Information Package / Course Catalogue
Basic and Technical Analysis of Capital Market Instruments
Course Code: BAS228
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 1
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

The main objectives of this course, which teaches the basic technical analysis of capital market instruments are: to be able to read the financials (balance sheet and income statements) of listed companies, to decide which financial instrument is cheap and which stocks are expensive, to find the intrinsic values ??of financial instruments, knowing when to buy and sell a financial instrument (gold currency, stocks, cryptocurrencies, etc.). It is in the form of obtaining detailed and necessary information about trend, support/resistance, formations and indicators.

Course Content

Fundamental analysis methods (deductive method) -Macro-economic developments, sectoral developments, company-related developments, Ratio analysis used to measure company soundness, Liquidity ratio analysis, activity ratio analysis, Profitability ratio analysis, Finance ratio analysis, Company valuations (P/E and PD/DD values, Dow theory and its fundamentals, bear and bull markets, support-resistance concepts, chart types, formations, indicators.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Olcay YILMAZ
Learning Outcomes
1.Understands the logic of basic and technical analysis.
2.Learns ratio analysis.
3.Knows which financial instrument to invest.
4. Learns formation and indicators.
5.Knows when to invest in financial instruments.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Capital Market Basic and Technical Analysis Methods, Turgay Münyas, Ekin Publishing, 2016
2. You said Technical Analysis? Come on! Ali Perşembe, 2001.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Giving information about course and materials.
Week 1 - Practice
Giving information about course and materials.
Week 2 - Theoretical
General economics, sector and enterprise risk analysis.
Week 2 - Practice
Reading macroeconomic indicators.
Week 3 - Theoretical
General economics, sector and enterprise risk analysis.
Week 3 - Practice
Reading macroeconomic indicators.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Ratio analysis. (Liquidity, profitability, activity and financing ratios analysis)
Week 4 - Practice
Applied ratio analysis. (Liquidity, profitability, activity and financing ratios analysis)
Week 5 - Theoretical
Ratio analysis. (Liquidity, profitability, activity and financing ratios analysis)
Week 5 - Practice
Applied ratio analysis. (Liquidity, profitability, activity and financing ratios analysis)
Week 6 - Theoretical
Ratio analysis. (Liquidity, profitability, activity and financing ratios analysis)
Week 6 - Practice
Applied ratio analysis. (Liquidity, profitability, activity and financing ratios analysis)
Week 7 - Theoretical
Company Valuation Methods (P/E and MV/BV)
Week 7 - Practice
Applied Company Valuation Methods (P/E and MV/BV)
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Company Valuation Methods (P/E and EV/DD) – (Midterm Exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Dow theory and its Fundamentals.
Week 9 - Practice
Applied Trend Analysis.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Support resistance concepts and Chart Types (line, candle, bar).
Week 10 - Practice
Stopping and application methods.
Week 11 - Theoretical
Formations.
Week 11 - Practice
Applied formations.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Formations.
Week 12 - Practice
Applied formations.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Indicators.
Week 13 - Practice
Applied indicators.
Week 14 - Theoretical
Indicators.
Week 14 - Practice
Applied indicators.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Lecture - Practice141128
Assignment51110
Reading2114
Individual Work1516
Midterm Examination1516
Final Examination1516
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)102
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
OÇ-1
5
5
OÇ-2
5
5
OÇ-3
5
5
OÇ-4
5
5
OÇ-5
5
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026