Technical Analysis Explained: The Successful Investor's Guide to Spotting Investment Trends and Turning Points

Technical Analysis Explained, Fifth Edition, is the updated bible of technical analysis written by a renowned expert and educational pioneer in the field. Widely recognized in the investment industry as the most authoritative guide on the subject, it gives you everything you need to forecast accurately how investors will respond to future events based on how they have statistically responded in the past. Martin Pring, described in Barron's as a ""technician's technician,"" uses his popular straight-talk style of instruction to help all types of investors forecast price movements with reliable accuracy. Through his concentrated blend of theory and techniques, generations of investors have become better traders and gained long-term wealth. Now, this New edition shows today's investors how to use the power of technical analysis in computerized markets with ever-changing investment products.

This well-organized guide gets you started right away with:

• A step-by-step program for making technical analysis part of your investing routine
• Practical strategies for using today's most sophisticated investment tools and techniques
• An insider's look at the psychology of investors aimed at mastering your emotions

Table of Contents:

Part I: Trend-Determining Techniques

• The Definition and Interaction of Trends
• Financial Markets and the Business Cycle
• Dow Theory
• Typical Parameters for Intermediate Trends
• How to Identify Support and Resistance Zones
• Trendlines
• Basic Characteristics of Volume
• Classic Price Patterns
• Smaller Price Patterns and Gaps
• One- and Two-Bar Price Patterns
• Moving Averages
• Envelopes and Bollinger Bands
• Momentum I: Basic Principles
• Momentum II: Individual Indicators
• Momentum III: Individual Indicators
• Candlestick Charting
• Point and Figure Charting
• Miscellaneous Techniques for Determining Trends
• The Concept of Relative Strength
• Putting the Indicators Together: The DJ Transports

Part II: Market Structure

• Price: The Major Averages
• Price: Sector Rotation
• Time: Analyzing Secular Trends for Stocks, Bonds and Commodities
• Time: Cycles and Seasonal Patterns
• Practical Identification of Cycles
• Volume II: Volume Indicators
• Market Breadth

Part III: Other Aspects of Market Analysis

• Indicators and Relationships That Measure Confidence
• The Importance of Sentiment
• Integrating Contrary Opinion and Technical Analysis
• Why Interest Rates Affect the Stock Market
• Using Technical Analysis to Select Individual Stocks
• Technical Analysis of International Stock Markets
• Automated Trading Systems
• Checkpoints for Identifying Primary Stock