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A Technical Approach To Trend Analysis: Practical Trade Timing for Enhanced Profits
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A Technical Approach To Trend Analysis: Practical Trade Timing for Enhanced Profits

by Michael C. Thomsett
July 2015
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
352 pages
9h 40m
English
Pearson
Content preview from A Technical Approach To Trend Analysis: Practical Trade Timing for Enhanced Profits

Momentum and Timing of Preceding Trends

Another way in which prices evolve is through a short-term cyclical pattern of movement. This often involves waves of alternating bullish and bearish secondary trends or swing trends. These are ideal for swing trading, but for the longer-term direction, you need to review a period longer than six months.

Key Point

Momentum is effective in identifying the rhythm of short-term trend cycles, whether swing trends or secondary trends.

The chart in Figure 7.5 contains no fewer than seven sets of signals over six months. The price pattern alternates between uptrend and downtrend.

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Figure 7.5 Cyclical secondary ...

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