Basics of stock Analysis

> Stock price determination and its influencing factors like news, company reports, technical analysts, etc.
> Fundamental Analysis focuses on performance of relevant company. Mostly its, financial performance as an indicator to measure progress.
> Technical Analysis focuses on price and volume movement based on which demand and supply are derived. It helps in forecasting future trends for short period. It believes in “History repeats itself” and so is behavioural trends of price movement.
> Understanding of various types of charts. Viz., Line chart, Bar Chart and Candlestick chart. Its application and uses.
> Application of charts to measure past performance, behavioural pattern on various news & events which helps in predicting future price movement.
> In technical analysis, various tools like, Moving Average, MACD, momentum, Bollinger Bands, Relative Strength Index, stochastic, are evolved to help forecast stock price movement.
> Other terminology used : volatility, Penny Stock, stop-loss, Price Trend.