21.  On weekdays, Ang left for her job as a technical analyst at Marsh USA while her family was sleeping.

22.  Ralph Acampora, the chief technical analyst at Prudential Securities, sees no end in sight for two years or so.

23.  Richard Eakle, a technical analyst who runs Eakle Associates in Fair Haven, N.J., sees signs of alarming overoptimism among both investment advisers and options traders.

24.  Similar views are voiced by Stephen Shobin, chief technical analyst at Lehman Brothers.

25.  Technical analysts study the history of prices and other statistics to forecast market movements.

26.  Technical analysts study past stock price trends to predict future moves.

27.  That would depress bank and utilities shares, said Katherine Beattie, technical analyst at MMS International Inc.

28.  Technical analysts examine charts, draw geometric shapes, connect points and mark off familiar patterns.

29.  The importance of the job market report is nothing new, says Alex Saitta, a technical analyst at Salomon Brothers Inc.

30.  The next few months are likely to see stocks make further progress, according to a survey of more than a dozen technical analysts.