Technical Analysis versus Fundamental Analysis

Technical Analysis versus Fundamental Analysis by Rowena Harris-Doughty of LCG http://www.financial-spread-betting.com/spreadbetting/LCG-compare.html What is the difference between technical analysis and fundamental analysis? In reality there are advantages and disadvantages of using both. Technical analysis looks at past price movements of a currency, commodity or index and uses that data to predict future price movements in that security. Understand the key differences between technical and fundamental analysis as well as the use of indicators, oscillators, support and resistance lines and moving averages. Understand more about the types of indicators fundamental traders analyse such as key economic data releases, major economic/political events and news flow.