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Summary of Volatility–Based Technical Analysis

• Volatility–Based Technical Analysis arms traders with the same type of ammunition used by the big players: highly technical, mathematical–based volatility indicators.
• With this in hand, any trader can "trade the invisible" by reading a price chart in a much different, analytical way.
  

  Title Information

  ISBN:

  9780470387542

  Pages:

  462 pages

  Format:

  Hardback

  Product Code:

  406010

  Publisher:

  John Wiley & Sons Ltd

  Published:

  11/09/2009

  
  

  Press and Industry Reviews

  "Kirk delivers what may be the most timely investment book ever - the volatility of the recent bear market led to large losses for many. This book clearly presents a complete methodology to profit from that volatility."
  - Michael Carr, CMT, Chief Market Strategist, Dunn Warren Investment Advisors, and Editor of the Market Technician Association's newsletter, Technically Speaking
  
  "Volatility–Based Technical Analysis is an outstanding study on hidden opportunity in the financial markets. Its razor–sharp focus on practical applications and detailed statistical proofs should earn the book acherished spot on every trader′s bookshelf."
  - Alan Farley, Editor/Publisher of the Hard Right Edge and author of The Master Swing Trader
  
  "In these times of high volatility, traders need to be armed with tools that will help them gain an advantage in the marketplace. In my opinion, this book should be required reading for anyone who is serious about learning technical analysis."
  - AJ Monte, CMT, Chief Market Strategist, The Market Guys, Inc.
  
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  About

  Kirk Northington is the President of Northington Trading, LLC, a developer of technical analysis systems based on adaptive volatility for swing trading. The company's flagship software product, MetaSwing, is an add–on toolkit for users of MetaStock technical analysis software. In addition to system design, Northington Trading trades stocks on the NYSE and NASDAQ exchanges. Kirk has previously held positions in several Fortune 500 companies, with experience in engineering, digital control system design, and project management.
  

  Contents of Volatility–Based Technical Analysis

  Preface
  Intended Audience
  What's Inside?
  Acknowledgments
  
  Part One: Are You Prepared?
  
  1: The Challenges
  The Brain Power
  The Horse Power
  Options and VaR Ascendancy
  Rain Clouds or Urine?
  News Folly
  Eyes on the Goal
  
  2: The Opportunities
  Choose Your Battles
  Take the Offensive
  Prepare and Perform
  Quiet the Noise
  Opportunities Outnumber Challenges
  
  3: The Foundation
  Preparations for Exploring Volatility-Based Technical Analysis
  The Preparations Needed
  TTI Indicators: Original Development
  Tenets of Volatility-Based Technical Analysis
  Component Testing
  MetaSwing QuickStart
  Discover by Doing
  
  Part Two: Seeing the Invisible
  
  4: New Volatility Indicator Design
  Volatility Unmasked
  Standard Deviation
  Example: Volatility Based Support/Resistance
  Average True Range
  Molding a Volatility-Based Indicator
  The Whole Picture
  Building Blocks
  
  5: Integrated Volatility Indicator Design
  Volatility Pointed Forward
  Projected Implied Volatility
  More from the Math Toolbox
  Using Tools to Leverage TTI ATR Extreme
  Development Efficiency
  Inventing Wheels: You're Not Alone
  Onward
  
  6: The Framework: A Structural Approach for Cross Verification
  Adopting a Structure
  Think and See Volatility
  The Framework Components
  Constructing a Compound Derivative
  The Framework
  Going Forward
  
  7: Traditional Technical Analysis
  What Works, What Doesn't, and Why
  Line Studies
  Chart Patterns
  Oscillators
  Choose the Best
  
  Part Three: Trading the Invisible
  
  8: Bull Bear Phase Prediction
  The Intermediate and Short Term Market Swing
  Why Swing With the Market?
  Intermediate Term Market Direction
  Short Term Market Swing
  Seek the Advantage
  
  9: Trading the Short Term Reversal with Volatility Based Technical Analysis – The Adeo
  The Adeo Point
  The Adeo Trend Rally
  The Meandering Adeo
  The Adeo Short
  Adeo and FOREX
  The Fractal Adeo
  Open Your Can of Spinach
  
  10: Trading the Trend With the 1-2-3
  Rectangles Everywhere
  The Traditional Approach
  The 1-2-3 Construct
  The Daily 1-2-3
  The Weekly 1-2-3
  The 1-2-3: Inside and Outside
  As Simple as 1-2-3
  
  11: Hidden Momentum with Adeo High Slope
  We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties, Please Stand By
  Momentum Hide and Go Seek
  Momentum Found
  Momentum Found
  The Quick and the Broke
  
  12: Designing the Exit
  The Objective: Optimize the Profit Target
  Using Time Slicing to Understand Your TimeFrame
  First Grade Arithmetic
  Exit Tactics
  Achieving the Objective
  
  13: Correction and Surge
  An Early Warning System
  Market Breadth
  The Correction Event
  The Surge Event
  The Best Free Advice
  
  14: Trading System Design
  Detecting the Invisible
  Seeing Through the Fog of War
  Nail It Down: Recognize the Specifics
  The Importance of Believing
  System Design Structure
  System Design Tactics
  Ask the Questions and Use the Advantages
  
  Appendix A: TradeStation Examples and EasyLanguage Code
  Average True Range
  The TTI ATR Extreme
  The TTI Stochastic Extreme
  The TTI Fabric LR
  The TTI Trend Strength
  The TTI RSIV
  The TTI Composite
  The Relative Exit
  Correction and Surge
  MetaSwing for TradeStation
  
  Appendix B: The Extreme Option Advantage
  Appendix C: About the Companion Website
  
  Notes
  About the Author
  A Special Offer from MetaStock
  Index