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TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF THE FINANCIAL MARKETS

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TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF THE FINANCIAL MARKETS

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Other Courses of the Study Programme

Course year: 1

ASSET MANAGEMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
Attendance grouping
9 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
BANKING LAW - 6 credits - Characterising
BANKING RISK MANAGEMENT
Attendance grouping
12 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
DERIVATIVES AND FINANCIAL HEDGING - 6 credits - Characterising
MARKET RISK - 9 credits - Characterising
MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND INFORMATICS FOR FINANCE
Attendance grouping
12 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
MONEY AND FINANCE - 9 credits - Characterising

Course year: 2

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT - 6 credits - Student's own choice
ADVANCED FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING (CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT) - 9 credits - Student's own choice
BANKRUPTCY LAW - 6 credits - Student's own choice
BUSINESS CONTRACT LAW - 6 credits - Student's own choice
BUSINESS ENGLISH - 6 credits - Student's own choice
BUSINESS HISTORY - 9 credits - Student's own choice
BUSINESS HISTORY - 9 credits - Student's own choice
COMMERCIAL LAW - 6 credits - Student's own choice
COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT - 9 credits - Student's own choice
CORPORATE FINANCE (MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS AND CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING) - 6 credits - Student's own choice
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND CONTROL SYSTEMS - 9 credits - Student's own choice
DATA ANALYSIS FOR BUSINESS AND FINANCE - 6 credits - Student's own choice
DEGREE THESIS - 16 credits - Language/Final Examination
ECONOMETRICS OF FINANCIAL MARKETS - 6 credits - Characterising
ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE PROFESSIONS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
ECONOMICS OF TAXATION - 9 credits - Student's own choice
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMALL BUSINESS - 2 credits
ETHICS AND ECONOMICS - 2 credits
EU LABOUR LAW - 6 credits - Student's own choice
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
FINANCIAL CONTRACTS IN BUSINESS LAW - 6 credits - Student's own choice
FINANCIAL CRISIS - 6 credits - Characterising
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT - 6 credits - Student's own choice
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT - 9 credits - Student's own choice
FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS AND FINANCIAL COMMUNICATION - 9 credits - Related/Supplementary
HISTORY OF GLOBALIZATION - 9 credits - Student's own choice
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - 9 credits - Student's own choice
INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY - 6 credits - Student's own choice
INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING ISSUES - 6 credits - Student's own choice
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS - 9 credits - Student's own choice
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT FOR BUSINESS - 9 credits - Student's own choice
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS - 9 credits - Student's own choice
INTERNATIONAL MARKETING - 9 credits - Student's own choice
INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION LOGISTICS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
INTRODUCTION TO CSR - 2 credits
INTRODUCTION TO LOGISTICS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
INVESTMENT AND FINANCING ANALYSIS - 9 credits - Student's own choice
JOB AND BUSINESS CHANGES THROUGH MOVIES - 2 credits
LEADERSHIP AND COMPLEX ORGANIZATIONS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
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12 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
LOGISTICS TECHNOLOGIES - 9 credits - Student's own choice
MACROECONOMIC OUTLOOK AND POLICIES - 9 credits - Student's own choice
MARKETING MANAGEMENT - 9 credits - Student's own choice
MARKETING-ADVANCED - 6 credits - Student's own choice
NON-LIFE INSURANCE - 2 credits
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT - 6 credits - Student's own choice
QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS - 9 credits - Student's own choice
RISK MANAGEMENT AND EXTERNAL CONTROLS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
SERVICE MARKETING - 6 credits - Student's own choice
SOCIOLOGY OF INNOVATION - 6 credits - Student's own choice
SPECIAL TOPICS IN REPORTING (SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING) - 6 credits - Student's own choice
STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS DECISIONS - 9 credits - Student's own choice
STATISTICS FOR FINANCE - 9 credits - Student's own choice
STATISTICS FOR MARKETING - 9 credits - Student's own choice
STATISTICS FOR RISK MANAGEMENT - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary
SUPPLY CHAIN AND PRODUCTION
Attendance grouping
12 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
SUPPLY CHAIN AND TRANSPORTATION
Attendance grouping
12 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT - 6 credits - Student's own choice
TAX LAW - 9 credits - Student's own choice
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF THE FINANCIAL MARKETS - 2 credits
THE BUSINESS PLAN IN CASE OF START-UP INITIATIVES - 2 credits
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT - 6 credits - Student's own choice

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF THE FINANCIAL MARKETS

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2015/2016

Academic Year of provision:

2016/2017

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in MONEY, FINANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT

Language:

Italian

Grouping type:

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

FORNASINI Achille Professor

Cycle:

Second four months

Hours of classroom activity:

Hours of individual study:

Basic knowledge of statistical method, of financial brokerage and stock markets.

Educational Goals

This course will provide useful knowledge to better understand the mechanisms governing the dynamics of financial markets, starting from the identification of their typical movements. Thanks to the modern Technical Analysis, this course offers also the opportunity to implement systems aimed at the efficient management of both positions on financial markets, and transactions of stocks, currencies, commodities and derivative financial instruments. The course will also offer its students the chance to:
- learn the principles of logical empiricism and of structuralism which contributed, together with the development of the information technology, to the modernisation of Technical Analysis;
- study the logics presiding over the management of long and short positions in financial markets characterised by high volatility;
- identify and evaluate risks in trading operations on financial markets, in addition to outlining strategies for their control.

Content

After an introduction dedicated to the players and to the rules of the financial markets, this course will address:
- Fundamental Analysis and evolution of Technical Analysis
- Graphic approach: examples and applications of prices charting
- Heuristic-quantitative approach: basic and advanced indicators
- Entry and Exit strategies: Trend-following and Congestion-phase trading methods
- Planning and testing of automatic and flexible trading systems
- Innovations introduced by Internet: trading on line and risk management

Extended Syllabus

FINANCIAL MARKETS ANALYSIS
Market structure and price dynamics. Crowd psychology and crowd behaviour. Market efficiency and Behavioural finance. Technical analysis and Fundamental analysis: definitions, basic principles and limitations.
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL MARKETS: THE GRAPHIC APPROACH
Dow, Elliott and Gann theories. Trending and ranging markets. Bar charting: basics, supports and resistances, breakouts, channels, patterns, trends, cycles and price objective measurements. Candlestick charting: basics, reversal and continuation patterns. Line charting: basics, semi-logarithmic analysis. Multiple time-frame analysis. Price-volume based techniques: Equivolume and Candlevolume charts. Other charting methods: Point & Figure, Market Profile.
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL MARKETS: THE QUANTITATIVE APPROACH
Basic tools: Moving averages and Momentum. Price-based techniques: Relative Strength Index, Directional Movement System, Vertical-Horizontal Filter. Price-volume based techniques: On Balance Volume, Accumulation/Distribution Line, Money Flow Index. Entry and Exit methods. Trend-following systems: single and double moving averages interaction systems, Moving Average Convergence-Divergence Trading Method. Congestion-phase systems: Bollinger bands, Stochastic oscillator. Trading risk management: Stop Loss and Trailing Stop levels.
TRADING ON LINE WITH TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Automatic and flexible trading systems. How to identify Entry and Exit signals using oscillators. Adjusting technical indicators to match a trading time-frame. Scalping and Day trading. Swing and Position trading. Practical experiences on live charts. Technical analysis of Stock, Indices and Commodity markets. The Intermarket analysis.

Recommended Bibliography

The course will be supported by a vast slide collection, which will be made available in batches depending on the contents developed during each session. The professor will gradually indicate readings and other materials. Reference texts:
- "Analisi tecnica dei mercati finanziari: metodologie, applicazioni e strategie" di John J. Murphy; ed. Hoepli 2001
- "Analisi tecnica dei mercati finanziari" di Martin J. Pring; ed. McGraw-Hill 1995
- "Analisi tecnica dei mercati finanziari e trading on line" di Achille Fornasini; ed. Etas 2003

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

The Course will combine both moments dedicated to theoretical frameworks and analysis of financial markets buy and sell operations. Continuous connections to specialized websites and testimonies by financial brokerage experts will also be included in the Course.

Assessment Methods

Constant attendance and active participation to trading role playing are expected.

Assessment:

Final Mark

Programme of Educational Activities

Start date of teaching period:

Monday, February 13, 2017

End date of teaching period:

Tuesday, May 23, 2017