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ISBN:

9780934380386

Pages:

220 pages

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

9101

Publisher:

Traders Press

Published:

01/01/1970

Edition:

1st Edition

Press and Industry Reviews

'Kermit Zieg shows how, in a few minutes, the average investor can become skilled in the use of this stock market tool used by thousands of investors and traders, brokers and analysts, and institutions like Banks and Mutual Funds.'
Michael Burke, Editor of Investors Intelligence and Chartcraft, New Rochelle, NY

'Point & Figure charting is a valuable market timing tool for investors and traders who want to maximize profits and minimize losses. Drawing upon years of experience and research, veteran P&F analyst Kermit Zief gives step by step instructions for constructing, interpreting and optimizing point and figure charts - a good primer for one of the simplest forms of charting.'
Chris Wilkinson, author of Technically Speaking: Tips and Strategies from 16 Top Analysts

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Contents of Point and Figure Commodity and Stock Trading Techniques

1. Do-It-Yourself Point & Figure Charting - The Basics
- Why Point & Figure?
- The Investment Decision
- The Tools
- Rising Prices and Falling prices
- The Basic Chart Patterns: Simple Buy and Sell Signals
- Does It Work?

2. The Alternatives to Do-It-Yourself Point & Figure Charting
- Subscription Charts
- Let the Computer Do It!

3. Point & Figure Buy and Sell Formations
- The Buy Signals
- The Sell Signals

4. Trend Lines
- Bullish Support Lines & Bullish Resistance Lines
- Bearish Support Lines & Bearish Resistance Lines
- Redrawing Bullish Support and Bearish Resistance Lines

5. Judging The Distance of A Move - The Use Of Horizontal and Vertical Counts For The Calculating Of Price Objectives
- Calculating Price Objectives from a Horizontal Count
- Calculating Price Objectives from a Vertical Count
- Application of Price Objectives

6. Pyramiding Made Simple And Profitable
- The System
- About Margins

7. Extending The Point & Figure Technique To Include Other Media
- Adjusting a Chart for a Stock Split

8. Does Point & Figure Charting Really Work?
- How Profitable?
- The Profitability of Charting by Point & Figure
- The Profitability of Charting Commodity Futures by Point & Figure
- Later Commodity Profitability Research
- Profitability of Commodity Point & Figure Trading Today
- Profitability of Point & Figure Stock Trading Today

9. Optimized Point & Figure Charting - The Good Made Better
- Why Optimize?
- Exhaustive Analysis
- The Procedure in Theory and in Practice and The Results

10. Tips From Experienced Traders
- Keep Your Own Charts
- Keeping the Size of Losses to a Minimum
- Evaluating Spreads
- Up 10, Down 3, and Out

11. Summary