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Technical analysis and chart interpretations : a comprehensive guide to understanding established trading tactics for ultimate profit
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Details
- Creator
- Ed Ponsi
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2016
- ©2016
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (405 pages) : illustrations
- ISBNs
- 1119048222, 9781119204800, 1119048338, 1119048230, 9781119048336, 1119204801, 9781119048220, 9781119048237
- OCLC
- ocn951976830
- Includes index.
- English
- Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Introduction: The Journey -- About the Author -- Part I: The Foundation of Technical Analysis -- Chapter 1: Why Technical Analysis? -- Technical and Fundamental Divergence -- The Collapse of Lehman Brothers -- Price Is Truth -- Which Technical Analysis Method Will Work Best for You? -- Chapter 2: The Language of Trading -- Final Thoughts on the Language of Trading -- Chapter 3: The Cornerstone -- Dow Jones & -- Company -- The Dow Jones Industrial Average -- The Dow Jones Transportation Average -- Final Thoughts on the Cornerstone -- Chapter 4: The Dow Theory -- Trends Are Persistent -- Confirmation -- Volume Confirmation -- Other Types of Confirmation -- Random Walk Theory -- The Middle Ground -- Final Thoughts on Dow Theory -- Part II: Key Concepts of Technical Analysis -- Chapter 5: Common Types of Charts -- Price Data -- Time Frames -- Line Charts -- Bar Charts -- Candlestick Charts -- Point and Figure Charts -- The Use of Scale in Charts -- Final Thoughts on Common Types of Charts -- Chapter 6: Support and Resistance -- Support Becomes Resistance, and Vice Versa -- The Concept of Anchoring -- All Levels Are Not Created Equal -- Pullbacks and Throwbacks -- Using Breaks in Support -- Using Breaks in Resistance -- Trading Between Support and Resistance -- Final Thoughts on Support and Resistance -- Chapter 7: Trends and Trend Lines -- Uptrends -- Downtrends -- Breaking the Trend Line -- Consolidation -- Degree or Angle of the Trend -- Sustainable Trends -- Multiple Trend Lines -- Channel Lines -- Using Channel Lines -- Support Becomes Resistance -- Final Thoughts on Trends and Trend Lines -- Chapter 8: Volume -- Institutional vs. Individual Volume -- Buyers vs. Sellers -- Volume Represents Commitment -- High-Volume Breakouts -- Volume and Trend -- Bearish Trend Volume
- Support, Resistance, and Volume -- Climactic Volume and Capitulation -- Short-Covering Rallies -- Final Thoughts on Volume -- Chapter 9: Gaps -- Full Gaps and Partial Gaps -- Gaps in Illiquid Investments -- Intraday Gaps -- Opening Gaps -- Breakaway Gaps -- Runaway Gaps -- Exhaustion Gaps -- Island Reversals -- Gap Fills -- Currency Market Gaps -- Final Thoughts on Gaps -- Part III: Price Patterns -- Chapter 10: Reversal Chart Patterns -- Patterns Are Imperfect -- Reversal vs. Continuation Patterns -- The Head and Shoulders Reversal Pattern -- Inverse Head and Shoulders Pattern -- Head and Shoulders Continuation Pattern -- Double Top Pattern -- Double Bottom Pattern -- Triple Top Pattern -- Triple Bottom Pattern -- Diamond Reversal Patterns -- Final Thoughts on Reversal Chart Patterns -- Chapter 11: Continuation Patterns -- Triangles -- Bearish Descending Triangle Pattern -- Flags and Pennants -- Wedges -- Final Thoughts on Continuation Patterns -- Chapter 12: Additional Chart Patterns -- The Cup with Handle Formation -- Fractal Cup with Handle -- Respect Both Technical and Fundamental Analysis -- The Broadening Formation -- Final Thoughts on Additional Chart Patterns -- Part IV: Candlestick Patterns -- Chapter 13: Candlestick Charting Patterns -- Candlestick Reversal Patterns -- Complex Candlestick Reversal Patterns -- Final Thoughts on Reversal Candles -- Chapter 14: Continuation and Indecision Candlestick Patterns -- Continuation Candlestick Patterns -- Indecision Candlestick Patterns -- Final Thoughts on Candlesticks -- Part V: Fibonacci -- Chapter 15: Fibonacci Trading Techniques -- Leonardo Bonacci and Liber Abaci -- The Golden Ratio and Fibonacci Rabbits -- Significance in Trading -- Fibonacci Retracement Levels -- Fibonacci Extensions -- Fibonacci Retracements of Greater Than 100% -- Fibonacci Time Applications -- Fibonacci Cycles
- Fibonacci Time Extension Lines -- Final Thoughts on Fibonacci -- Part VI: Technical Indicators -- Chapter 16: Moving Averages -- Order of Moving Averages -- Moving Average Support and Resistance -- Moving Average Trading Signals-Single Crossover System -- Average Returns of the Golden Cross and Death Cross -- Moving Average Trading Signals-Multiple Crossover Systems -- Other Types of Moving Averages -- Final Thoughts on Moving Averages -- Chapter 17: Moving Average Envelopes and Bollinger Bands -- Reversion to the Mean -- Moving Average Envelopes -- Bollinger Bands -- Standard Deviation -- Bollinger Band Breakouts -- Cycle of Volatility -- Bollinger Bandwidth -- Final Thoughts on Moving Average Envelopes and Bollinger Bands -- Chapter 18: Oscillators -- Types of Oscillators -- Centered Oscillators -- Banded Oscillators -- The Stochastic Indicator -- Final Thoughts on Oscillators -- Chapter 19: Average True Range (ATR) -- The Market and the Sea -- Creation and Development of ATR -- Final Thoughts on ATR -- Chapter 20: Complex Indicators -- Average Directional Index -- Parabolic Stop and Reverse -- Always Tighten, Never Loosen -- Final Thoughts on Complex Indicators -- Part VII: Oscillators -- Chapter 21: Point and Figure Charting -- Point and Figure Basics -- Increment or Box Size -- Point and Figure Index Charts -- Point and Figure Patterns -- Point and Figure Catapult -- Point and Figure Triangles -- Point and Figure Price Targets -- One-Box Reversal Targets -- Final Thoughts on Point and Figure Charting -- Part VIII: ATR, ADX, and PSAR -- Chapter 22: Cycles and Tendencies -- The Presidential Election Cycle -- The Decennial Cycle -- The "Sell in May" Cycle -- The Santa Claus Rally -- The January Barometer -- Seasonal Cycles -- Currencies-A Special Situation -- Longer-Term Cycles -- The Kondratieff Wave -- Sector Rotation
- Early Stage of Economic Growth -- Middle Stage of Economic Growth -- Late Stage of Economic Growth -- Final Thoughts on Cycles -- Part IX: Cycles -- Chapter 23: Sentiment Indicators -- A Bullish Bias -- The AAII Sentiment Survey -- The VIX -- Commitments of Traders Report -- Large Speculators versus Small Speculators -- Final Thoughts on Sentiment Indicators -- Part X: Point and Figure Charting -- Chapter 24: Psychological Aspects of Technical Analysis -- Behavioral Traps -- Ten Trading Biases -- Fallacies, Herding, and More -- Final Thoughts on Traps, Biases, and Fallacies -- Chapter 25: Understanding Bubbles -- The Five Stages of a Credit Cycle -- China Stock Bubble 2007 -- NASDAQ Stock Bubble 1999 -- China Stock Bubble 2015 -- Final Thoughts on Bubbles -- Chapter 26: Trading versus Reality -- Real World versus Trading World -- Anchoring and Trends -- When Profits Hurt -- Instant Gratification -- The Humble Trader -- The Adversary -- Hard Work -- Final Thoughts on Trading versus Reality -- Part XI: Odds and Ends -- Chapter 27: Unconventional Patterns -- The Hindenburg Omen -- Three Peaks and a Domed House Formation -- Final Thoughts on Unconventional Patterns -- Chapter 28: Combining Technical and Fundamental Analysis -- Bull Market Fundamental Screen -- Bear Market Fundamental Screen -- Technical Screens -- Screens for Other Asset Classes -- Final Thoughts on Combining Technical and Fundamental Analysis -- Part XII: Behavioral Aspects of Technical Analysis -- Chapter 29: Final Thoughts on Technical Analysis -- Index -- End User License Agreement