Learn how analysing volume, volatility, and sentiment could help give you supportive, independent information in your analysis of any given asset.

It looks at how much an asset has traded over time, how that asset behaves and how the market ‘feels’ about your asset.

Check out the rest of our technical analysis course here: 

Part 1: Rules you need to know and the big questions 

Part 2: Essential Chart Knowledge – The Basics 

Part 3: Direct Price Analysis (DPA) Tools 

Part 4: Price Confirmation Tools Part  Trend & Momentum 

Part 5: Volume, Volatility, and Sentiment 

Part 6: Alternative Concepts – New Approaches to Technical Analysis 

Part 7: Japanese Charts 

Part 8: Strategy Design and Implementation 

Part 9: Risk and Trade Management 

Part 10: Putting it All Together 


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