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Here is a treasure trove of easy to use tools for mapping your course through today's market. Whether you're using online charts or a professional charting software program, these techniques from master technician can increase your trading success.

"One of the greatest benefits of technical analysis is its applicability to any and all markets... charts can be an extremely valuable tool if you know how to use them. This booklet is a good place to start learning how." —from the foreword by

Renowned market technician presents basic principles of technical analysis in easy-to-understand terms.

He covers

  • All types of chart analysis  - Easy
  • "Need to know" concepts, including trendlines, moving averages, price gaps, reversal patterns, volume & open interest spreads, and more!
  • Price forecasting and market timing applications
  • A full resource guide of technical analysis aide
  • How to use the industry's top tools to obtain a better understanding of what charts can do-and how they can help you grab your portion of today's trading profits.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

Chapter 1. WHY IS CHART ANALYSIS SO IMPORTANT? 

  • Market Timing 2

Chapter 2. WHAT IS CHART ANALYSIS? 3

  • Charts Reveal Price Trends 4
  • Types of Charts Available 5
  • Any Time Dimension 5

Chapter 3. HOW TO PLOT THE DAILY BAR CHART 7

Chapter 4. SUPPORT AND RESISTANCE TRENDLINES AND CHANNELS 9

Chapter 5. REVERSAL AND CONTINUATION PRICE PATTERNS 13

  • Reversal Patterns
  • The Head and Shoulders 13  - Easy
  • Double and Triple Tops and Bottoms 14
  • Saucers and Spikes 15
  • Continuation Patterns
  • Triangles 16
  • Flags and Pennants 20

Chapter 6. PRICE GAPS 23

Chapter 7. THE KEY REVERSAL DAY 25

Chapter 8. PERCENTAGE RETRACEMENTS 27

Chapter 9. THE INTERPRETATION OF VOLUME 29

  • Volume Is an Important Part of Price Patterns 30
  • On-Balance-Volume (OBV) 30
  • Plotting OBV 31
  • OBV Breakouts 32
  • Other Volume Indicators 32

Chapter 10. USING DIFFERENT TIME FRAMES FOR SHORT- AND LONG-TERM VIEWS 35

  • Using Intraday Charts 35
  • Going from the Long Term to the Short Term 36

Chapter 11. USING A TOP-DOWN MARKET APPROACH 39

  • The First Step: The Major Market Averages 39
  • Different Averages Measure Different Things 40
  • The Second Step: Sectors and Industry Groups 41
  • The Third Step: Individual Stocks 41

Chapter 12. MOVING AVERAGES 45

  • Popular Moving Averages 45
  • Bollinger Bands 46 - Easy
  • Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) 46

Chapter 13. OSCILLATORS 47

  • Relative Strength Index (RSI) 47
  • Stochastics 47
  • Any Time Dimension 49

Chapter 14. RATIOS AND RELATIVE STRENGTH 51

  • Sector Ratios 51
  • Stock Ratios 51
  • Market Ratios 52

Chapter 15. OPTIONS 53

Chapter 16. THE PRINCIPLE OF CONFIRMATION 55

Chapter 17. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 57

  • Investing Resource Guide 59

Author Information

 has authored three best-selling books on technical analysis, including Intermarket Technical Analysis and The Visual Investor. His latest work, Technical  Analysis of the Financial Markets (1999), is a revised edition of his 1986 classic which has been translated into eight languages. He is president of MURPHYMORRIS.COM which produces interactive educational products on technical analysis and online analysis for investors. As the former host of CNBC's Tech Talk show and a speaker analyst at all the major trading and investment forums and conferences around the world., Mr. Murphy is one of the most recognized and highly respected technical analyts of our time.

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