How Charts Can Help You in the Stock Market

by Jiler, William

• ISBN13: 9780071426848
• ISBN10: 0071426841
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-11
• Publisher: McGraw Hill

Summary

VALUABLE ADVICE FOR INVESTORS OF ALL TYPES FROM STANDARD & POOR'S, TODAY'S MOST TRUSTED RESOURCE FOR RELIABLE INVESTMENT INFORMATIONStandard & Poor's Press brings the impressive knowledge and resources of Standard & Poor's to some of today's most challenging financial issues. Covering subjects from saving for college to technical analysis to risk management, books in the series will give both independent and institutional investors the knowledge they need to dramatically improve their overall financial decisions.The classic primer on technical analysis, reprinted for a new generation of traders and techniciansAs classic and timeless as Graham & Dodd'sSecurity Analysis, William Jiler'sHow Charts Can Help You in the Stock Marketis the must-have primer on technical analysis.First published in 1962, it was the first book to explain how all investors can use charting to more profitably time both their buys and sells and is globally renowned to this day for helping traders and investors use the tools of technical analysis to increase their profits.Featuring a new Foreword by the investing experts at Standard & Poor's, this special reprint edition will be an excellent resource for beginners as well as a vital reference for experienced technicians. Technical traders will look to it for: Tips for removing the mystery from the use of technical analysis Easy-to-understand definitions of technical analysis topics Examples and explanations of essential configurations, patterns, and formations

Author Biography

William L. Jiler is the former president of Commodity Research Bureau, Inc., and was a longtime fixture at Standard & Poor's Trendline. Jiler created the CRB Futures Price index, which remains the global benchmark for measuring commodity price movement.

Table of Contents

A Tool for Investors	p. 19
Trends	p. 27
Support and Resistance	p. 41
Head and Shoulders	p. 55
Double Tops and Bottoms	p. 73
Line and Saucer Formations	p. 85
V Formations	p. 97
The Measured Move	p. 109
The Coil (Or Triangle)	p. 117
Continuation Patterns	p. 125
Reversal Days, Gaps, Islands	p. 135
The Trap	p. 149
The Market Averages	p. 157
More Indicators	p. 165
The "200 Day Moving Average"	p. 179
Profits	p. 187
Pitfalls--And Profits	p. 195
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