TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editor's Introduction
PART A
Introduction
Confidential - For
Subscribers Only Order of Presentation Definitions
PART B
Objective
Definitions
Bull Market
Bear Market
Normal Reactions and
Recoveries
The Fifty Percent Recovery
and Reaction
PART C
Application of Rules
The Fifty Percent Recovery
and Reaction
The Pivot
PART D
The Pivot (continued)
The Importance of Time
Time and Extent Measured
by Arc
Application to Minor
Movements
Tops and Bottoms
PART E
Tops and Bottoms (continued)
The Top Formation
in 1929
If the Bull Market had
Continued
Bottom Formations
PART F
Tops and Bottoms (continued)
Tops and Bottoms on
Individual Stocks
The Importance of Closings
Consider Dividends in
Calculations
Variations in Head and
Shoulders Formations
A Rounding Top
Variations in Bottom
Formations
PART G
Gaps as Indicators
The Cause of Gaps
Value and Limitations as
Indicators
Kinds of Gaps
The Exhaustion Gap
PART H
Gaps as Indicators
(continued)
Must Gaps be Closed?
Hidden Gaps
PART I
Gaps as Indicators
(continued)
Break-Away Gaps
Review Regarding Exhaustion
and Intermediate Gaps
Watch Immediately
Preceding Price Movement Special Discussion
PART J
Importance of Preceding
Price Movement
Rule No. 51
PART K
Similarity of Price
Movements
"Stretcher"
Formation
PART L
"Stretcher"
Formations - Variations in the Movement
"Long Swing"
Commitments
Normal Movement Subsequent to
"Stretcher"
Short Sales
Volume
PART M
Comparison of Price Movements
The Effect of Trend
Simple Method of Eliminating
Trend
Method of Preparing Chart M.
3
Comparing the Two Price
Movements
PART N
Averages Used as Guides
Compilation of an Average
The Dow-Jones Averages
The Forecast of September
8,1932
PART O
The Use and Compilation of
Averages (continued)
The Use of a Constant Divisor
Average of Active vs.
Inactive Issues
Compiling an Average of
Inactive Issues
PART P
Old Tops and Bottoms
Application to Individual
Stocks
Determining Exact Resistances
PART Q
Trend Lines
Application to Individual
Stocks
Trend Lines as Resistances
PART R
Coil Formations
Ascending Coil
Descending Coil
Flat Coil
PART S
Time and Volume
Time Alone
Volume and Price
PART T
Volume and Price
(continued)
Variations in Relationship
Between Volume and Price
Dull Market as Indicator
Volume Related to Minor
Movements
PART U
Angles of Strength and
Weakness
Curves of Strength and
Weakness
Combination Curve Movements
PART V
Summarizing Major Formations
Exceptions
Minor Formations
PART W
Minor Formations (continued)
Curved Ascending and
Descending Coils
Broadening Formations
PART X
Obstinate Declines and
Rallies
Turn-Over and Turn-Up Days
Inside Days
Hook Days
PART Y
Danger Signals
Pegged Stocks
Successive Closes at Top
Irregular
"Straights"
Playing Safe on
"Straight" Measurements
"Natural"
Resistance and Support Levels
Prices Doubled or Halved
PART Z
Recording Each
Transaction
Margin Trading
Seasonal Influences
List of Charts
Index
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