John J Murphy

Charting Made Easy

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Produktbeschreibung

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 John Murphy 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 John Murphy Renowned market technician John Murphy presents basic principals of technical analysis in easy-to-understand term.

He covers

- All types of chart analysis

- "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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons / Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 84
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 101g
• ISBN-13: 9781883272593
• ISBN-10: 1883272599
• Artikelnr.: 21790214

Autorenporträt

John J. Murphy 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 speakeer 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.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction ix Chapter 1. WHY IS CHART ANALYSIS SO IMPORTANT? 1 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 Charts Are Used Primarily to Monitor Trends 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
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 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 Option Put/Call Ratio 54 Contrary Indicator 54 CBOE Volatility
Index (VIX) 54 Chapter 16. THE PRINCIPLE OF CONFIRMATION 55 Chapter 17.
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 57 Investing Resource Guide 59