Technical analysis : the complete resource for financial market technicians / Charles D. Kirkpatrick II, Julie R. Dahlquist.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kirkpatrick, Charles D., II

Contributor:

Dahlquist, Julie R., 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Investment analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii, 672 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Upper Saddle River, N.J. : FT Press Financial Times, c2007.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Now, there's a comprehensive, objective, and reliable tutorial and reference for the entire field of technical analysis. For traders, researchers, and serious investors alike, this is the definitive book on technical analysis. Individual investors and professional investment managers are increasingly recognizing the value of technical analysis in identifying trading opportunities. Moreover, the SECs requirement for analysts and brokers to pass Section 86 exams can now be fulfilled with the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) certification. Author Charles D. Kirkpatrick II has spent decades using technical analysis to advise major investing institutions -- and he currently teaches the subject to MBA candidates, giving him unique insight into the best ways of explaining its complex concepts. Together with university finance instructor and CMT Dr. Julie Dahlquist, Kirkpatrick systematically explains the theory of technical analysis, presenting academic evidence both for and against it. Using 200+ illustrations, the authors explain the analysis of markets and individual issues, and present a complete investment system and portfolio management plan. Readers will learn how to use tested sentiment, momentum indicators, seasonal affects, flow of funds, and many other techniques. The authors reveal which chart patterns and indicators have been reliable; show how to test systems; and demonstrate how technical analysis can be used to mitigate risk.

Contents:

Introduction

Introduction to technical analysis

The basic principle of technical analysis

the trend

History of technical analysis

The technical analysis controversy

Markets and market indicators

An overview of markets

Dow theory

Sentiment

Measuring market strength

Temporal patterns and cycles

Flow of funds

Trend analysis

History and construction of charts

Trends

the basics

Breakouts, stops, and retracements

Moving averages

Chart pattern analysis

Bar chart patterns

Point-and-figure chart patterns

Short-term patterns

Trend confirmation

Confirmation

Other technical methods and rules

Cycles

Elliott, Fibonacci, and Gann

Selection

Selection of markets and issues: trading and investing

System testing and management

System design and testing

Money and risk management

Appendices

Basic statistics

Types of orders and other trader terminology.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 625-643) and index.

OCLC:

165114962