Technical Analysis For Dummies

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Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-01-11
Publisher(s): For Dummies
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Summary

Technical analysis is a collection of techniques designed to help people make trading decisions. Technical Analysis For Dummies, 2nd Edition, explains the basic principles and shows how to apply them in an approachable and non-intimidating way. In addition, new indicators and hands-on applications for real-world situations will be covered, as well as practical examples updated to reflect today's financial atmosphere.

Author Biography

Barbara Rockefeller is a writer specializing in international economics and finance, with a focus on foreign exchange. She is the publisher of a daily newsletter on the foreign exchange market, "The Strategic Currency Briefing." Barbara is the author of CNBC 24/7, Trading Around the Clock, Around the World, and The Global Trader (Wiley). She also writes a monthly column for Currency Trader Magazine.

Table of Contents

Introduction.

Part I: Defining Technical Analysis.

Chapter 1: Opening the Technical Analysis Toolbox.

Chapter 2: Uncovering the Essence of Market Movement.

Chapter 3: Going with the Flow: Market Sentiment.

Part II: Preparing Your Mind for Technical Analysis.

Chapter 4: Using Indicators to Trade Systematically.

Chapter 5: Managing the Trade.

Part III: Observing Market Behavior.

Chapter 6: Reading Basic Bars: Showing How Security Prices Move.

Chapter 7: Reading Special Bar Combinations: Small Patterns.

Chapter 8: Redrawing the Price Bar: Japanese Candlesticks.

Part IV: Finding Pat terns.

Chapter 9: Seeing Chart Patterns Through a Technical Lens.

Chapter 10: Drawing Trendlines.

Chapter 11: Transforming Channels into Forecasts.

Part V: Flying with Dynamic Analysis.

Chapter 12: Using Dynamic Lines.

Chapter 13: Measuring Momentum.

Chapter 14: Estimating Volatility.

Chapter 15: Ignoring Time: Point-and-Figure Charting.

Chapter 16: Combining Techniques.

Chapter 17: Considering a Trading System.

Part VI: The Par t of Tens.

Chapter 18: Ten Secrets of the Top Technical Traders.

Chapter 19: Ten Rules for Working with Indicators.

Chapter 20: Ten Ways the Market Has Changed.

Appendix: Additional Resources.

Index.

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