CMT LEVEL 1 COURSE

Syllabus of CMT Level  1

  1. Theory and History
  2. Evolution of Technical Analysis

ii.Key Concepts in Technical Analysis and Market Analysis

iii. Behavioral Finance

  1. Classical Techniques
  2. Chart Types and Construction

ii.Trend Analysis

iii. Chart Pattern Analysis

  1. Internal and External Technical Indicators

v.Cycles

III. Advanced Techniques

  1. Statistical Analysis

ii.Volatility Analysis

iii. Systematic Trading

  1. Cross-asset Analysis

v.Principles of Risk Management

  1. Ethics

 

Section One: Theory and History of Technical Analysis

  1. A Brief History of Technical Analysis
  2. The Dow Theory
  3. Markets, Instruments, Data and the Technical Analyst
  4. The Opportunity of the Efficient Markets Hypothesis
  5. The Fibonacci Sequence and The Golden Ratio

Section Two: Charts: Market Price Data

  1. An Overview of Charting
  2. The X Axis
  3. The Y Axis
  4. Charting Volume and Open Interest

Section Three: Trend Analysis

  1. Trend Primer: What is a Trend
  2. Trend Primer: A Trend’s Four Phases
  3. Trend Primer: Trend Identification and Following
  4. Introduction to Volume Analysis
  5. Volume, Open Interest, and Price
  6. Market Internals

Section Four: Chart Pattern Analysis

  1. Classical Chart Patterns
  2. Introduction to Candlesticks
  3. Introduction to Candlestick Patterns
  4. Basics of Point-and-Figure Charting

Section Five: Technical Indicators

  1. Moving Averages
  2. Technical Indicator Construction
  3. Introduction to Bollinger Bands

Section Six: Statistics for Technicians

  1. Introduction to Statistics Part 1
  2. Introduction to Statistics Part 2
  3. Introduction to Probability

Section Seven: Behavioral Finance

  1. Behavioral Finance

Section Eight: Sentiment

  1. Market Sentiment and Technical Analysis
  2. Sentiment Measured from Market Data
  3. Sentiment Measured from External Data

Section Nine: Cycle Analysis

  1. Foundations of Cycle Theory
  2. Common Cycles

Section Ten: Comparative Market Analysis

  1. Equities
  2. Indexes
  3. Fixed Income/Bonds
  4. Futures
  5. Exchange – Traded Products (ETPs)
  6. Foreign Exchange (Currencies)
  7. Digital Assets
  8. Options
  9. Introduction to Relative Strength
  10. Relative Strength and its Uses
  •   Section Eleven: Volatility Analysis
  1. The Meaning of Volatility to a Technician
  2. Measuring Historical Volatility
  3. Options Derived Volatility

Section Twelve: Systems and Quantitative Methods

  1. Introduction to Quantitative Methods

FEE Structure:

Course – CMT Level 1

Duration – 4 Months

Course Fees – Rs – 40,000/-Only