The Technical Analysis Course, Fourth Edition: Learn How to Forecast and Time
the Market / Edition 4
The Classic Introduction to Technical Analysis--Fully
Updated and Revised!
The most reliable method for forecasting trends and timing market turns, technical
analysis is as close to a "scientific" trading approach as you can get-and it is
particularly valuable in today's volatile markets. The Technical Analysis Course, Fourth
Edition, provides the know-how you need to make this powerful tool part of your overall
investing strategy.
Through a series of lessons and exams, you'll master the techniques used by the most
successful technical analysts in the market today. Updated with hundreds of real market
examples, The Technical Analysis Course provides the essential foundation for using
time-tested technical analysis techniques to profit from the markets. You'll learn how to:
Identify profitable chart patterns, including reversals, consolidation formations, and
gaps
Utilize key analytical tools, including trendlines and channels, support and resistance,
relative strength analysis, and volume and open interest
Perform advanced analysis using moving averages, trading bands, Bollinger Bands,
oscillators, the Relative Strength Index, stochastics, and moving average
convergence-divergence
Purchase stocks, bonds, futures, and options when prices are near their bottoms and sell
when prices are close to their highs
Table of contents
How to Take this Course;
Part 1: INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1. The Philosophy of Technical Analysis;
Part 2: CONSTRUCTING CHARTS; Chapter 2. Basic Chart Construction;
Part 3: PROFITABLE CHART PATTERNS; Chapter 3. Major Reversal Chart
Patterns; Chapter 4. Consolidation Formations; Chapter 5. Gaps;
Part 4: KEY ANALYTICAL TOOLS; Chapter 6. Trendlines and Channels;
Chapter 7. Support and Resistance; Chapter 8. The True Value of Failed Signals; Chapter 9.
Relative Strength Analysis; Chapter 10. Volume and Open Interest;
Part 5: ADVANCED ANALYSIS; Chapter 11. Using Moving Averages; Chapter
12. Trading Bands and Bollinger Bands; Chapter 13. Confirmation and Divergence; Chapter
14. Oscillators; Chapter 15. Relative Strength Index; Chapter 16. Stochastics; Chapter 17.
Moving Average Convergence-Divergence
Part 6: PUTTING IT ALL TOGEATHER; Chapter 18. A Structured Approach to
Technical Analysis; Chapter 19. A Final Case Study;
Part 7: FINAL EXAM; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; APPENDIX D;
INDEX;
Paperback, 384 pages