Profiting from market trends : simple tools and techniques for mastering trend analysis / / Tina Logan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910138963503321
• Autore: Logan Tina
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-118-72700-2; 1-118-83504-2; 1-118-72698-7
• Edizione: [1st edition]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (302 p.)
• Collana: Wiley trading series
• Classificazione: BUS027000
• Disciplina: 332.63/2042
• Soggetti: Technical analysis (Investment analysis); Investment analysis
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Profiting from Market Trends; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I Trend Development; Chapter 1 Introduction to Trend Analysis; What Is a Market Trend?; It's All About the Trend; Profiting from Market Trends; Let's Build a Clock; Repeated Study Leads to Proficiency; Develop a Strong Foundation of Knowledge; Chapter 2 Trend Direction; Price Peaks and Bottoms; Price Pivots Are the Building Blocks of Trends; Roles of Price Pivots; Trendlines; External and Internal Trendlines; Moving Averages; Determining Trend Direction; Criteria for an Uptrend; Criteria for a Downtrend; Sideways (No Trend)Building upon the Basics; Chapter 3 Trend Duration; Long-Term Trend; Bull and Bear Markets; Intermediate-Term Trend; The Intermediate-Term Trend's Role in the Major Trend; The Construct of Intermediate-Term Trends; Short-Term Trend; Longer Trends Are Dominant; Trends within a Trading Range; Rapid Price Moves; Parabolic Rise; Rapid Decline; Starting and Ending Points of Trends; Determine a Trend's Percentage Rise or Decline; Drawing Trendlines; Long-Term Trendlines; Intermediate-Term Trendlines; Short-Term Trendlines; Trends within Trends; Chapter 4 Trend Interruptions; Minor Trend Interruptions Pauses (Consolidation Days); Bases (Minor Consolidation); Pullbacks in an Uptrend; Flags and Pennants; A Bit on Statistics; Larger Trend Interruptions; Moving Averages; Corrections; Consolidation; Correction Turned into Consolidation; Trend Reversals; Profiting from Trend Interruptions; Chapter 5 Early Trend Reversal Warnings; Climax Move; Key Reversal; Exhaustion Gap; Divergence; Divergence Lines; Guidelines for Divergence Analysis; Failure to Break a Prior Peak or Bottom; Change in Trendline Slope; Break of a Tight Trendline; Approaching a Strong Ceiling or Floor; Check the Next Higher Time Frame Other Support and Resistance; Candlestick Reversal Patterns; Responding to Early Warnings; Protecting Capital; Initiating a New Position; Warnings versus Buy-Sell Triggers; Chapter 6 Later Trend Reversal Warnings; Break of Support or Resistance; Break of a Strong Trendline; Break of an Up Trendline; Break of a Down Trendline; Horizontal Support and Resistance Lines; Break of a Strong Moving Average; Breakdown below a Strong Moving Average; Breakout above a Strong Moving Average; Change in Direction of Peaks or Bottoms; Shift to a Period of Consolidation; Multiple Warnings Why Not Just Let Stops Get Me Out?; Mechanical Systems versus Discretionary Trading Strategies; Swing Trading Tips; Price Swings Form within Intermediate-Term Trends; Swings Are Trends on Lower Time Frames; Swing-Ending Warnings; Categorizing and Quick Reference Guides; Part II Putting Trend Analysis to Work; Chapter 7 The Broad Market; The Business Cycle; Let the Market Be Your Guide; Monitoring the Market; Monitor the Charts; Monitor the Market Internals; Monitor the Market Fundamentals; Market Statistics; Chapter 8 Bull Markets; Bull Markets of the Past 50 Years; Duration of a Bull Market
• Sommario/riassunto: "An accessible guide to identifying and profiting from financial market trends Profiting from long-term trends is the most common path to success for traders. The challenge is recognizing the emergence of a trend and determining where to enter and exit the market. No body is more familiar with this situation than author Tina Logan. Now, in Profiting from Market Trends, she shares here extensive insights in this area with you.Divided into four comprehensive parts--trend development, change in trend direction, reading the market, and profiting from technical analysis--this reliable resource skillfully describes how to identify the emergence of a new trend; quantify the strength of the trend; identify signals that confirm the trend or warn that the trend may be ending; and place trades to profit from trends. Written in an easy to understand and engaging style, Profiting from Market Trends effectively addresses how to apply the information provided to make money in today's dynamic markets. Examines essential tools for making the most of trend analysis Offers insights on how to execute the techniques discussed in real-world situations Written by a well-respected trader and trainer of traders Understanding and identifying trends is one of the most important factors in successful trading. This book will show you how to achieve this elusive goal"--