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Description of Technical Analysis Tools

Technical analysis - the use of price and volume to predict future price movements - is a vital tool for trading effectiveness, but it is not a magic bullet. Technical Analysis Tools shows how to use the best of many different analysis methods in order to create a complete trading system.

As a successful trader, you know how to use the best of the many different analysis methods available to create a complete trading system. You also know that technical analysis - the assessment of price and volume factors to predict future price movements - is widely seen as a vital tool for trading success, but it is not a universal cure-all in the search for the best trading results.

Technical Analysis Tools provides you with a concise and objective assessment of the most widely-used analytical tools. Emphasizing the practical, and supporting each technique with a plethora of real-market examples, the book details each technique's strengths and weaknesses, as well as which tool works best in which type of market. The author clearly explains how to integrate each technical analysis tool into an overall effective trading system. As a result, you will receive a critical look at the wide variety of technical analysis tools and understand how best to use them for greater trading success.

Title Information

ISBN:

9781576602485

Pages:

320 pages

Format:

Hardback

Product Code:

250188

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Published:

01/02/2008

Edition:

illustrated edition

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About Mark Tinghino

Mark Tinghino is a commodity trading adviser (CTA). He has taught numerous online seminars on technical analysis at the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. He contributed chapters to Tricks of the Active Trader by Neal Weintraub and has written articles for Futures magazine and TradeSOURCE magazine. Tinghino has spent decades developing a unique model for market timing, which uses a combination of several hundred separate cycles. Visit www.tinghino.net for information on his newsletter and ongoing research.

Contents of Technical Analysis Tools

Approaches to market analysis
Fundamentals - navigating the labyrinth
Chart patterns - landscape of the market
Alternative charting techniques
Indicator soup - not-so-secret recipes
The market as a wave phenomenon
Leveraging derivatives
Finessing the risk factor with spreads
The new metric
A cyclical model of the markets
Back testing and planning trading strategies
Mental discipline and risk management