Technical Trend Trading: The Complete System

Course Dates: 21 & 22 September 2019 (2 days) Course fee: S$988

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Technical Trend Trading is one of the most practical and effective trading methods but it is also a skill that you will never get to learn in business school. Find out why technical trend trading is so simple yet powerful compared to the many complex and tedious strategies preached by Wall Street Gurus. Learn and apply the complete Technical Trend Trading system to grow yourself from a newbie trader to a proficient trader, and then into a profitable trader.

Course Objectives

You will feel enlightened about how the financial market truly works, contrary to what you have been taught in the business school
You will be equipped with a complete system to kick-start your trading journey on a solid foundation
You will feel motivated to dive deeper into world of Technical Trend Trading and learn how to integrate the complete process of this trading method into your daily life as a part-time retail trader

What You Will Learn In This Course

Day 1

THE FOUNDATION OF A PROFICIENT TRADER

Recapping “Technical Trend Trading: An Introduction”

Recall the key principles and strategies that you learnt during the free introductory seminar
Reinforce this basic foundation that you have built before moving on to more advanced trading knowledge

Establishing your trading psychology & beliefs

Explore the more in-depth trading beliefs and trading bias that you might have
Learn how to overcome flawed biases and reinforce correct beliefs

Determining your available resources & trading objectives

Take stock of the resources that you have to invest (time, capital, effort etc)
Determine realistic trading objectives that you want to achieve (losses, profits, drawdown etc)
Resources + Objective worksheets will be provided

THE ART OF TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Understanding the nature of price trends

Learn the market’s psychology behind price movements and how to use it to your advantage

Learning Japanese Candlestick charts

Master the different candlestick patterns to identify potential reversal and continuation of price trends

Familiarizing yourself with price charts patterns

Identify the different types of price chart patterns to reversal and continuation price chart patterns so that you can be on the right trend

Mastering technical indicators and chart overlays

Understand how the commonly used technical indicators and overlays work
Learn how to use them to help you establish the direction of the price trend

Trading setups for short term swing trader vs long term position trader

The various triggers you can utilize to initiate either shorter term swing trading position or a long term position trading idea
FREE access to Traderwave Web Charting Application will be provided

Day 2

THE SCIENCE BEHIND A PROFITABLE TRADING SYSTEM

Building a trading plan

Setting the step-by-step process of what you need to do even before you decide what to trade
Trading plan worksheet will be provided

Having a risk management plan

Determine where to put your stop loss
Decide whether a trade is worth taking by studying its risk-reward ratio profile

Knowing when to take a profit

Learn how to set a profit target
Find a way to let your profit run

Setting your money management rules

Establish how much of your capital to risk in any trade
Size your trade to ensure your risk is contained within your comfort zone

Executing your trades efficiently and effectively

Find the right stock brokers for your needs
Know the different types of orders to use to execute your strategy
Decide whether you should trade using cash or margin

THE NATURE OF A SUCCESSFUL TRADING BUSINESS

Reviewing your trading strategy

Record the trading details whenever you open or close any trades
Review your closed trades to identify the trading issues that you have
Refine your trading plan and strategy if need be
Trading records spreadsheet will be provided

Exploring Trading as a Career

Know what your options are if you are determined to pursue a trading related career

Asking yourself if you are serious enough to build a successful trading business

How you should prepare yourself to get into the mindset of building a truly profitable trading business

Trainer’s Profile

Philip Teo is the Founder and CEO of Traderwave Pte Ltd, a financial technology company that offers a financial market technical analysis web application to global retail and professional traders, to help them shortlist, analyze and monitor their trade ideas from any computer that has internet access. Prior to his entrepreneurship endeavor, Philip served as the Chief Technical Analyst for OCBC Investment Research for 7 years, during which he offered his technical advisory services on global stocks, indices, forex and commodities to OCBC trading representatives, as well as their retail, premium and private clients.

Philip’s technical analysis reports were frequently quoted by various business news providers like Bloomberg, Dow Jones and The Edge. He also had the opportunity to present in “Crash Course”, a TV show hosted by Steven Chia of Channel NewsAsia, to teach CNA viewers how to use technical analysis to make investment decisions. During his tenure with OCBC, Philip also conducted trading seminars on a regular basis to many thousands of OCBC customers, with the aim of educating them on the importance and the know-how of applying technical analysis techniques in trading the financial markets.

Following his graduation from Nanyang Technological University with a degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Philip worked in the engineering field for about three years before making a career switch into the finance industry. Subsequently, by a stroke of luck, he was exposed to technical analysis in his job as an investment analyst and has not looked back ever since. He is now a passionate advocator of using technical analysis as the main tool to analyze and trade the financial markets.

SkillsFuture Credit

With effect from January 2016, Singaporeans aged 25 years and above who received their SkillsFuture Credit account activation letter will be eligible for an initial credit of $500 which can be used to pay for course fees for a range of eligible courses. SkillsFuture credits can be used for this course.

For more information, please refer to SkillsFuture website.

IBF-FTS Funding

The Financial Training Scheme (“FTS”) provides funding for financial sector-specific training programmes which are recognized under FTS. This scheme is only eligible for company-sponsored participants who are Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents, physically based in Singapore, and who have successfully completed a FTS programme. Financial Institutions (MAS licensed or exempt entities), involved in or supporting financial sector activities, are eligible to submit claims for company-sponsored participants.

For all FTS programmes commencing on or after 1 July 2016, Singapore Citizens aged 40 years old and above will be eligible for 90% co-funding of direct training costs, subject to existing grant caps of S$2,000 per programme. Singapore Permanent Residents and Singapore Citizens below 40 years old will continue to be eligible for 50% co-funding of direct training costs for FTS programmes.

For more information, please refer to IBF website.

Contact Us

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Terms and Conditions

Changes

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