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Technical Analysis – Series (Lesson 2)
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Attention: lesson 2 of a 5-part series.
In lesson 1 you learned how you're looking at graphs. Lesson 2 is the next jump: from chart to selection.
Because honestly? Anyone can open a chart. But systematically choosing where you look — that's the difference between "following a tip" and have a method.
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- Exercise 1: make a starting list with 6 indexesNote per index: trends + important zone.
- Exercise 2: make a ranking of sectors against one benchmark (relative strength).
- Exercise 3: tap 1 strong sector. Note 3 shares that you want to analyze further.
- Exercise 4: write your top-down rule in one sentence: “I only look at individual stocks after…”
Tip: take 2 screenshots: (1) your ranking/choice, (2) your decision (what you do/don't do and why).
- 1. Key points from the previous lesson - 12:22
- 2. Discussion of the exercises - 15:09
- 3. Where do I look first? - 10:57
- 4. Working method - 10:37
- 5. Relative strength on indexes - 11:21
- 6. Relative strength across sectors - 13:02
- 7. Your new starting point - 02:14
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1) Key points from the previous lesson - 12:22
Core: first structure, only then tools.
Today it's about: from chart to selection.
- Lesson 1 was about how you're watching. Lesson 2 is about where you are going to watch.
- The course is the source. Tools are confirmation, no starting point.
- Those who immediately jump to “tricks” often miss what the graph has been showing for a long time.
- Objective of this lesson: A routine that you every week can repeat.
2) Discussion of the exercises - 15:09
Core: observation is good. But without decision it remains optional.
The exercises were not just: “what do I see?” but also: “what do i do?”
- The intention was deliberately simple: zones, support lines, channels, to find patterns.
- And then the part that is often missing: identify strengths/weaknesses and make a decision.
- An analysis without a plan is like a map without a destination.
- In this series we go to: less gambling, more structure.
3) Where do I look first? - 10:57
Core: avoid it Exciting News.
News sounds spectacular. The price is usually fairer.
- News makes you excited, angry, scared… but it rarely helps with selection.
- The price shows what investors effective do. Not what they say.
- That's why you start at indexes en core values.
- Only then: sectors, themes and ultimately individual stocks.
- ETFs make that overview remarkably simple today.
“If you start with the price, you can see where the money goes.”
4) Working method - 10:37
Core: this is the step to a top-down approach.
Three steps: index → sector → share. Those are in fact money flows.
- You go from “I look for a stock” to “I follow the direction of the market”.
- Relative strength poses a different question: does it rise better than the rest?
- Don't just look at whether something moves, but whether it leads of follows.
- Today we focus on index en sector. Next time it will be shares.
5) Relative strength on indexes - 11:21
Core: not every rising market is a powerful market.
You compare indexes to see where capital performs best.
- An index can rise… and still be weaker than another.
- Relative strength shows who the management takes.
- Work with a fixed period. Then it becomes a ranking, no feeling.
- Important detail: the bottoms are crucial as a measuring point after a drop.
- This way you can see more quickly: which market is recovering most strongly?
The question is not: is the index rising?
The question is: is it rising better than the rest?
6) Relative strength across sectors - 13:02
Core: Strong sectors surprisingly often produce winners.
Weak sectors… you usually have to luck .
- Sectors often move in waves: sector rotation is real.
- Relative strength helps to measure that rotation, not guess it.
- Create a sector ranking against a single benchmark. This will immediately reveal your strengths.
- Only from the strongest sectors do you look for individual names.
- Small note: this can be done in Excel, or in software (in the video Mark shows an example with TransStock).
7) Your new starting point - 02:14
Core: From now on you will no longer start with “one share”.
Your starting point is: core values → sector → part.
- Discipline isn't "being stricter." Discipline is: a fixed order.
- You put basic values into one folder/list, because they determine where the capital does well.
- From there, selection becomes logical: you follow power, you don't seek it.
- And that is exactly the bridge to lesson 3.
wanneer Are you getting in — and how do you avoid being too early or too late?
And finally
If you do this right, something strange happens. The market suddenly becomes calmer. Not because she moves less — but because you know where you must look.
You will "search" less. You will search more. Selecting. And then you see something most investors miss: strength often builds before and after, it becomes popular.
In lesson 2 we discussed where you are looking.
Lesson 3 becomes the question everyone wants to solve:
wanneer is the moment — and what is a “good” entry point into your method?
Anyone who wants to further develop this process will also find the same methodology in depth in the Technical Analysis Trilogy (without noise, step by step).