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Advanced Certificate in Technical Trading: Trading Using Technical Analysis – Foundation and Market Strategies 1

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  • This module is part of Advanced Certificate in Technical Trading

This programme is conducted on-campus.

To use your SkillsFuture Credit, please submit your claim through our payment portal. Do not submit the claim manually via the SkillsFuture page. Please refer to our step-by-step guide here.

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Fee
SGD2,398* (as low as SGD279.40 after maximum funding) Learn More
Duration

3 days
Weeknights (7pm - 10.30pm)
Saturday (9am - 6pm)

Level
Basic

Who Should Attend

  • Professionals interested in using Technical Analysis as a skill set to develop their financial career
  • Self-taught traders interested in improving or widening their skill set
  • Anyone including beginners with keen interest in learning about Technical Trading

PREREQUISITES

  • A Bachelor's Degree; or
  • A Diploma with at least 1 year of working experience

Overview

Technical Analysis (TA), a proven method and skillset, guide objective investment and trading decisions in financial markets.

The programme entails leveraging past price movements to forecast future ones. This encompasses buying and selling stocks, forex, and commodities trading. It will cover the fundamentals of TA, including the utilisation of specific strategies tailored for trending markets, which will be taught and applied in current markets.

This is a sequential programme and is not available on a standalone basis.
 

Learning Objectives

At the end of the 3-day course, participants will be able to:

  • Comprehend the fundamentals in Chart Analysis, including important price levels of Resistance and Support
  • Identify trend changes in charts
  • Understand risk management as part of trading and disciplines they can adopt
  • Use their knowledge and software to determine important Fibonacci levels in price charts, using a variety of Fibonacci indicators
  • Identify price action in various candlestick patterns
  • Apply trend indicators and specific strategies in trending markets

Assessment

As part of the requirement for SkillsFuture Singapore, there will be an assessment conducted at the end of the course. The mode of assessment, which is up to the trainer’s discretion, may be an online quiz, a presentation or based on classroom exercises.

Participants are required to attain a minimum of 75% attendance and pass the associated assessment in order to receive a digital Certificate of Completion issued by SMU Academy.

Calculate Programme Fee

Click here for more information about SkillsFuture Credits (Not applicable for Company-sponsored participants)
For PSEA - Available only for Singapore Citizen below 31 (Not applicable for Company-sponsored participants)

Total Program Fee: SGD0.00

Fee Table

EMPLOYER-SPONSORED

PARTICIPANT PROFILE

SELF-SPONSORED

SME

NON-SME

Singapore Citizen < 40 years old

Permanent Resident

LTVP+

$719.40

(After SSG Funding 70%)

$279.40

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ ETSS Funding 20%)

$719.40

(After SSG Funding 70%)

Singapore Citizen ≥ 40 years old

$279.40

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ MCES Funding 20%)

$279.40

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ ETSS Funding 20%)

$279.40

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ MCES Funding 20%)

International Participant

$2,398

(No Funding)

$2,398

(No Funding)

$2,398

(No Funding)

All prices include 9% GST

Please note that the programme fees are subject to change without prior notice.

Post Secondary Education Account (PSEA)
PSEA can be utilised for subsidised programmes eligible for SkillsFuture Credit support. Click here to find out more.

Self Sponsored

SkillsFuture Credit

Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credits to pay for the course fees. The credits may be used on top of existing course fee funding.

This is only applicable to self-sponsored participants. Application to utilise SkillsFuture Credits can be submitted when making payment for the course via the SMU Academy TMS Portal, and can only be made within 60 days of course start date.

Please click here for more information on the SkillsFuture Credit. For help in submitting an SFC claim, you may wish to refer to our step-by-step guide on claiming SkillsFuture Credits (Individual).

Workfare Skills Support Scheme

From 1 July 2023, the Workfare Skills Support (WSS) scheme has been enhanced. Please click here for more details.

Employer Sponsored

Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)

  • Organisation must be registered or incorporated in Singapore
  • Employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million
  • Trainees must be hired in accordance with the Employment Act and fully sponsored by their employers for the course
  • Trainees must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
  • Trainees must not be a full-time national serviceman
  • Trainees are eligible for ETSS funding only if their company's SME status is approved prior to the course commencement date. To verify your SME's status, please click here. 

Please click here for more information on ETSS.

Absentee Payroll

Employers who sponsor their employees for the course may apply for Absentee Payroll here. For more information, please refer to:

AP Guide (Non-SME Companies)
Declaration Guide (SME Companies)

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*Registration will close 5 calendar days before the course start date, or once the class is full, whichever comes first.

Trainers

Adrian Ong
Professional Trader and Certified Financial Technician
Adrian Ong
Professional Trader and Certified Financial Technician

Adrian Ong has more than 15 years of trading experience in the financial markets. Currently, he is a professional trader managing his own fund that has yielded an average of over 20% annual returns. He is also a Certified Financial Technician from International Federation of Technical Analyst and member of Technical Analysts Society of Singapore. Adrian provides consultation and training services in Technical Analysis and is passionate in mentoring and educating others in achieving profitability in their trading journey. He holds a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering and went on to obtain his Masters of Engineering from the National University of Singapore. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Education from NTU.

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