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Foundation Full Course
The Foundation Course consists of 6 Course Modules.
New members can purchase individual Modules starting from Module 1 and purchase consecutive Modules at a later date. Or you can purchase the Full Foundation course with over a $200 discount. The aim of the Foundation Course is to give you the "building blocks" to develop a sound understanding of trading or investing using Technical and Fundamental analysis. These are the two main ways to understand and analyse financial markets. Fundamental and Technical. Fundamental analysis starts with looking at a company's financial statements such as its Balance Sheet, Cash Flow and Income Statements. You want to know that the company is viable. However these statements are only given quarterly while the company's share prices changes daily. The Foundation Course is therefore weighted towards technical analysis using charts to follow price movement of a security to recognize when share prices are oversold or overbought, while not forgetting the fundamentals. The key to successful trading is the ability to "read" price action and develop money management skills. This is where your Think Financial education begins. By the end of this course you have an understanding on how to write and develop your own Trading Plan that suits your Capital, Risk and Time constraints. On completion of the Foundation course, members are free to complete other Think Financial courses to further develop their knowledge, understanding and trading skills. Click on the icons for course descriptions. Module 1: COURSE CONTENT Module 1 starts by discussing the basic fundamentals of chart reading. This is where all traders should begin their education. In the first 8 lessons you will be taught how to begin reading charts, and how to differentiate between the different chart types. Understand how price moves up, down or sideways within boundaries of Support and Resistance points. One of the most important patterns to be found on a chart is a Three Point Low or High. The lessons describe how this very simple pattern can lead you into understanding how the market swings between these patterns to form support and resistance points. This pattern will also show you how to recognise market turns and with more information identify buy and sell signals. You will also be shown how to recognise trends of price movement within the market and analyse the trend as it progresses. Volume, which is the amount of shares traded on a stock is vital to understand if we are to trade profitably. You will learn how to correlate volume with price movement to give you an edge in the market. Capital protection is paramount in all trading scenarios. Learn how to protect your capital with the correct placement of a stop loss. Module 1 also includes 3 Check List Questionaires to assess your Personal and Financial Goals. Module 1 : COURSE TOPICS Lesson 1 Price Structure and Movement Lesson 2 Short Term Trend Analysis Lesson 3 Price Range and Movement Lesson 4 Trend Change and Closing Positions Lesson 5 Stop Losses and Patterns of Profit Lesson 6 Market Movement- More Patterns Lesson 7 Momentum Breakouts Lesson 8 More on Momentum Breakouts Plus Trading Viewpoint PDF Booklet Personal Viewpoint PDF Booklet Financial Overview PDF Booklet Module 2: COURSE CONTENT Module 2 introduces concepts on how to work with support and resistance points and an introduction to the recognition of various patterns that form on charts. A Pattern book is provided showing 24 reversal and continuation patterns to assist you with your pattern recognition skills. Money management ideas are covered and you are shown ideas on how to control risk and maximise reward by controlling the amount of shares purchased in any one trade. Fundamental analysis is also discussed and how this can be combined with technical analysis (chart reading) to give you more information so you can make more informed trading decisions. Module 2: COURSE TOPICS Lesson 9 Calculating the Buying & Selling Pressure Lesson 10 Short Term Trading Lesson 11 Short Term Concepts Lesson 12 Planned Trading Approach Lesson 13 Risk & Reward Lesson 14 Trading Structure Building Blocks/ Support & Resistance Lesson 15 Support and Resistance Lesson 16 Working with Support & Resistance - Gaps - Pullbacks & Patterns Plus PDF Pattern Book - Reversal and Continuation patterns Module 3: COURSE CONTENT Module 3 discusses how to organise yourself for the business of trading and the keeping of records. It is in these lessons that you are taught how to begin to build a trading model and then incorporate it within an overall trading plan that you design for your financial goals. Topics cover Stock Selection, Position Sizing and Money Management. There are also various concepts on how to control risk including the use of the average true range. Included are 2 Trading Plan Workbooks providing you with various trading concepts to assist you in building you own unique trading plan. Module 3: COURSE TOPICS Lesson 17 The Business of Trading Lesson 18 Trade Management Keeping Records. Emotions Lesson 19 Building Our Trading Model Lesson 20 Your Trading Model - Money Management Lesson 21 Stock Selection Lesson 22 Trading Plan Construction Lesson 23 Position Sizing & Stock Selection Lesson 24 Trade Management Plus PDF Trading Ideas Workbook 1 Trading Ideas Workbook 2 - Trading Plan Construction Module 4: COURSE CONTENT Module 4 is a series of lessons completely dedicated to Japanese candlestick patterns and their uses. The use of candlestick charts date back to around the mid 1600s and were used by rice traders in Japan. Today the popularity of this chart type has taken the world by storm and most traders including institution analysts and professional traders now use them. Candlesticks can provide signals not seen on other chart types and many trading patterns and opportunities are recognised earlier. All the patterns you have learnt with Bar charts will be enhanced by the use of candles. Candlestick charts takes you to a new level of understanding of price movement and now the psychology of price movement. Module 4: COURSE TOPICS Lesson 25 Candle Series - Introduction Lesson 26 Candle Series - Patterns Lesson 27 Candle Series - Reversal Patterns Lesson 28 Candle Series - Engulfing Pattern Lesson 29 Candle Series - Dark Cloud Cover Lesson 30 Candle Series - The Candle Family of Stars Lesson 31 Candle Series - Reversal Patterns Part 1 Lesson 32 Candle Series - Reversal Patterns Part 2 Lesson 33 Candle Series - Reversal Patterns Part 3 Lesson 34 Candle Series - Reversal Patterns Counter Attack Module 5: COURSE CONTENT Module 5 discusses additional indicators that can be added to charts to assist in analysing price movement. Understanding various types of indicators and whether they are leading or lagging types. One of the most important indicators is the one that tracks the momentum in price movement and is known as the Momentum Indicator or Rate of Change Indicator. An in-depth study of this indicator is provided and covers stock selection, buying signals and its relationship with price. Breakout Trading and Position sizing strategies are also discussed. Module 5: COURSE TOPICS Lesson 35 Basic Indicators Lesson 36 Momentum Stock Selection Lesson 37 Price & Momentum Relationships Lesson 38 Momentum Application Lesson 39 Timing Buying Signals with Momentum Lesson 40 Timing Selling Signals with Momentum Lesson 41 New Applications for Momentum Lesson 42 Breakout and Position Sizing Module 6: COURSE CONTENT Module 6 discusses one of the of the most important fundamentals to learn -Stage Analysis. What stage is the stock you are wanting to trade in currently? Stage Analysis, the life cycle of a stock is discussed and how to identify whether your stock is in a low risk, buying stage or higher risk, distribution stage. Time constraints, income needs,capital reserves all determine whether you want to be an investor or a trader. Do you want to be in trades for a long or short term? Understand when to take profits dependant upon your time frame. Your Trading Plan will differ and dependant on what type of trader/investor you want to be. The understanding and additional use of Moving Averages in your trading plan refines your trading plan even further. Check Point 1 is a Trading Plan that encompasses all the knowledge you have read about in all the preceding lessons. It doesn't matter if you are trading full time or part time, you must form good trading work habits if you want to earn consistent cash flow. That means developing a system of gathering information and always having trading opportunities at hand. Trade Mate helps you organise yourself. TradeMate was designed to show concepts and systems to use and to assist traders, both beginners and experienced, to become more effective when investing in the market. The TradeMate workbook will assist in key areas, such as understanding your capital at work, position sizing, stock selection, stop loss positioning, basic risk management and trade planning. The basic strategy outlined in this workbook was developed to be based upon factual price movement and a logical approach to price breakout points. TradeMate also serves as a reference to patterns, information and responses so that common price movement characteristics can be identified, and trading opportunities taken effectively and more importantly learned from. With a good understanding of the Check Point 1 Trading Plan and the use and understanding of Trade Mate. You are now well informed to build your own Trading Plan and strategies. Module 6: COURSE TOPICS Lesson 43 Stage Analysis € A Key To Successful Trading Lesson 44 Working with Stage Analysis - Setting up the Trade - Seven Factors Lesson 45 Your Trading Under the Microscope Lesson 46 Low Risk Ideas Lesson 47 Check Point 1 (CP1) Lesson 48 TradeMate Overview Lesson 49 TradeMate Part 2 Lesson 50 CP1 Special Lesson Plus PDF Trade Mate Workbook This completes the Foundation course. Members are now welcome to advance their trading knowledge with other more specific courses that Think Financial offer. Please see Course descriptions for further courses that are available. 
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