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Kirkpatrick II, CMT  \nCharles D. Kirkpatrick II, CMT, is president of Kirkpatrick & Company, Inc. , a technical analysis research firm that publishes the Market Strategist investment newsletter. A past instructor in finance at the School of Business Administration at Fort Lewis College and adjunct professor of finance at Brandeis University International Business School, he is a two-time winner of the Chartered Market Technicians Association’s prestigious Charles H. Dow Award for research in technical analysis, winner of the MTA Annual Award in 2008 for “Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Technical Analysis,” and winner in 2012 of the Mike Epstein Award from the MTA Educational Foundation for“Long-Term sponsorship of Technical Analysis in Academia.”  \nHe is a Chartered Market Technician, a past member of the board of directors of the Market Technicians Association, past editor of the Journal of Technical Analysis , past board member and vice president of the CMT Association Educational Foundation anda member of the American Association of Professional Technicians (AAPTA) . He coauthored Technical Analysis: The Complete Source for Financial Market Technicians , the primary textbook for the CMT program and for university graduate courses on technical analysis, authored Beat the Market and, most recently, Time the Markets:  \nUsing Technical Analysis to Interpret Economic Data.  \nHe is a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard College (AB), and the Wharton School (MBA) and lives with his wife in Maine.  \nBROKERAGE: TECHNICAL ANALYSIS  \nTechnical Indicators Basics  \nVolatility Indicators  \nTrend Indicators  \nVolume Indicators  \nMomentum Indicators  \nSupport & Resistance  \nIndicators  \nAgenda  \n4 Technical Indicators Basics  \nTechnical  \nIndicator Basics  \nBROKERAGE: TECHNICAL ANALYSIS  \nWhat Is a Technical Indicator?    \nA technical indicator is a mathematical  \ncalculation based on historic price or volume.  \nTypes of Technical Indicators  \n7  \nTrend Indicators  \nSimple Moving Average (SMA), Exponential Moving Average (EMA), Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD), Average Directional Movement Index (ADX)  \n\n| Momentum Indicators\u003Cbr>Stochastic Oscillator, Relative Strength Index (RSI) |\n| --- |\n| Volume Indicators\u003Cbr>On Balance Volume (OBV), Money Flow Index (MFI), Accumulation/Distribution |\n| Volatility Indicators\u003Cbr>Bollinger Bands®, Average True Range (ATR) |\n\nSupport and Resistance Indicator  \nFibonacci Retracements  \nTrend Indicators  \nBROKERAGE: TECHNICAL ANALYSIS  TREND INDICATOR  \nSimple Moving Average  \nSimple Moving Average (SMA)  \nThis is the easiest moving average to construct. 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The average is called “moving”because it is plotted on the chart bar by bar, forming a line that moves along the chart asthe average value changes.  \nHow It Works  \nDetermine trend direction  \n• If the SMA is positively sloping, the trend is up.  \n• If the SMA is negatively sloping, the trend is down.  \nDetermine trend duration  \n• 200-bar SMAs are common proxies for long-term trends.  \n• 50-bar SMAs are typically used to gauge intermediate trends.  \n• Shorter-period SMAs","cbCaieB9JH0knf3M","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieB9JH0knf3M","pdf",2236789,43,"English","# Getting Started with Technical Analysis\n## Identifying Chart Patterns with Technical Analysis\n# Managing Risk with Technical Analysis\n# Technical Indicators Basics\n## What Is a Technical Indicator?\n## Types of Technical Indicators\n## Trend Indicators\n## Momentum Indicators\n## Volume Indicators\n## Volatility Indicators\n## Support and Resistance Indicator","[{\"question\":\"What is a technical indicator and how is it calculated?\",\"answer\":\"A technical indicator is a mathematical calculation based on historic price or volume.\"},{\"question\":\"What indicators are included under trend, momentum, volume, and volatility?\",\"answer\":\"Trend indicators include SMA, EMA, MACD, and ADX. 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