What you will learn
- Read OHLC price bars and define trends with explicit rules.
- Calculate moving averages, RSI and Bollinger Bands from price data.
- Explain why indicator signals fail and how to test them with costs and unseen data.
Before you begin
Basic arithmetic including averages and percentages. Knowing what a price chart is helps, but no charting experience is needed.
Full lesson list
All lessons are freely available. No enrollment or payment is required.
Price Bars, Trends and Levels
- Read open, high, low and close from a candlestick.
- Classify a trend with a written rule and treat levels as zones.
How Common Indicators Are Built
- Calculate simple and exponential moving averages and understand their lag.
- Compute RSI and Bollinger Bands from their definitions.
When Indicators Fail and How to Test Them
- Identify common reasons indicator signals fail.
- Apply a testing checklist covering costs, sample size and parameter stability.