Sometimes even the most thorough homework on fundamentals fails to pinpoint the best time to buy a stock or take profits. Technical analysis helps market players predict the price behavior of a stock, commodity, or any financial instrument, giving clues about the course a trade may take in the coming weeks and months. When market timing is of the essence in making logical, informed decisions about a trade's future, technical analysis is the tool.
In New Thinking in Technical Analysis: Trading Models from the Masters , a dozen top authorities reveal their techniques and strategies for successful trading. This book offers market participants a treasury of tools to improve their investment performance, each from a unique and time-tested perspective. Readers will find immense value in the straightforward, user-friendly, application-rich presentation of market dynamics forecasting in this invaluable guide. Enhanced with over 170 charts and illustrations, New Thinking will become the primary companion of every trader seeking to gain a competitive edge.
Author(s): Rick Bensignor
Publisher: Bloomberg Press
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 318
Contents......Page 10
About the Contributors......Page 16
Preface......Page 26
1. Swing Trading and Underlying Principles of Technical Analysis......Page 30
2. Forecasting Trends Using Intermarket Analysis......Page 58
3. Applying Moving Averages to Point and Figure Charts......Page 76
4. Spotting Early Reversal Signals Using Candle Charts......Page 92
5. Reading the Language of the Market with Market Profile......Page 110
6. Using Oscillators to Predict Trade Opportunities......Page 148
7. Using Cycles for Price Projections......Page 166
8. Trading with the Elliott Wave Theory......Page 192
9. Trading Volatility in the Options Market......Page 218
10. Enhancing Technical Analysis by Incorporating Sentiment......Page 254
11. Measuring Investor Sentiment in Individual Stocks......Page 288
12. Controlling Risk with Money Management Techniques......Page 302
Index......Page 308
