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You are here: Home / Trading / Technical vs. Fundamental Analysis – Do they work together?

Technical vs. Fundamental Analysis – Do they work together?

May 15, 2014 by Rajat Sharma Leave a Comment



I cannot count the number of books I have read on this topic, nor the number of times I have been part of a debate on this particular aspect of investing.

Is there a Relationship between Technical and Fundamental Value of a Share?

Short answer – NO.

While technical analysis relies on a study of human behavior, fundamental analysis relies on a company’s financial statements and other qualitative factors. While a stock may be “screaming buy” based on its long term fundamentals but may best be avoided as per a technician based on an imperfect or week chart pattern. On the other hand, often you find stocks of companies with bad managements or poor fundamentals being recommended by technicians for a short term momentum trade.

There is no correlation between the 2 styles of investing other than the fact that the intention in both cases is to earn a profit.

Technical vs. Fundamentals – Should you look at both aspects of a stock?

Short Answer – Why not but may be not.

technical vs fundamental analysisA slightly more rationale view on this – When investing based on fundamentals, one may look at technical aspects. When investing based on technicals, fundamentals do not matter.

If I were to give an answer with a subset analogy of mathematics – “all technicals could be an inclusive part of fundamental views”.

Based on such an analogy, I think the rules to follow are clear:

For Fundamental Investors:

  • You may take cues from what a technician says;
  • If you have a list of fundamentally strong stocks which in your opinion offer value at their current price, a technical analyst may well be a good resource to give you an entry signal;
  • Never look at technicals yourself – you have limited time, leave this to someone who spends days and hours doing only one thing – reading charts.

For Technical Traders:

  • Be emotionally zero and work on your psychological traits.
  • Have nothing to do with fundamentals – while this may sound silly but being unaware of everything that happens around you is at the very root of technical analysis.
  • Study human not corporate behavior – human behavior as displayed on a chart pattern has absolutely nothing to do with long term planning of companies.
Last updated: 2nd March, 2015




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Rajat Sharma pictureRajat Sharma is a well known stock market analyst and commentator. He has covered Indian markets for over a decade and is regarded for consistently identifying early stage investment opportunities. Attorney by qualification, Rajat has done extensive work for improving corporate governance and disclosure standards.

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