Synopses & Reviews
Learn to:- Grasp and apply the basic principles of technical analysis
- Improve your profits
- Use data to decide when to buy or sell individual securities
- Join the smart money crowd that knows when to hold, and when to fold
The guide to analyzing your way to greater profits
Savvy traders have been using technical analysis for over a century. It’s easier than ever with PCs and the Internet to use technical analysis to make smarter trading decisions. This hands-on guide includes the latest updates on technical indicators and practical examples that accurately reflect today’s financial atmosphere.
- Open the technical analysis toolbox — get a clear overview of technical analysis; observe prices and make trading decisions in a new way
- Get in the technical mind frame — discover how to select indicators that match your personality and preference for risk
- Set the bar — understand how to observe price bars and small patterns to earn cold, hard cash
- Be trendy — use indicators to identify whether your price is trending, the strength of the trend, and when the trend is at a reversal
- Get dynamic — consider dynamic lines, momentum, and volatility to ramp up your technical analysis and profits
Open the book and find:
- Why technical analysis does and doesn’t always work
- Ways to identify crowd behavior and patterns
- When to use chart indicators
- How to draw a trendline
- Guidance on transforming channels into forecasts
- The simple arithmetic required for dynamic analysis
- Tips for measuring momentum
- Updates that reflect current market conditions
Synopsis
Since the publication of the first edition, readers have been faced with many changes, such as new interest rates, looming bank crisis, and adjusting market climates. Technical Analysis For Dummies, 3rd Edition, provides an updated look at unique formulas and key indicators, as well as updated and practical examples that reflect today today’s financial atmosphere and hands-on applications for real-world situations.
Synopsis
A simple, straightforward guide to the fundamentals of technical analysisTechnical analysis is a collection of techniques designed to help you make trading decisions in securities markets. Technical Analysis For Dummies helps you take a hard-headed look at what securities prices are actually doing rather than what economists or analysts say they should be doing, giving you the know-how to use that data to decide whether to buy or sell individual securities.
Since the publication of the first edition, readers have been faced with many changes, such as new interest rates, looming bank crises, and adjusting market climates. This new edition provides an updated look at unique formulas and key indicators, as well as refreshed and practical examples that reflect today today's financial atmosphere.
- Determine how markets are performing and make decisions using real data
- Spot investment trends and turning points
- Improve your profits and your portfolio performance
With straightforward coverage of concepts and execution, Technical Analysis For Dummies shows you how to make better trading decisions in no time.
About the Author
Barbara Rockefeller is an expert on technical analysis and the author of the previous Technical Analysis For Dummies editions. She writes daily newsletters on foreign exchange using both fundamental and technical analysis, as well as other investment books published by Wiley.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part I: Defining Technical Analysis 5
Chapter 1: Opening the Technical Analysis Toolbox 7
Chapter 2: Uncovering the Essence of Market Movement 23
Chapter 3: Going with the Flow: Market Sentiment 35
Part II: Preparing Your Mind for Technical Analysis 51
Chapter 4: The Ar t of Trading 53
Chapter 5: Managing the Trade 71
Chapter 6: Reading Basic Bars: How to Pounce on Opportunities 89
Part III: Observing Market Behavior 109
Chapter 7: Reading Special Bar Combinations: Small Patterns 111
Chapter 8: Redrawing the Price Bar: Japanese Candlesticks 133
Part IV: Finding Patterns 149
Chapter 9: Seeing Patterns 151
Chapter 10: Drawing Trendlines 165
Chapter 11: Transforming Channels into Forecasts 179
Part V: Dynamic Analysis 199
Chapter 12: Using Dynamic Lines 201
Chapter 13: Measuring Momentum 223
Chapter 14: Estimating Volatility 241
Chapter 15: Ignoring Time: Point-and-Figure Charting 253
Chapter 16: Combining Techniques 267
Chapter 17: Cycles and Waves 285
Part VI: Part of Tens 297
Chapter 18: Ten Secrets of the Top Technical Traders 299
Chapter 19: Ten Rules for Working with Indicators 305
Appendix: Additional Resources 309
Index 313