Want to understand the Australian sharemarket without getting lost in complicated jargon?
In this episode, Louise Bedford shows you how to read share price charts as the true story of buyer and seller behaviour.
You’ll learn how charts capture momentum, pauses, and panic – and why these patterns matter for your trading decisions. Louise explains simple concepts, such as trends, support, resistance, breakouts, and consolidations, in plain English. She also shares a real-world example of a stock that ran, paused, then resumed its climb.
Discover the three most common patterns traders watch – trend continuation, consolidation, and sharp reversals – and what they reveal about trading psychology. After this show, you’ll analyse charts with confidence and avoid drowning in indicators.
Whether you’re new to trading in Australia or refining your sharemarket investing skills, this episode will help you see charts in a whole new way.
By the end of this episode, you’ll know how to:
- Read share price charts as the story of buyers and sellers – spotting when momentum is building, pausing, or reversing.
- Recognise the three most important chart patterns. Trend continuation, consolidation, and sharp reversals – and understand what they reveal about trading psychology.
- Apply a simple chart-reading method. You’ll be able to check the longer-term trend, identify support and resistance, and use volume as confirmation.
Next Steps:
- Explore Louise’s Trading Made Simple video course, free at tradinggame.com.au, to put these principles into practice.
- For deeper insight into risk management, check out my books Trading Secrets and Charting Secrets.
About Louise Bedford
Louise Bedford has traded, taught, and written extensively about the financial markets for over 30 years, building a reputation as a highly accomplished and experienced trader, educator, and author.
She co-founded The Trading Game and has gained recognition for her unique approach to teaching trading psychology and market analysis.
Louise has authored several successful trading books. In particular, her titles include Trading Secrets, Charting Secrets, The Secret of Candlestick Charting, and Investing Psychology Secrets.
Louise runs her hugely popular, repeat-for-free Mentor Program Pro online course. Through this course, she shows you how to automate your trading so you can retire early and get on with your life.
Did you know you can book a free 30-minute call with Louise to discuss your current trading strategies?
Just click the button below to take the quick survey, and then you’ll be able to choose a time to talk to Louise.
Other ways to get in touch with Louise
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TradingGame/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheTradingGame
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/louise-bedford/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/tradinggame
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tradinggame.com.au
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tradinggame.com.au/
Image by AI Google Labs
