Technical Analysis Trading Methods and Techniques (Collection)

Technical Analysis Trading Methods and Techniques (Collection)

by Ed Carlson, Richard A. Dickson, Tracy L. Knudsen, Quint Tatro
Released December 2011
Publisher(s): Pearson
ISBN: 9780132938549

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Book description

Three indispensable books reveal little-known technical and psychological techniques for outperforming the market — and beating the traders you’re up against!

Three remarkable books help you leverage powerful, little-known insights from technical analysis and behavioral economics to consistently outperform the market! In George Lindsay and the Art of Technical Analysis, Ed Carlson resurrects the nearly-forgotten technical analysis techniques created by the eccentric genius who called the beginning and end of history’s greatest bull market, within days! Carlson reveals why George Lindsay’s techniques are especially valuable right now, demonstrates their power visually, simply, and intuitively – and shows how to make the most of them without strong mathematical expertise. Next, Mastering Market Timing combines the powerful, long-proven technical analysis methods of Richard D. Wyckoff with the world-renowned analysis of Lowry Research -- sharing deep new price/volume insights you can use to uncover emerging trends faster, even if you’re entirely new to technical analysis. Finally, in Trade the Trader, Quint Tatro focuses on the real zero-sum nature of trading, helping you understand the traders you’re up against, anticipate their moves, outwit them – and beat them!

From world-renowned investing and trading expertsEd Carlson, Richard A. Dickson, Tracy L. Knudsen,andQuint Tatro

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Contents
  3. George Lindsay and the Art of Technical Analysis: Trading Systems of a Market Master
    1. Contents
    2. Acknowledgments
    3. About the Author
    4. Introduction
      1. Endnote
    5. Part I. Biography and “The Other History”
      1. Chapter 1. Biography
        1. Family History
        2. Artist
        3. Chicago
        4. Los Angeles
        5. The Analyst
        6. Political Views
        7. Advisory Service
        8. Stuart Teisch
        9. Track Record
        10. Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser
        11. Death
        12. Conclusion
        13. Endnotes
      2. Chapter 2. The Other History
        1. Time Intervals
        2. Wars and Unsuccessful Revolts
        3. Emotional Agitations
        4. Creative Concentrations
        5. The Lost Manuscripts
        6. Conclusion
        7. Endnotes
    6. Part II. Three Peaks and a Domed House
      1. Chapter 3. The Phenomenon
        1. Identifying Characteristics
        2. Principle of Equalization
        3. Domed House Before Three Peaks
        4. Endnote
      2. Chapter 4. Three Peaks
        1. Characteristics and Irregularities
        2. Fractals
        3. Separating Decline
        4. Conclusion
        5. Endnote
      3. Chapter 5. A Domed House
        1. Bases
        2. Counts
        3. Domed House Longer Than Normal
        4. Domed House Shorter Than Normal
        5. First Floor Wall
        6. First Floor Roof
        7. Second Floor Wall
        8. The Cupola and the Decline
        9. Conclusion
        10. Endnote
      4. Chapter 6. The Tri-Day Method
        1. Swingover Ratio
        2. Calculation Steps
        3. Model 3
        4. Complex Arrangement
        5. Conclusion
        6. Endnote
    7. Part III. The Lindsay Timing Model
      1. Chapter 7. Overview of the Lindsay Timing Model
        1. Introduction to the Lindsay Timing Model
        2. Terminology
        3. A Few Simple Reminders
        4. Endnote
      2. Chapter 8. Key Dates
        1. Key Range
        2. Conclusion
        3. Endnote
      3. Chapter 9. The Low-Low-High Count
        1. Determining Lows
        2. Counts
        3. Important Counts
        4. Minor Counts
        5. Combining LLH Counts with 107-Day Counts
        6. Expected Size of the Decline
        7. Conclusion
        8. Endnote
      4. Chapter 10. Combining the Counts
        1. Coincident Counts
        2. Clusters
        3. LLH Counts Only
        4. Trading Ranges
        5. Conclusion
        6. Endnotes
    8. Part IV. The Counts
      1. Chapter 11. Long-Term Cycles and Intervals
        1. Long-Term Cycles
        2. Long-Term Intervals
        3. 15-Year Interval
        4. 12-Year Interval
        5. 8-Year Interval
        6. Conclusion
        7. Endnotes
      2. Chapter 12. Basic Movements
        1. Standard Time Spans
        2. Basic Advances
        3. Basic Declines
        4. The Principle of Alternation
        5. Matching Basic Movements to Long-Term Intervals
        6. Special Rule: Declines Following Extended Basic Advances
        7. Secondary Lows
        8. Secondary Low Sequence
        9. Sideways Movements
        10. Moving Upward Out of a Sideways Movement
        11. Conclusion
        12. Endnote
      3. Chapter 13. Counts from the Middle Section
        1. Combining Standard Time Spans with Counts from the Middle Section
        2. Ascending Middle Sections
        3. Descending Middle Sections
        4. Conclusion
        5. Endnote
      4. Chapter 14. Case Study: The 1960s
        1. Introduction
        2. 1960–61 Advance
        3. 1961–62 Decline
        4. 1962–66 Advance
        5. 1966 Decline
        6. 1966–68 Advance
        7. 1968–70 Decline
        8. Conclusion
        9. Endnote
    9. Glossary
    10. Index
    11. FT Press Financial Times
  4. Mastering Market Timing: Using the Works of L.M. Lowry and R.D. Wyckoff to Identify Key Market Turning Points
    1. Contents at a Glance
    2. Table of Contents
    3. Acknowledgments
    4. About the Authors
    5. Foreword
    6. Introduction
    7. Part I: A Wyckoff-Lowry Analysis of Major Market Tops and Bottoms Since 1968
      1. 1. Richard D. Wyckoff and Lyman M. Lowry: The Analysts and Their Methods
        1. Richard D. Wyckoff
        2. Lyman M. Lowry
        3. The Wyckoff and Lowry Methodologies: A More In-Depth Look
        4. Endnotes
      2. 2. How Major Market Tops Form: Part I, The Preliminaries
        1. The Life Cycle of a Market Uptrend (a.k.a. a Bull Market)
        2. Characteristics of a Major Market Top
        3. The Top of the 1966–1969 Bull Market
        4. The Top of the 1970–1973 Bull Market
        5. The Top of the 1975–1976 Bull Market
        6. The Top of the 1980–1981 Bull Market
        7. The Top of the 2003–2007 Bull Market
      3. 3. How Major Market Tops Form: Part II, The End Game
        1. Idealized Major Market Topping Pattern (Part II)
        2. Using Lowry’s Measures of Supply and Demand to Supplement the Wyckoff Analysis
        3. Final Stages of the 1968–1969 Market Top
        4. The End of the 1972–1973 Market Top
        5. The Drawn-Out Conclusion to the 1976 Market Top
        6. The Less Drawn-Out 1980–1981 Market Top
        7. The Preamble to the Worst Bear Market Since 1929–1932—the Final Stages of the 2007 Market Top
      4. 4. How Major Market Bottoms Form: Part I, Panic and Capitulation
        1. The Life Cycle of a Market Downtrend (a.k.a., A Bear Market)
        2. Lowry Indicators
        3. The Bottom of the 1968–1970 Bear Market
        4. The Bottom of the 1973–1974 Bear Market
        5. The Bottom of the 1981–1982 Bear Market
        6. The Bottom of the 2000–2003 Bear Market
        7. The Bottom of the 2007–2009 Bear Market
        8. Endnotes
      5. 5. How Major Market Bottoms Form: Part II, Accumulation and Breakout
        1. Idealized Major Market Bottoming Pattern (Part II)
        2. Lowry Indicators
        3. The Bottom of the 1968–1970 Bear Market
        4. The Bottom of the 1973–1975 Bear Market
        5. The Bottom of the 1981–1982 Bear Market
        6. The Bottom of the 2000–2003 Bear Market
        7. The Bottom of the 2007–2009 Bear Market
        8. Endnotes
    8. Part II: Combining a Wyckoff-Lowry Analysis with Other Tools for Timing Major Market Tops and Bottoms
      1. 6. Building a Cause: How R.D. Wyckoff Uses Point and Figure Charts to Establish Price Targets
        1. Point and Figure Charts
        2. Construction of a Point and Figure Chart
        3. Point and Figure Charts as Applied to Major Market Tops and Bottoms: The Horizontal Count
        4. The 1969 Market Top and Targets for the Bear Market
        5. The 1970 Market Bottom and Targets for the 1970–1973 Bull Market
        6. The 1972–73 Market Top and the Severe Bear Market into the 1975 Low
        7. The 1974–1975 Market Bottom
        8. The Drawn-Out Market Top in 1976
        9. The 1981 Market Top and Approaching End of the Secular Bear Market
        10. The 1982 Market Bottom and the Start of the Secular Bull Market 1982–2000
        11. The 2002–2003 Market Bottom
        12. The 2007 Market Top and Start of the Worst Bear Market Since the 1929–32 Wipeout
        13. Conclusion
        14. Endnote
      2. 7. Identifying Major Market Tops and Bottoms: Other Tools to Consider
        1. The NYSE Advance–Decline
        2. Advance–Decline Lines and Major Market Tops and Bottoms
        3. Operating Companies Only Advance–Decline Lines
        4. The Cyclical Nature of Advance–Decline Lines
        5. Another Useful Indicator for Signaling a Major Market Top
        6. The 30-Week Moving Average in Practice
        7. Conclusion
        8. Endnotes
      3. 8. The Curious Case of the 2000–2001 Market Top and Demise of the Secular Bull Market
        1. The Major Market Indexes at the 2000–2001 Top and Ensuing Bear Market
        2. The 2000–2001 Market Top and the NYSE Advance–Decline Line
        3. The Ten S&P Industry Sectors and the Market Top
      4. 9. A Wyckoff/Lowry Analysis of the 2000 Market Top
        1. The 2000–2001 Market Top According to the S&P 500
        2. The 2000 Market Top and Bursting of the Bubble in the NASDAQ Comp. Index
      5. 10. Where Are We Now?
        1. The Bull Market
        2. Endnote
      6. 11. Putting It All Together
    9. Index
  5. Trade the Trader: Know Your Competition and Find Your Edge for Profitable Trading
    1. Contents
    2. Acknowledgments
    3. About the Author
    4. Chapter 1. I’m Trading Against You
    5. Chapter 2. My Story
    6. Chapter 3. It’s All Opportunity
    7. Chapter 4. The Other Traders
    8. Chapter 5. Finding Your Edge
      1. Value Investing
      2. Day Trading
      3. Technical Analysis
    9. Chapter 6. Timing the Entry
    10. Chapter 7. Trend Lines
      1. EXERCISE
    11. Chapter 8. The Basics Are Not Enough
    12. Chapter 9. Pick Your Time Frame
    13. Chapter 10. Developing Your Plan
    14. Chapter 11. Determining Entry Points
    15. Chapter 12. Setting Stops
    16. Chapter 13. How to Trade the Trader
    17. Chapter 14. Using and Controlling Risk to Your Advantage
      1. Controlling Risk
    18. Chapter 15. Taking Gains
    19. Chapter 16. Reviewing the Entire Plan
      1. Chart Work
      2. Pattern Recognition
      3. Developing Your Trading Plan (Journal)
      4. Stop Level
      5. Share Count
      6. Profit Levels / Limit Orders
      7. Ongoing Execution
      8. Example: Mosaic Company (MOS)
    20. Chapter 17. It’s a Head Game
    21. Chapter 18. Dealing with the Emotions
    22. Chapter 19. Following the Trend
    23. Chapter 20. The Blowup
      1. Earnings
      2. Special Events
      3. Biotechnology
    24. Index
    25. Financial Times Press
  6. Technical Analysis: The Complete Resource for Financial Market Technicians, Second Edition
    1. Contents
    2. Acknowledgments
    3. About the Authors
    4. Part I: Introduction
      1. Chapter 1. Introduction to Technical Analysis
      2. Chapter 2. The Basic Principle of Technical Analysis—The Trend
        1. Chapter Objectives
        2. How Does the Technical Analyst Make Money?
        3. What Is a Trend?
        4. How Are Trends Identified?
        5. Trends Develop from Supply and Demand
        6. What Trends Are There?
        7. What Other Assumptions Do Technical Analysts Make?
        8. Conclusion
        9. Review Questions
      3. Chapter 3. History of Technical Analysis
        1. Chapter Objectives
        2. Early Financial Markets and Exchanges
        3. Modern Technical Analysis
        4. Current Advances in Technical Analysis
      4. Chapter 4. The Technical Analysis Controversy
        1. Chapter Objectives
        2. Do Markets Follow a Random Walk?
        3. Can Past Patterns Be Used to Predict the Future?
        4. What About Market Efficiency?
        5. Behavioral Finance and Technical Analysis
        6. Pragmatic Criticisms of Technical Analysis
        7. What Is the Empirical Support for Technical Analysis?
        8. Conclusion
        9. Review Questions
    5. Part II: Markets and Market Indicators
      1. Chapter 5. An Overview of Markets
        1. Chapter Objectives
        2. In What Types of Markets Can Technical Analysis Be Used?
        3. Types of Contracts
        4. How Does a Market Work?
        5. Who Are the Market Players?
        6. How Is the Market Measured?
        7. Conclusion
        8. Review Questions
      2. Chapter 6. Dow Theory
        1. Chapter Objectives
        2. Dow Theory Theorems
        3. Criticisms of the Dow Theory
        4. Conclusion
        5. Review Questions
      3. Chapter 7. Sentiment
        1. Chapter Objectives
        2. What Is Sentiment?
        3. Market Players and Sentiment
        4. How Does Human Bias Affect Decision Making?
        5. Crowd Behavior and the Concept of Contrary Opinion
        6. How Is Sentiment of Uninformed Players Measured?
        7. How Is the Sentiment of Informed Players Measured?
        8. Sentiment in Other Markets
        9. Hulbert Gold Sentiment Index
        10. Conclusion
        11. Review Questions
      4. Chapter 8. Measuring Market Strength
        1. Chapter Objectives
        2. Market Breadth
        3. Up and Down Volume Indicators
        4. Net New Highs and Net New Lows
        5. Using Moving Averages
        6. Very Short-Term Indicators
        7. Conclusion
        8. Review Questions
      5. Chapter 9. Temporal Patterns and Cycles
        1. Chapter Objectives
        2. Periods Longer than Four Years
        3. Periods of Four Years or Less
        4. January Signals
        5. Events
        6. Conclusion
        7. Review Questions
      6. Chapter 10. Flow of Funds
        1. Chapter Objectives
        2. Funds in the Marketplace
        3. Funds Outside the Security Market
        4. The Cost of Funds
        5. Fed Policy
        6. Conclusion
        7. Review Questions
    6. Part III: Trend Analysis
      1. Chapter 11. History and Construction of Charts
        1. Chapter Objectives
        2. History of Charting
        3. What Data Is Needed to Construct a Chart?
        4. What Types of Charts Do Analysts Use?
        5. What Type of Scale Should Be Used?
        6. Point-and-Figure Charts
        7. Conclusion
        8. Review Questions
      2. Chapter 12. Trends—The Basics
        1. Chapter Objectives
        2. Trend—The Key to Profits
        3. Trend Terminology
        4. Basis of Trend Analysis—Dow Theory
        5. How Does Investor Psychology Impact Trends?
        6. How Is the Trend Determined?
        7. Determining a Trading Range
        8. Directional Trends (Up and Down)
        9. Other Types of Trend Lines
        10. Conclusion
        11. Review Questions
      3. Chapter 13. Breakouts, Stops, and Retracements
        1. Chapter Objectives
        2. Breakouts
        3. Stops
        4. Conclusion
        5. Review Questions
      4. Chapter 14. Moving Averages
        1. Chapter Objectives
        2. What Is a Moving Average?
        3. How Is a Simple Moving Average Calculated?
        4. What Other Types of Moving Averages Are Used?
        5. Strategies for Using Moving Averages
        6. What Is Directional Movement?
        7. What Are Envelopes, Channels, and Bands?
        8. Conclusion
        9. Review Questions
    7. Part IV: Chart Pattern Analysis
      1. Chapter 15. Bar Chart Patterns
        1. Chapter Objectives
        2. What Is a Pattern?
        3. Do Patterns Exist?
        4. Computers and Pattern Recognition
        5. Market Structure and Pattern Recognition
        6. Bar Charts and Patterns
        7. How Profitable Are Patterns?
        8. Classic Bar Chart Patterns
        9. Patterns with Rounded Edges—Rounding and Head-and-Shoulders
        10. Long-Term Bar Chart Patterns with the Best Performance and the Lowest Risk of Failure
        11. Conclusion
        12. Review Questions
      2. Chapter 16. Point-and-Figure Chart Patterns
        1. Chapter Objectives
        2. What Is Different About a Point-and-Figure Chart?
        3. History of Point-and-Figure Charting
        4. One-Box Reversal Point-and-Figure Charts
        5. Three-Point (or Box) Reversal Point-and-Figure Charts
        6. Conclusion
        7. Review Questions
      3. Chapter 17. Short-Term Patterns
        1. Chapter Objectives
        2. Pattern Construction and Determination
        3. Traditional Short-Term Patterns
        4. Summary of Short-Term Patterns
        5. Candlestick Patterns
        6. Conclusion
        7. Review Questions
    8. Part V: Trend Confirmation
      1. Chapter 18. Confirmation
        1. Chapter Objectives
        2. Analysis Methods
        3. Volume Confirmation
        4. Open Interest
        5. Price Confirmation
        6. Conclusion
        7. Review Questions
    9. Part VI: Other Technical Methods and Rules
      1. Chapter 19. Cycles
        1. Chapter Objectives
        2. What Are Cycles?
        3. Translation
        4. How Can Cycles Be Found in Market Data?
        5. Projections
        6. Conclusion
        7. Review Questions
      2. Chapter 20. Elliott, Fibonacci, and Gann
        1. Chapter Objectives
        2. Elliott Wave Theory (EWT)
        3. The Fibonacci Sequence
        4. Conclusion
        5. Review Questions
    10. Part VII: Selection
      1. Chapter 21. Selection of Markets and Issues: Trading and Investing
        1. Chapter Objectives
        2. Which Issues Should I Select for Trading?
        3. Which Issues Should I Select for Investing?
        4. Top-Down Analysis
        5. Bottom Up—Specific Stock Selection and Relative Strength
        6. Examples of How Selected Professionals Screen for Favorable Stocks
        7. Conclusion
        8. Review Questions
    11. Part VIII: System Testing and Management
      1. Chapter 22. System Design and Testing
        1. Chapter Objectives
        2. Why Are Systems Necessary?
        3. How Do I Design a System?
        4. How Do I Test a System?
        5. Optimization
        6. Conclusion
        7. Review Questions
      2. Chapter 23. Money and Risk Management
        1. Chapter Objectives
        2. Risk and Money Management
        3. Testing Money-Management Strategies
        4. Money-Management Risks
        5. Money-Management Risk Strategies
        6. Monitoring Systems and Portfolios
        7. If Everything Goes Wrong
        8. Conclusion
        9. Review Questions
    12. Part IX: Appendices
      1. Appendix A. Basic Statistics
        1. Appendix Objectives
        2. Returns
        3. Probability and Statistics
        4. Descriptive Statistics
        5. Inferential Statistics
        6. Modern Portfolio Theory
        7. Performance Measurement
        8. Advanced Statistical Methods
        9. Artificial Intelligence
        10. Review Questions
      2. Appendix B. Types of Orders and Other Trader Terminology
        1. An Order Ticket
    13. Bibliography
    14. Index
    15. Footnotes
      1. Chapter 4
      2. Chapter 7
      3. Chapter 12
      4. Chapter 14
      5. Chapter 17
      6. Chapter 18

Product information

  • Title: Technical Analysis Trading Methods and Techniques (Collection)
  • Author(s): Ed Carlson, Richard A. Dickson, Tracy L. Knudsen, Quint Tatro
  • Release date: December 2011
  • Publisher(s): Pearson
  • ISBN: 9780132938549