical Analysis -- Example 1-Baxter International as of April 24, 2001 -- Technical Evidence -- Weight of Evidence -- Subsequent Price Action -- Example 2-AutoZone as of December 22, 2000 -- Technical Evidence -- Weight of Evidence -- Subsequent Price Action -- Example 3-Walt Disney as of June 14, 2001 -- Technical Evidence -- Weight of Evidence -- Subsequent Price Action -- Final Thoughts -- Congratulations!.