Technical Analysis and Chart Patterns
Trends, support/resistance, indicators and pattern trading with risk control.
Taught by Aarav Shrestha · Trader & Markets Educator
What you'll learn
- Read candlestick patterns such as engulfing bars, hammers and dojis in the context of trend and location
- Map trends, support and resistance across multiple timeframes and mark clear invalidation levels
- Calculate and interpret moving averages, RSI, MACD and Bollinger Bands in Python with pandas
- Trade chart patterns with defined entries, stops and measured-move targets
- Backtest a rules-based strategy honestly, including trading costs and a buy-and-hold benchmark
- Size positions using ATR-based stops so every trade risks a consistent share of the account
About this course
Technical analysis is the study of price and volume to find trades with clearly defined risk. This intermediate course is for traders who can already place orders and read a basic chart and now want a disciplined, evidence-aware approach to technical analysis and chart patterns. You will read candlestick patterns in context, map trends with support and resistance across multiple timeframes, and use moving averages, RSI, MACD and Bollinger Bands without drowning in indicators. You will trade classic chart patterns such as head and shoulders, double tops, triangles and flags with defined entries, stops and measured-move targets, then backtest ideas honestly in Python with pandas while avoiding lookahead bias, survivorship bias and overfitting. Finally you will size positions with ATR-based stops so every trade risks a consistent share of your account. Basic Python helps, but every concept is explained on the chart first. This is education, not financial advice.
Course content
7 lessons- 1What Technical Analysis Can and Cannot DoThe core assumptions, what the evidence says, and using charts as a risk tool rather than a crystal ball.Preview
- 2Candlesticks and Price ActionReading OHLC candles, the handful of patterns worth knowing, and why context beats the pattern.
- 3Trend, Support and ResistanceMarket structure, useful zones and trendlines, role reversal and multiple-timeframe analysis.
- 4Moving Averages and Trend FiltersSMA versus EMA, crossovers and their limits, and using averages as filters rather than triggers.
- 5Momentum Indicators: RSI, MACD and Bollinger BandsHow RSI, MACD and Bollinger Bands are calculated, what they measure and how to avoid misusing them.
- 6Chart Patterns: Reversals, Continuations and BreakoutsHead and shoulders, double tops, triangles and flags, and a repeatable way to trade breakouts.
- 7Backtesting Honestly and Sizing PositionsTesting rules without fooling yourself, then sizing trades with ATR-based stops.