SMU Academy

Certificate in Financial Trading

Introduction to Trading the Financial
Markets Using Technical Analysis
FINANCIAL
MARKETS
TRADING

Overview
Trading the Financial Markets need not be daunting if one can apply the right
knowledge and tools. Technical analysis is the study of data generated from the
market and from the actions of people in the market. Such data includes price levels
that have served as turning points in the past, formation of patterns, the amounts
being bought and sold each day (volume), and the rate of change of price movements
(momentum) over a given span of time.

We like to take you through the steps to identify potential trade setups, understand the
psychology behind price action and patterns. You will also appreciate what a Mr. Adrian Ong
well-planned trading strategy looks like and increase your effectiveness and CFTe, M.Eng (Mech), NUS
confidence in trading the markets by implementing learnt strategies in this course
using your OANDA demo trading account.
Adrian Ong has more than 15
Learning Objectives years of trading experience in
the financial markets.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
Currently, he is a professional
Gain an in-depth understanding of chart patterns, candlesticks, concepts of trend trader managing his own
and how to trade them fund that has yielded an
Combine the use of various indicators in Technical Analysis such as Moving average of over 20% annual
Averages, Bollinger Bands, MACD and Oscillators to help execute trades returns. He is also a Certified
Use all in one system to analyze the markets Financial Technician from
Devise a trading strategy with an understanding of the importance of risk International Fedaration of
management and the pitfalls of trading Technical Analyst and
Execute trading strategies learnt in class using OANDA demo trading account member of Technical
Analysts Society of
Who Should Attend Singapore. Adrian provides
This course is designed for you if you need a foundational knowledge in consultation and training
Technical Analysis in your organization or in your own personal finance to aid you services in Technical Analysis
in investment decisions or executing trades. Preferably, you should have attained and is passionate in
a Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma to have a better grasp of concepts taught in this mentoring and educating
intensive course others in achieving
profitability in their trading
Assessment journey.
An assessment will be conducted at the end of the course.
He holds a Bachelor in
Fees and Funding Mechanical Engineering and
went on to obtain his Masters
Fees of Engineering from the
S$1,712 (after GST) for non-Singapore Citizens and non-Permanent Residents. National University of
Singapore. He also holds a
SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) Funding: Post Graduate Diploma in
Education from NTU.
S$513.60 (after GST) for Singaporeans below 40 and Permanent Residents.
S$193.60 (after GST) for Singaporeans age 40 and above.

Funding

SkillsFuture Series
Registration
Course fee grant at 70% of course fees (excluding GST) for participants who are
successfully enrolled by SMU into approved courses under the Programme. For enquiries and customer
Participants must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents. support, please email
academy@smu.edu.sg
SkillsFuture Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy ("MCES")
Up to 90% of course fees for Singapore Citizens aged 40 years and above or contact us at 6808 5499

Enhanced Training Support for SMEs ("ETSS")

Up to 90% of course fees; and 80% of basic hourly salary capped at $7.50/hr for local
employees of SMEs.

SkillsFuture Credit
Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above, and self-funding may use their SkillsFuture
Credit (up to S$500) to defray part of the course fee.