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Welcome to the STA’s educational blog which is written by the Society by Karen Jones FSTA, Vice Chair, Treasurer and Content Editor for the Society. A regular feature that is intended to be a forum for new ideas, reviews, and trends in the thinking behind behavioural finance and technical analysis.

Designed to be educational, and hopefully entertaining, we would like to canvas opinion for content that members would feel is useful, enjoyable, and hopefully both! Unlike other blogs, it will not be a trading tip-sheet type of thing – there are probably way too many of those already – but something more along the lines of informed opinion and discussion. Themes are myriad and as well as techniques, tactics, software and publications, we aim to include discussions of the industry in general, employment conditions, and help in Diploma exam preparation.

Blogs

Engineering Trading Systems: What Traders Can Learn from MotoGP

Posted on 10/06/2026
Engineering Trading Systems: What Traders Can Learn from MotoGP

Can You Actually Make Money Using Technical Analysis?

Posted on 01/06/2026
Can You Actually Make Money Using Technical Analysis?

Risk Comes From Not Knowing What You’re Doing — Why Technical Analysis Matters More Than Ever

Posted on 26/05/2026
Risk Comes From Not Knowing What You’re Doing — Why Technical Analysis Matters More Than Ever

Proving the Case for Cycles: Why Technical Analysts Should Pay More Attention

Posted on 14/05/2026
Proving the Case for Cycles: Why Technical Analysts Should Pay More Attention

Beyond the Vomiting Camel: Why Your social media "Trading Coach" is Wrong

Posted on 05/05/2026
Beyond the Vomiting Camel; Why Your social media "Trading Coach" is Wrong

Does Technical Analysis Actually Work for Day Trading

Posted on 27/04/2026
Does Technical Analysis Actually Work for Day Trading?

Markets on the Edge: Why 2026 Could Trigger a Major Financial Reset

Posted on 16/04/2026
Markets on the Edge: Why 2026 Could Trigger a Major Financial Reset

From Charts to Strategies - Inside the new STA Course

Posted on 11/03/2026
From Charts to Strategies - Inside the new STA Course

Cutting Through Market Chaos

Posted on 05/03/2026
Cutting Through Market Chaos

My Reversal Watch Checklist

Posted on 18/02/2026
A couple of days ago I saw an article in the daily mail saying bitcoin going to zero and I thought this would be a good time to remind people of my reversal watch criteria

Does Technical Analysis share a Pillar with Alchemy

Posted on 12/02/2026
Does Technical Analysis Share a Pillar with Alchemy?

Patternitis, Overload & Emotion: The Real Struggles of New Traders

Posted on 04/02/2026
Common struggles in technical analysis for new traders.

Karen Jones

About Karen Jones

Karen Jones is a Fellow of the Society and a professional technical analyst who also acts as content creator for the STA

LinkedIN profile: linkedin.com/in/karen-jones-fsta-a2907b9