Thinking about investing and not sure where to start? One key principle you’ll come across on your journey to independent trading: is technical analysis. This perhaps opaque term has a highly specific definition in the finance world: ‘…a methodology for analyzing and forecasting the direction of prices through the study of past market data’.

It’s a subject rich with its own language and terminology, which can exclude outsiders but can be deciphered, according to the many guides out there, with the right help, the right attitude, and perseverance.