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Chartered Technical

The new Wiley Publishing custom curriculum for the CMT program is now available for purchase online through the VitalSource platform. It consists of 3 levels of technical analysis content in e-book format. Level I has around 700 pages covering introductory topics, Level II has around 850 pages on intermediate topics, and Level III has around 1200 pages on advanced topics. Upcoming webinars will provide an overview of the new curriculum and exam registration assistance is available through Marie Penza. The October 2015 exam dates are October 15-17.

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Chartered Technical

The new Wiley Publishing custom curriculum for the CMT program is now available for purchase online through the VitalSource platform. It consists of 3 levels of technical analysis content in e-book format. Level I has around 700 pages covering introductory topics, Level II has around 850 pages on intermediate topics, and Level III has around 1200 pages on advanced topics. Upcoming webinars will provide an overview of the new curriculum and exam registration assistance is available through Marie Penza. The October 2015 exam dates are October 15-17.

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Volume 12

Issue 3

The New Curriculum Has Arrived!

ThenewcustomcurriculumofferedbyWileyPublishingisnowavailableforpurchase.Ithasbeenalongprocessto
identifyandcreatethesenewbooks,buttheworkandwaithaspaidoff.Forthecurrentadministrationstestdates,
October1517,2015,thecurriculumcannowbeaccessedonlineasthesebooksareavailableonlythroughthe
VitalSourceplatform,thebookscanalsobeprintedout,achapteratatime,onanyregularprinter.Formore
informationandtopurchasethebooks,clickhere:http://www.wiley.com/go/cmt

LevelITableofContents
Chapter 1 Introduction to the Evolution of Technical Analysis

Chapter 29 Managing versus Forecasting

Chapter 2 A New Age for Technical Analysis

Chapter 30 Charting

Chapter 3 Technical Analysis Today

Chapter 31 Support and Resistance

Chapter 4 Brief History of Randomness & Efficient Markets

Chapter 32 Trends and Trading Ranges

Chapter 5 Academic Approaches to Technical Analysis

Chapter 33 Introduction to the Wave Principle

Chapter 6 The New HighNew Low Index

Chapter 34 The Anatomy of Elliott Wave Trading

Chapter 7 Stocks above 50-Day MA

Chapter 35 What Is the Efficient Market Hypothesis?

Chapter 8 Other Stock Market Indicators

Chapter 36 The EMH and the Market Model

Chapter 9 Consensus and Commitment Indicators

Chapter 37 The Forerunners to Behavioral Finance

Chapter 10 Basic Candlestick Charting

Chapter 38 Noise Traders and the Law of One Price

Chapter 11-15 Basic Indicators Reference

Chapter 39 Noise Traders as Technical Traders

Chapter 16 (Markets) Overview

Chapter 40 Being Right or Making Money

Chapter 17 Government

Chapter 41 The ModelBuilding Process

Chapter 18 Companies

Chapter 42 Understanding Chart Patterns

Chapter 19 Hard Assets

Chapter 43 Understanding Chart Pattern Breaks

Chapter 20 Indexes

Chapter 44 Triangles, Pennants, and Flags

Chapter 21 Technical Analysis as a Science

Chapter 45 Tops and Bottoms

Chapter 22 Objective Rules and Their Evaluation

Chapter 46 Head-and-Shoulders Patterns

Chapter 23 Point-and-Figure Charting

Chapter 47 Understanding Implied Volatility

Chapter 24 What Is Price?

Chapter 48 About the VIX Index

Chapter 25 What Is the Market?

Chapter 49 Basic Concepts and Calculations

Chapter 26 The Trading Scene

Chapter 50 Seasonality and Calendar Patterns

Chapter 27 The Market Crowd and You

Chapter 51 Relative Strength as a Criterion for

Chapter 28 Psychology of Trends

Investment Selection


LevelIITableofContents
Chapter 1 Understanding Implied Volatility

Chapter 21 Time

Chapter 2 About the VIX Index

Chapter 22 Trading Timeframes

Chapter 3 Intermarket Analysis

Chapter 23 The New High New Low Index

Chapter 4 Correlation

Chapter 24 Stocks above 50-Day MA

Chapter 5 Perspectives on Active and Passive

Chapter 25 Other Stock Market Indicators

Money Management

Chapter 26 Consensus and Commitment Indicators

Chapter 6 Understanding Chart Patterns

Chapter 27 Regression Analysis

Chapter 7 Understanding Chart Pattern Breaks

Chapter 28 Time-Based Trend Calculations

Chapter 8 Triangles, Pennants, and Flags

Chapter 29 Trend Systems

Chapter 9 Tops and Bottoms

Chapter 30 Momentum and Oscillators

Chapter 10 Head-and-Shoulders Patterns

Chapter 31 Seasonality and Calendar Patterns

Chapter 11 Computers in Trading

Chapter 32 Cycle Analysis

Chapter 12 Moving Averages

Chapter 33 Volume, Open Interest, and Breadth

Chapter 13 Moving Average Convergence-Divergence:

Chapter 34 The Scientific Method and Technical Analysis

MACD Lines and MACD-Histogram

Chapter 35 Theories of Nonrandom Price Motion

Chapter 14 The Directional System

Chapter 36 Case Study of Rule Data Mining for the S&P 500

Chapter 15 Oscillators

Chapter 37 Prospect Theory

Chapter 16 Stochastic

Chapter 38 Perception Biases

Chapter 17 Relative Strength Index

Chapter 39 Inertial Effects

Chapter 18 Volume

Chapter 40 Relative Strength Strategies for Investing

Chapter 19 Volume-Based Indicators

Chapter 41 Risk Control

Chapter 20 Open Interest

LevelIIITableofContents
Chapter 1 Triple Screen Trading System

Chapter 14 International Indices and Commodities

Chapter 2 Spreads and Arbitrage

Chapter 15 The S&P 500

Chapter 3 Behavioral Techniques

Chapter 16 European Indices

Chapter 4 Pattern Recognition

Chapter 17 Gold

Chapter 5 Day Trading

Chapter 18 Intraday Correlations

Chapter 6 Adaptive Techniques

Chapter 19 Intermarket Indicators

Chapter 7 Price Distribution Systems

Chapter 20 Everything Is Relative Strength Is Everything

Chapter 8 Multiple Time Frames

Chapter 21 Analyzing the Macro-Finance Environment

Chapter 9 Advanced Techniques

Chapter 22 Portfolio Risk and Performance Attribution

Chapter 10 System Testing

Chapter 23 Hypothesis Tests and Confidence Intervals

Chapter 11 Practical Considerations

Chapter 24 Data-Mining Bias

Chapter 12 Risk Control

Chapter 25 Causality and Statistics

Chapter 13 Regression

Chapter 26 Illusions

Chapter 27 The Story Is the Thing

Chapter 44 Three Outside Up

Chapter 28 Are Two Heads Better Than One?

Chapter 45 Two Black Gapping Candles

Chapter 29 The Anatomy of a Bubble

Chapter 46 Window, Falling

Chapter 30 De-Bubbling: Alpha Generation

Chapter 47 Window, Rising

Chapter 31 The VIX as a Stock Market Indicator

Chapter 48 Dead-Cat Bounce

Chapter 32 Hedging with VIX Derivatives

Chapter 49 Dead-Cat Bounce, Inverted

Chapter 33 Introduction to Candlestick Charts

Chapter 50 Earnings Surprise, Bad

Chapter 34 Findings

Chapter 51 Earnings Surprise, Good

Chapter 35 Statistics Summary

Chapter 52 FDA Drug Approvals

Chapter 36 Above the Stomach

Chapter 53 Flag, Earnings

Chapter 37 Deliberation

Chapter 54 Same-Store Sales, Bad

Chapter 38 Doji Star, Bearish

Chapter 55 Same-Store Sales, Good

Chapter 39 Engulfing, Bearish

Chapter 56 Stock Downgrades

Chapter 40 Engulfing, Bullish

Chapter 57 Stock Upgrades

Chapter 41 Last Engulfing Bottom

Chapter 58 Statistics Summary

Chapter 42 Last Engulfing Top

Chapter 59 Fact, Fiction, and Momentum Investing

Chapter 43 Three Outside Down

TheLevelIIIexamisgivenonThursday,October15.AsusualschedulingatPrometricisbasedonafirstcome,first
servedbasis,soitishelpfultosignupearly,especiallyforLevelIII.Ifyouneedassistancewithregisteringfortheexam
orschedulingatPrometric,[email protected].
Nowisthetimetobeginyourstudyifyouhaventalready.Thereisstillplentyoftimetocompleteyourstudiesbefore
theOctoberexam.Considerthefollowingestimatesbasedonreadingataspeedoftwohundredwordsperminute
(consideredanaveragereadingspeed)whichwilltranslateintotwominutesandtwentysecondsperpageforthose
pagesinthesetextsthatarefulltextwithoutgraphics.Theseestimatesdonotincludethefrontmatterpagesnor
referencepages,sothecurriculumsizeisslightysmallerthantheactualpagecount.

Exam

Curriculumsize

Readinghoursforfullpages

EstimatedActualtime

LevelI

~700pages

28hours

20hours

LevelII

~850pages

34hours

27hours

LevelIII

~1200pages

47hours

36hours

Multiplyingthenumberofpagesbyacertainnumberofminutesperpagemaynotbethemostaccurateforecastfor
howmuchtimeitwilltakeyoutoreadthroughthematerial.Forsomepeoplethatmightbewhatisrequired,butmost
willfindthattheycandothisinlesstime.Herearethreereasonswhy:
1. Notallpagesareexclusivelyfulloftext.

Thetestdatesfor2015areOctober1517.
Timetostartstudyinginearnest!

Manypagesfeaturegraphicsortables
thataremeantforreferenceandwont
requireasmuchtimetostudy.

2. Thebookismeanttobeusedfor
referencestudy,notsomuchforcover
tocoverreading.
Theselectedreadingsarefromavariety
oftexts.Eachreadingischosento
addresstheknowledgeandskill
requirementsidentifiedintherecent
JobAnalysisanddescribedbythe
learningobjectives.Assuchyoumay
notneedtoreadtheentirechapteror
eventheentirebookbeforegainingthe
comprehensionyouneedtofulfilla
givenlearningobjective.

3. Manyideasinthebookarenotnewtoexperiencedcandidates.
Ifyouhavebeenworkingwithtechnicalanalysis,thereisachancethatyouhavereadsomeofthesebooksbefore,
orperhapsyouvelearnedsomeofwhatisinthemalready.Webelievethatsomewillfindtheyareabletocoverthe
readingmaterialinabouthalfthetimeestimatedforfulltextpages.Basedonthisrationale,andthefactthatsome
peoplereadfasterthanothers,wehaveprovidedarevisedestimateforwhatweexpecttheaveragecandidatewill
findtheirreadingtimetobe.Yourexperiencemayvary.

Upcoming Curriculum Webinars

DontmisstheupcomingeducationalwebinarspresentedbyGordonScott,CMT,ManagingDirectoroftheCMT
Program.GordonwillpresentonthenewCMTcurriculum.Thewebinarswillbeheldat12:00PMETonAugust11th,12th
and13th.Ifyouareunabletoattendthelivepresentation,theywillberecordedandyoucanwatchthematyour
convenience.Thesepresentationswillgiveyoualookatthecurriculumanditsplatform.Ifyouhaveyettopurchasethe
books,youllbeabletoseethemontheirplatformandgetalookatthematerialbeforeyouacquirethem.
Thepresentationsarecurrentlyfeaturedonthefrontpageofthemta.orghomepage,titledasCMTLevel[1,2,3]
Overview,andwillanswerthefollowingquestions:

WhydidtheCMTprogramneedanewcurriculum?

Howwerethecurrentreadingsselectedforthenewcurriculum?

Whydidtheprocessleadtodelaysforthecurriculum?

Isthecurrentcurriculumreallyanybetterthantheold?

Isthecurrentcurriculumlargerthantheoldreadinglist?

Howlongwillittakemetostudyfortheexamsbasedonthenewcurriculum?

Doesthenewcurriculumcomewithsampleexams?

HowdoIusethenewlearningobjectivestostudyeffectivelyfortheexams?

HowcanIfindenoughstudytimebeforethetestdatetoactuallyhaveachancetopasstheexam?

Willtheexamsbesignificantlyhardertopass?

WhatareascanIskipinmystudy?

CanIprintoutthiscurriculum?

WhatthingsshouldIbelookingforwithinthisnewcurriculum?

Willthisnewcurriculumjusthelpmepassanexamorwillitteachmesomethinguseful?

ArethereanytipsortechniquesIcanusetoimprovemystudy?

Thispresentationwillbetheplaceforyoutogetyourquestionsansweredaboutthenewcurriculumespecially
questionsyouhaventheardaskedoransweredbefore.Ifyoucannotattendthepresentationwhileitisbeingdelivered
live,youcanemailyourquestionsinaheadoftime.EmailallquestionstoGordonScott([email protected]).

Besuretoregisterforthesepresentationsrightaway.
CMTLevelIOverview,CMTLevelIIOverview,CMTLevelIIIOverview

The New Ethics Questions:


Adopting the CFA Standards

TheMTArecentlylicensedtheCFAInstituteStandardsofPracticeHandbook.ThislicenseallowsMTAmembersto
accessthedetailedstandardsdevelopedbytheCFAInstituteovermanyyears.TheHandbookcouldserveasaguideto
bestpracticesforfinanceprofessionals.
Asanexample,undertheStandardsofProfessionalConduct,membersowecertaindutiestoclients.Theseduties
include:Loyalty,Prudence,andcare;Fairdealing;Suitability;Fairaccurate,andCompleteperformancepresentation;
andPreservationofconfidentiality.TheStandardsofPracticeHandbookprovidesadditionaldetailsonthemeaningof
theseduties,casestudiestoassistinunderstandingandstudyingthestandardsandexamplesthatclarifyhowto
implementthestandardsonthejob.Membersalsoowecertaindutiestoemployers.

Thesedutiesinclude:

Loyalty

Disclosureofadditionalcompensationarrangementsandtheavoidanceofaconflictofinterestunder
anyadditionalcompensationagreement

Aresponsibilitytomakereasonableeffortstodetectandpreventviolationsoflaws,regulationsand
ethicalstandardsbyanyoneundertheirsupervision.

Theseresponsibilitiestoclientsandemployersareindependentofeachotherbuttheycanalsoberelatedtoeachother.
Expandingonthedutytopreserveclientconfidentiality,theHandbookexplainsmembersmustkeepinformationabout
current,former,andprospectiveclientsconfidentialunless:
(1)Theinformationconcernsillegalactivitiesonthepartoftheclient
(2)Disclosureisrequiredbylaw
(3)Theclientorprospectiveclientpermitsdisclosureoftheinformation

Evenwellintentioneddisclosureswouldviolatethestandard.Forexample,amembermightbeaninvestmentadviser
whoreceivesacallfromaclientsayinghisaccountantrecommendsmakinga$50,000charitabledonationtoreduce
incometaxes.Theclientisseekinghelpidentifyingsecuritiesthatcouldbesoldtomaximizethetaxbenefit.Now,
supposetheadviserisontheboardofdirectorsofanonprofitorganizationworkingtoreducehomelessnessinherlocal
community.Sheknowsthenonprofitorganizationcouldbenefitfromagiftof$50,000andconsiderscallingthe

organizationsdevelopmentdirectorwithasuggestiontosolicitagiftfromherclient.Thatwouldbeaviolationofthe
StandardsofProfessionalConductbecausethememberwouldberevealingconfidentialclientinformation.Thereisno
exceptiontotheStandardforcharitablecauses.

Membersalsoneedtorespectclientconfidentialitywhenswitchingjobs.Rememberthatmembersoweadutyofloyalty
totheiremployers.Considerthecaseofamemberwhoisleavingonefirmtopursueasimilaropportunityatanother
firm.Beforeleavinghercurrentposition,themembercannotsolicitclientstobecomecustomersofhernewfirm.She
cannotsolicitprospectivecustomerseitherbecausethatwouldviolatetheStandardrequiringhertoactwithloyaltyto
heremployersinterests.

Solicitingcurrentandprospectiveclientspriortoleavingapositionforanewoneisunethicalandaviolationofthe
Standards.But,whataboutafteryoustartthatnewjob?Isitethicaltocontactformerclientsthatyouknowwellto
requesttheybecomecustomersofyournewfirm?Clientrecordsarethepropertyofthefirm.Contactingformerclients
throughclientlistsorotherinformationtakenfromaformeremployerwouldbeaviolationofthestandardrequiring
loyaltytoyouremployer.However,itispossibleundersomeconditionstosolicitformerclientswithoutviolatingthe
StandardsofProfessionalConduct.

TheStandardsofPracticeHandbookexplains:Simpleknowledgeofthenamesandexistenceofformerclientsisnot
confidentialinformation,justasskillsorexperiencethatanemployeeobtainswhileemployedarenotconfidentialor
privilegedinformation.TheCodeandStandardsdonotimposeaprohibitionontheuseofexperienceorknowledge
gainedatoneemployerfrombeingusedatanotheremployer.TheCodeandStandardsalsodonotprohibitformer
employeesfromcontactingclientsoftheirpreviousfirm,intheabsenceofanoncompetitionagreement.Membersand
candidatesarefreetousepublicinformationabouttheirformerfirmafterdepartingtocontactformerclientswithout
violatingStandardIV(A),DutiestoEmployers:Loyalty.

Thebottomlineis,intheabsenceofanoncompetitionagreement,aslongasthemembermaintainsherdutytoloyalty
toherformeremployer,doesnottakestepstosolicitclientspriortoleavingherformeremployer,anddoesnotmake
useofmaterialfromtheformeremployerwithoutitspermissionafterleavingthereisnoviolationoftheCodeand
Standards.Thisexampleillustrateshowethicsareapracticalproblemformemberstoconsider.Theexamplealso
illustratesthevalueoftheresourcesprovidedundertherecentlicensingagreement.

YoucandownloadacopyofthelatesteditionoftheStandardsofPracticeHandbookbyclickinghere.

Michael,Carr,CMT."TheNewEthicsQuestionsAdoptingtheCFAStandards."
TechnicallySpeakingJuly2015

Ethics Video Resource:


Michael Carr, CMT

Thenewethicsguidelinesmaygivecandidatesacaseofnervousnessregardingthenewstandardsinformationthey
mayfearitisawholenewareatheymuststudyandthattherearelotsofreadingsnecessarytomasterthenew
StandardsandPracticesinformation.Forthosewhoworry,listeningtoafewminutesofMichaelCarr,CMT,speakabout
thenewstandardswillputyourmindatrest.Theexamquestionswillnotrequireanymorethanacommonsense
understandingofthebasictextintheCFAStandardsandPracticesHandbook,Mikerecentlyexplainedinhiswebinaron
thesubject.

Inthispresentation,Mikeexplainswhythischangewasneeded.IronicallyitseemsthattheMTAmemberswerevictims
oftheirownsuccess.MikepointsoutthatbecauseoftheMTAmembership'shighstandardsofbehavior,oneweakness
oftheprogramhasbeenalackofcasestudies.ThiswasonereasontheMTArecentlylicensedtheCFAInstitute'sCode
ofEthicsandStandardsofProfessionalConduct.

MikewaspartoftheethicscommitteethatextensivelyresearchedandreviewedtheCFAstandards.Theycametothe
conclusionthatitwouldofgreatbenefitforourassociationtoadoptthesestandards.Amongotherreasons,itwasclear
thatthestandardsweremuchmorethoroughlyreviewedandvettedbyalargenumberofpeople,andcontinually
updatedbasedonrecentlegaldecisions.Mikeexplainedthisandmanyotherimportantdetailsinhismessageonthe
recentvideodiscussion.

Clickheretoviewhisrecentwebinarpresentation:
http://media.mta.org/videos/2015/cmt/ethics/ethics.html

Level I and II Exam Focus:


Ethics Questions

LevelIandIIsampleEthicsquestions:
Inadditiontothepreviousstyleofethicsquestions,manyofwhicharestillapplicableunderthenewstandards,
questionsmayfeaturemorescenariospecificinformation.Thesescenariosarelikelytoberelatedtoobvioustrouble
spotsknowntogeneratequeriesfromfinancialpractitioners.Considerthefollowingexamples.

LevelIPracticeQuestion
DavidJohnson,asenioranalystwithabrokeragefirm,decidestochangehisrecommendationforthecommonstockof
PigeonIndustries,Inc.fromabuytoasell.Thischangeininvestmentadviceismailedtoallthefirmsclientson
Wednesday.Nextday,aclientcallsinwithabuyorderfor500sharesofPigeonIndustries,Inc.Inthiscircumstance,
Johnsonshould:
A. Accepttheorder.
B. Advisethecustomerofthechangeinrecommendationafteracceptingtheorder.
C. Advisethecustomerofthechangeinrecommendationbeforeacceptingtheorder.
D. Notaccepttheorderbecauseitiscontrarytothefirmsrecommendation.

AnswerforLevelIPracticeQuestion:
Correctanswer:C
Advisethecustomerofthechangeinrecommendationbeforeacceptingtheorder.
ThisquestioninvolvesStandardIII(B)FairDealing.
Reference:CodeofEthicsandStandardsofProfessionalConduct

LevelIIPracticeQuestion
Themosaictheoryholdsthatananalyst:
A. ViolatestheCodeandStandardsiftheanalystfailstohaveknowledgeofandcomplywiththeapplicablelaws.
B. Canusematerialpublicinformationandnonmaterialnonpublicinformationintheanalystsanalysis.
C. Shoulduseallavailableandrelevantinformationinsupportofaninvestmentrecommendation.
D. Canusematerialandnonmaterialnonpublicinformationintheanalystsanalysis.


AnswerforLevelIIPracticeQuestion:
Correctanswer:B
Canusematerialpublicinformationandnonmaterialnonpublicinformationintheanalystsanalysis.
ThisquestioninvolvesStandardII(A)MaterialNonpublicInformation.
Reference:CodeofEthicsandStandardsofProfessionalConduct

LevelIIIPracticeQuestion
AlyssaNewmark,CMTisaninvestmentadvisorandtechnicalanalystforhighnetworthclients.Aclientwithan
aggressiveriskprofileinhisinvestmentpolicystatementasksaboutinvestingintheTopShelfhedgefund.Thisfund,
basedinGreenwich,Connecticut,hasreported20%returnsforthefirstthreeyears.Thefundprospectusstatesthatits
strategyinvolveslongandshortpositionsintheenergysectorusingextensiveleveragewithoptions.Basedonher
overallfusionanalysisusingafundamentalandtechnicalexaminationofthefundsfinancialholdings,trackrecord,the
principalsinvolvedinmanagingthefund,thefeescharged,andthefundsriskprofile,Newmarkrecommendsthefund
totheclientandsecuresapositioninit.Thenextweek,thefundannouncesthatithassufferedalossof65%ofits
valueandissuspendingoperationsandredemptionsuntilafteraregulatoryreview.Newmarksclientcallshimina
panicandasksforanexplanation.
Giventhisinformation,whichofthefollowingstatementsismostcorrect?(2points)
A. NewmarksactionswereconsistentwithStandardV(A)asheranalysisofaninvestmentthatresultsina
reasonablebasisforherrecommendationdoesnotguaranteethattheinvestmenthasnodownsiderisk.
B. Newmarksactionswerenotlegitimatehasheranalysisofthisinvestmentisunfavorablybiasedduetoa
lackoffundamentalandtechnicalanalysis.
C. Newmarksactionswerelegitimateasshedidnothavetodiscussthematterwithherclientastherewas
limitedriskwiththisinvestment.
D. NewmarksactionswereinconsistentwithStandardV(A).

AnswerforLevelIIIPracticeQuestion:
Correctanswer:A
NewmarksactionswereconsistentwithStandardV(A).Analysisofaninvestmentthatresultsinareasonablebasisfor
recommendationdoesnotguaranteethattheinvestmenthasnodownsiderisk.
Comment:Newmarkshoulddiscusstheanalysisprocesswiththeclientwhileremindinghimorherthatpast
performancedoesnotleadtoguaranteedfuturegainsandthatlossesinanaggressiveinvestmentportfolioshouldbe
expected.(e.g.SuccessfulDueDiligence/FailedInvestment).

AreyoulookingforserioushelptopreparefortheCMTLevelIexam?
Clickherefordetails:http://cmtexam.nyif.com/

WhenyouregisterfortheCMTLevelIExamyouareembarkingonajourneytoreceiveoneoftheworld'smost
prestigiousinvestmentcertifications,fromtheorganizationthatpioneeredthedisciplineofTechnicalAnalysis.Tomake
sureyoupasstheexam,TheNewYorkInstituteofFinanceisofferingaoneofakindOnlinePrepProgram.Whenit
comestostudyingfortheCMTExam,it'snotjustaboutstudyinghard,butstudyingsmart.EnrollintheNYIFPrep
Program,andwe'llmakesureyoudoboth!Clickhereformoreinformation.

Video Resources
EDUCATIONALWEBINARSERIESFROMTHEARCHIVES
TheMTAspopularEducationalWebinarSeriesconductedlastyearhaspresentationswhichmayhelpyouinyourstudy
fortheexams.Severalofthemarestillrelevantdespitethecurriculumchange,andmorerecentwebinarshavealso
focusedontopicsnewtotheexam.Therecordingsofthesewebinarsarelocatedintheondemandarchives.
Thesevideosarehelpfulbecausetheywillfocusyourattentionontheapplicationofthetopicathand.Thiswillgiveyou
anideaofthekindofissuesembeddedinthequestionsoftheexam.Whilethesepresentersarenottalkingspecifically
aboutexamquestions,theyaredemonstratingtheapplicationoftheprinciplesyouarereadingabout.Thisis
particularlyusefulinsightforlevelIIandlevelIIIstylequestions.
Hereisalistofspecificlinksforthesepresentations:
TrendandReversionIndicatorsWillGeisdorf,CMT
MarketRiskCynthiaCase,CMT
Quantitative,StatisticalAnalysisMeravOvair,CQM
BehavioralFinanceLarryBerman,CMT
RiskManagementCharlieKirkpatrick,CMT
PricePatternsCharlesBasseti,CMT
TechnicalAnalysisBasicsMartinPring,CMT
Volume,OpenInterestandBreadthPerryKaufmann,CMT
PointandFigureCharting(LevelsIandII)JeremyDuPlessis,CMT,FSTA
ElliottWave(LevelsIandII)WayneGorman,CMT
AssetAllocation(LevelsIIandIII)MebaneFaber,CMT
CyclesConnieBrown,CMT
SelectionandDecisionusingRRGs(LevelIII)MatthewVerdouw,CMT

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