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Description of Technical Analysis from A to Z, 2nd Edition

This book is updated and revised - with over 35 brand new indicators! It is a comprehensive catalog of today's major technical analysis indicators - indispensable for trading in stocks, bonds, futures, and options!

'There is an urgent need for a concise reference on such a vast array of technical tools. Achelis' new edition fulfills that need and should provide an invaluable guide to newcomers and veterans alike'
- John J. Murphy, President, MurphyMorris.com, Author, Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets and Intermarket Technical Analysis

'Steve Achelis has done it again. The first edition was a wonderfully comprehensive encyclopedia of market indicators. The second edition is even better'
- Martin Pring, President, International Institute of Economic Research Author, Technical Analysis Explained and Martin Pring's Introduction to Technical Analysis

'Often technical analysis, because of its depth and complexity, can seem like magic. Steve Achelis' "Technical Analysis from A to Z" helps the reader transition from the realm of magic to the land of understanding. This revision of his classic reference on technical techniques and indicators is a must for any technical analysis library'
- John Bollinger, CFA, MFT Bollinger Capital Management

Title Information

ISBN:

9780071363488

Pages:

380 pages

Format:

Hardback

Product Code:

13047

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill

Published:

01/11/2000

Edition:

2nd Revised edition

Press and Industry Reviews

'Steven Achelis has achieved the rarest of feats. He has written a book that is as useful to the novice as it is to the professional. For the novice he provides a concise introduction to technical analysis. For the professional, he provides a valuable reference to the tools of the trade.'
- John Bollinger, CFA Bollinger Capital Management

'In his usual thorough manner Steven Achelis has done it again. This introductory reference source is a must for all budding technicians.'
- Martin Pring, author, Technical Analysis Explained

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About Steven B. Achelis

Steven B. Achelis is the founder of Equis International, Inc., a leading provider of investment analysis, portfolio management, and stock market data collection software. The designer of numerous trading software programs including MetaStock - the most popular technical analysis program in the world - Achelis is an experienced investment analyst and trader. He has written influential articles on technical analysis and investment market timing, and has made regular radio and television appearances on national networks including CBS and CNBC.

Contents of Technical Analysis from A to Z, 2nd Edition

Technical Analysis
Some History
The Human element
Fundamental Analysis
The Future Can Be Found in the Past

REFERENCE SECTION
Absolute Breadth Index
Accumulation/Distribution Line
Accumulation Swing Index
Advance/Decline Line
Advance/Decline Ratio
Advancing, Declining Issues
Advancing, Declining Unchanged Volume
Andrew's Pitchfork
Arms Index (Trin)
Aroon
Average True Range
Bollinger Bands
Breadth Thrust
Bull/Bear Ratio
Candlesticks, Japanese
Canslim
Chaikin Money Flow
Chaikin Oscillator
Chande Momentum Oscillator
Commodity Channel Index
Commodity Selection Index
Cycles
Demand Index
Detrended Price Oscillator
Directional Movement
Double Exponential Moving Average
Dow Theory
Dynamic Momentum Index
Ease of Movement
Efficient Market Theory
Elliot Wave Theory
Envelopes (Trading Bands)
Equivolume
Fibonacci Studies
Forecast Oscillator
Four Percent Model
Fourier Transform
Fundamental Analysis
Gann Angles
Herrick Payoff Index
Inertia
Interest Rates
Intraday Momentum Index
Kagi
Klinger Oscillator
Large Block Ratio
linear Regression Indicator
Linear Regression Slope
Linear Regression Trendlines
Market Facilitation Index
Mass Index
McClellan Oscillator
McClellan Summation Index
Median Price
Member Short Ratio
Mesa Sine Wave
Momentum
Money Flow Index
Moving Average Convergence/Divergence
Moving Averages
Negative Volume Index
New Highs-Lows Cummulative
New Highs-Lows Ratio
New high-new Lows
Odd Lot Balance Index
Odd Lot Purchases/Sales
Odd Lot Short Ratio
Odds Probability Cones
On Balance Volume
Open Interest
Open-10 Trin
Option Analysis
Overbrought/Oversold
Parabolic Sar
Patterns
Percent Retracement
Performance
Point and Figure
Polarized Fractal Efficiency
Positive Volume Index
Price and Volume Trend
Price Channel
Price Oscillator
Price Rate-of-Change
Projection Bands
Projection Oscillator
Public Short Ratio
Puts/Calls Ratio
Puts/Calls Ratio
Qstick
Quadrant Lines
R-Squared
Raff Regression Channel
Random Walk Index
Range Indicator
Rectangle
Relative Momentum Index
Relative Strength, Comparative
Relative Strength Index
Relative Volatility Index
Renko
Speed Resistance Lines
Spreads
Standard Deviation
Standard Deviation Channel
Standard Error
Standard Error Bands
Standard Error Channel
Stix
Stochastic Momentum Index
Stochastic Oscillator
Swing Index
Tema
Three Line Break
Time Line Break
Time Series Forecast
Throne Levels
Total Short Ratio
Trade Volume Index
Trendlines
Trix
Typical Price
Ultimate Oscillator
Upside/Downside Ratio
Upside/Downside Volume
Vertical Horizontal Filter
Volatility, Chaikin's
Volume
Volume Oscillator
Volume-Rate-of-Change
Weighted Close
Wilder's Smoothing
Williams's Accumulation/Distribution
Williams's %R
Zig Zag