Technical Analysis Professional Certification
Read any chart with precision — candlesticks, structure, patterns, and indicators
Key facts
- Level: Professional
- Field: Trading & Financial Markets
- Estimated study time: about 30 hours
- Credential price: $149
- Exam: 78 questions · 110 minutes · pass mark 72%
About the Technical Analysis Professional certification
The definitive professional certification in technical analysis. You will learn to read raw price action the way institutional traders do: candlestick anatomy and the single- and multi-candle patterns that signal exhaustion and reversal; how to draw and trade support and resistance, role reversal, and dynamic levels; how to distinguish a valid breakout from a fakeout using the break-and-retest and volume confirmation; market structure, trendlines and channels; the full library of chart patterns (triangles, flags and pennants, head and shoulders, double and triple tops/bottoms, wedges, cup and handle); and the core indicator toolkit — moving averages and crossovers, RSI and divergence, MACD, Bollinger Bands, volume, ATR, and stochastics. Crucially, you will learn how context changes meaning, how to read multiple timeframes top-down, and how confluence turns a guess into a high-probability setup. The exam tests applied judgement — given a described chart, what is the highest-probability read — at the level expected of a working discretionary trader.
What you will learn
The official Technical Analysis Professional study course covers:
- Candlesticks: Reading the Battle — From the four prices of a single candle to the multi-candle reversals that signal a shift of control - and why location and volume decide meaning.
- Support, Resistance & Trend — Drawing levels as zones, the more-touches logic, role reversal, dynamic support from moving averages, and defining trend by swing structure, trendlin…
- Breakouts: Real vs Fake — The close+volume+acceptance test, the break-and-retest entry with a tight stop, range breakouts and measured moves, and how to trade breakout failure…
- Chart Patterns — The full library: ascending/descending/symmetrical triangles, flags and pennants, head and shoulders (and inverse), double/triple tops and bottoms, w…
- Indicators — The core toolkit used correctly: SMA/EMA and crossovers, RSI and divergence, MACD, stochastics, Bollinger Bands and the squeeze, ATR for risk sizing,…
- Confluence & Multi-Timeframe — Fibonacci retracements and extensions, top-down multi-timeframe analysis, and the capstone skill of confluence - stacking independent signals into hi…
Prerequisites
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Technical Analysis Professional certificate verifiable?
- Yes. Every issued Hootix Academy certificate carries a unique credential code that anyone can verify online.
- How is the Technical Analysis Professional exam structured?
- It is a 110-minute proctored multiple-choice exam of 78 questions; you need 72% to pass.
- Do I need to buy the course to take the exam?
- You can purchase the certification exam on its own, or bundle it with the full study course at a reduced price.
- How long does the Technical Analysis Professional course take?
- About 30 hours of self-paced study.