INTRODUCTION

TO FOREX
THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET STARTED IN 1973 WHEREBY IT’S THE BUYING AND
SELLING OF CURRENCIES. FOREX FIRST STARTED WITH BANKS BECAUSE THEY HAD
AN FSP LICENSE WHICH ENABLED THEM TO TRADE ON BEHALF OF PEOPLE AND
PROVIDE FINANCIAL SERVICES. BEFORE FOREX CAME INTO EXISTENCE PEOPLE USED
TO TRADE COMMODITIES WHICH IS KNOWN AS OIL AND SPICES.
 INTRODUCTION
TO NASDAQ
• NASDAQ IS AN AMERICA STOCK EXCHANGE. IT IS THE SECOND-LARGEST STOCK
EXCHANGE IN THE WORLD BY MARKET CAPITALIZATION, BEHIND ONLY THE
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. NASDAQ WAS ORIGINALLY AN ACRONYM FOR
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SECURITIES DEALERS.

• NASDAQ IS ALSO KNOWN AS:

• NAS100, NASDAQ100, US100CASH & US100.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

• Technical analysis is a method of predicting

future price movements and future market
trends by studying the charts or rather
analyzing the market. It focuses on what
has happened in the market.
FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS

• Fundamental analysis is method of forecasting

the future price movements of a financial
instrument based on economic, political
environmental and other relevant factors and
statistics that will affect the basic supply and
demand of NASDAQ.
• For this we use Investing.com
 WHAT ARE PEAKS?

• Peaks are the highest points on the

graph.
• Peaks are the highest turning points of
the graph when the market performs a
pull back.
 PEAKS

PEAKS
 WHAT ARE TROUGHS?

• Troughs are the lowest points on the

graph.
• Troughs are the lowest turning points of
the graph when the market performs a
pull back.
TROUGHS

Troughs
 SUPPORT & RESISTANCE

• Support is the bottom straight line where the graph

performs a pullback.
• Resistance is the top line where the graph performs a
pullback.
• When a graph breaks through Support, the Support now
becomes the Resistance.
• When a graph breaks through Resistance, the Resistance
now becomes Support.
SUPPORT & RESISTANCE
 TRENDS OF MARKET
MOVEMENT
• A trend refers to the direction of price. Rising
peaks and troughs constitute an up trend,
falling peaks and troughs constitute a
downtrend that determines the steepness of
the current trends. The breaking of a trend
line usually signals a trend reversal. Horizontal
peaks and troughs characterize a trending
range.
 TRENDLINES

• Trendlines are the lines drawn on the highest points (peaks)

or lowest points (troughs) of the graph to determine the
general direction of the graph.
• There are three types of trendlines, namely:
• An upward trend, rising peaks and troughs constitute an uptrend.
• A downward trend, falling peaks and troughs constitute a
downtrend.
• A ranging trend, horizontal peaks and troughs characterize a trending
range.
UPWARD TREND
DOWNWARD TREND
A RANGING TREND

There is no general
direction.
ENTRY POINTS

Entry, Sell
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Close positions
 ENTRY POINTS

Entry, Buy

Close Positions

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