Getting Started in Technical Analysis by Jack D. Schwager

A leading authority presents an accessible guide to technical analysis.

Technical analysis is the art and science of deciphering chart patterns in order to better analyze and predict prices of a given security.

Jack Schwager demystifies technical analysis for investors, introducing them to oscillators, price-and-time charts, on-line charting applications, and much more.

BASIC ANALYSIS TOOLS.
Charts: Forecasting Tool or Folklore?
Charts and Price Data.
Trends.
Trading Ranges and Support and Resistance.
Chart Patterns.
Oscillators.
Is Chart Analysis Still Valid?

TRADING ISSUES.
Midtrend Entry and Pyramiding Choosing Stop-Loss Points.
Setting Objectives and Other Position Exit Criteria.
Failed Signals: The Most Important Rule in Chart Analysis.
Real-World Chart Analysis.

TRADING SYSTEMS.
Analysis Software.
Technical Trading Systems: Structure and Design.
Testing and Optimizing Trading Systems.

PRACTICAL TRADING GUIDELINES.
The Planned Trading Approach.
Eighty-Two Trading Rules and Market Observations Market Wiz(ar)dom.


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