4.1. The destination and fundamentals of technical analysis
Technical analysis is being used for the prediction of market movements (that is alterations in
currencies prices, volumes and open interests) outgoing from the information obtained for the past. The main instruments of the technical analysis are different kinds of charts, which represent currencies price change during a certain time preceding exchange deals, as well as technical indicators. The latter are being obtained as a result of the mathematical processing of averaged and other characteristics of price
movements. The instruments of the technical analysis are universal and applicable to any Forex sector, any currency and any time span.
Technical analysis is easy to compute what is important while the technical services are
becoming increasingly sophisticated and reasonably priced. They are available to all the Forex
participants independent on their trade plans, strategies applied and the time of position continuance.
Under contemporary conditions it is executed by means of computers, which is important if to
account that means of the electronic support become more and more sophisticated.