The Beginner’s Guide to Crypto Currency - Crypto Empowered Navigating the Future of Digital Wealth: The Beginner’s Guide to Crypto Currency, #3

​Chapter 1: Advanced Trading Strategies and Technical Analysis

​🚀 Introduction

Welcome to Book 3—the final volume in your journey from crypto beginner to confident investor.

So far you’ve learned:

✅ How crypto works

✅ Wallets, exchanges, DeFi, NFTs, and Web3

✅ Security and best practices

Now it’s time to level up your investing skills with advanced trading strategies and technical analysis (TA).

This chapter will help you:

✅ Understand how traders analyze charts

✅ Use indicators and patterns

✅ Manage risk like a pro

✅ Avoid rookie mistakes

Whether you’re an active trader or long-term investor, mastering these concepts will help you make smarter decisions.

​📈 1.1 What Is Technical Analysis (TA)?

Technical Analysis = studying historical price and volume data to predict future price movements.

It’s not magic. It’s probabilities.

✅ Assumes prices move in trends

✅ Patterns repeat due to human psychology

✅ Traders use charts to identify entry/exit points

Contrast with:

✅ Fundamental Analysis (FA) = evaluating the project’s tech, team, adoption, roadmap.

✅ Best investors often combine FA + TA.

​📊 1.2 Candlestick Charts

The most common crypto chart type = candlestick chart.

✅ Each candle shows price movement over time (e.g. 1 hour, 1 day).

Candlestick anatomy:

●  🟩 Green (bullish): Close price higher than open

●  🟥 Red (bearish): Close price lower than open

●  Body: Between open and close

●  Wicks: Highs and lows

Example:

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|  | ← Wick (high)

|  ████  | ← Body (open/close)

|  | ← Wick (low)

✅ Candlestick patterns can signal reversals or continuations.

​🧭 1.3 Trendlines and Support/Resistance

Trendline = diagonal line connecting higher lows (uptrend) or lower highs (downtrend).

✅ Support = price level where buying pressure prevents price from falling.

✅ Resistance = level where selling pressure prevents price from rising.

📌 Why it matters:

✅ Traders buy near support, sell near resistance.

✅ Breakouts signal strong moves.

Example:

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Price bounces repeatedly at $20 = Support.

Breaks $20 → possible drop to $15.

​📈 1.4 Common Chart Patterns

✅ Triangles

●  Ascending triangle = bullish continuation.

●  Descending triangle = bearish continuation.

●  Symmetrical triangle = breakout in either direction.

✅ Head and Shoulders

●  Top formation → bearish reversal.

●  Inverse → bullish reversal.