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Technical Analysis

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CONTENTS

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Introduction ix

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The CMT Association ix
The CMT Program x
The Level I Textbook
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SECTION I THEORY AND HISTORY OF TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
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CHAPTER 1 The Basic Principle of Technical
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Analysis—The Trend 3
Charles D. Kirkpatrick II and Julie R. Dahlquist
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CHAPTER 2 Dow Theory 15


Charles D. Kirkpatrick II and Julie R. Dahlquist
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CHAPTER 3 Introduction to Charts, Part 1 27


Julie Dahlquist, Ph.D., CMT
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CHAPTER 4 Introduction to Charts, Part 2 36


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Julie Dahlquist, Ph.D., CMT

SECTION II CHARTS, TRENDS, AND PATTERNS 47


CHAPTER 5 Trends—The Basics 49
Charles D. Kirkpatrick II and Julie R. Dahlquist

CHAPTER 6 Breakouts, Stops, and Retracements 77


Charles D. Kirkpatrick II and Julie R. Dahlquist

CHAPTER 7 Moving Averages 99


Charles D. Kirkpatrick II and Julie R. Dahlquist

CHAPTER 8 Bar Chart Patterns 127


Charles D. Kirkpatrick II and Julie R. Dahlquist
CHAPTER 9 Short-Term Patterns 160
Charles D. Kirkpatrick II and Julie R. Dahlquist

CHAPTER 10 Introduction to Volume Analysis 202


Buff Dormeier, CMT

CHAPTER 11 Volume: The Technician’s Decryption Device 208


Buff Dormeier, CMT

CHAPTER 12 An Introduction to Volume Indicators 215


Buff Dormeier, CMT

CHAPTER 13 Confirmation219
Charles D. Kirkpatrick II and Julie R. Dahlquist

CHAPTER 14 Candlestick Charting Essentials 256


Steve Nison

CHAPTER 15 Point-and-Figure Charting 266


Perry J. Kaufman

SECTION III ADVANCED CONCEPTS IN CHARTING


vi AND TREND ANALYSIS 293
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CHAPTER 16 Introduction to the Wave Principle 295


Wayne Gorman, Jeffrey Kennedy, and Robert R. Prechter, Jr.

CHAPTER 17 The Anatomy of Elliott Wave Trading 313


Wayne Gorman, Jeffrey Kennedy, and Robert R. Prechter, Jr.

CHAPTER 18 Measuring Market Strength 328


Charles D. Kirkpatrick II and Julie R. Dahlquist

CHAPTER 19 Foundations of Cycle Theory 361


Kyle Crystal, CMT, CFTe

CHAPTER 20 Basics of Cycle Analysis 371


Kyle Crystal, CMT, CFTe

SECTION IV MARKETS AND VOLATILITY 385


CHAPTER 21 Markets, Instruments, Data, and the
Technical Analyst 387
Michael Kahn, CMT

CHAPTER 22 Equities390
Michael Kahn, CMT

CHAPTER 23 Indexes396
Michael Kahn, CMT
CHAPTER 24 Fixed Income/Bonds 405
Michael Kahn, CMT

CHAPTER 25 Futures414
Michael Kahn, CMT

CHAPTER 26 Exchange-Traded Products (ETPs) 421


Michael Kahn, CMT

CHAPTER 27 Foreign Exchange (Currencies) 426


Michael Kahn, CMT

CHAPTER 28 Options431
Michael Kahn, CMT

CHAPTER 29 Understanding Implied Volatility 438


Russell Rhoads

CHAPTER 30 About the VIX Index 450


Russell Rhoads

SECTION V BEHAVIORAL FINANCE AND OTHER THEORIES


OF MARKET DYNAMICS 465
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CHAPTER 31 What Is the Efficient Market Hypothesis? 467

CONTENTS
Edwin T. Burton and Sunit N. Shah

CHAPTER 32 The Forerunners to Behavioral Finance 475


Edwin T. Burton and Sunit N. Shah

CHAPTER 33 Noise Traders and the Law of One Price 480


Edwin T. Burton and Sunit N. Shah

CHAPTER 34 Noise Traders as Technical Traders 488


Edwin T. Burton and Sunit N. Shah

CHAPTER 35 Academic Approaches to Technical Analysis 498


Andrew W. Lo and Jasmina Hasanhodzic

CHAPTER 36 Market Sentiment and Technical Analysis 513


Michael Carr, CMT, CFTe

CHAPTER 37 Sentiment Measures from Market Data 517


Michael Carr, CMT, CFTe

CHAPTER 38 Sentiment Measures from External Data 526


Michael Carr, CMT, CFTe
SECTION VI BASIC STATISTICS FOR THE TECHNICAL ANALYST 535
CHAPTER 39 Introduction to Descriptive Statistics537
Jonas Elmerraji, CMT

CHAPTER 40 Introduction to Probability550


Jonas Elmerraji, CMT

SECTION VII PERSPECTIVES ON TECHNICAL TRADING SYSTEMS 559


CHAPTER 41 Objective Rules and Their Evaluation561
David Aronson

CHAPTER 42 Being Right or Making Money576


Ned Davis

CHAPTER 43 The Model-Building Process 606


Ned Davis

CHAPTER 44 Relative Strength as a Criterion for


Investment Selection 621
Robert A. Levy

viii Index637
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