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Charles D. Kirkpatrick II, CMT, is
In his life in the stock and options markets, Mr. Kirkpatrick has been a hedge fund manager, investment advisor, advisor to floor and desk traders and portfolio managers, institutional stock broker, options trader, desk and large-block trader, lecturer and speaker on aspects of technical analysis to professional and academic groups, expert legal witness on the stock market, owner of several small businesses, owner of an institutional brokerage firm, and part owner of a CBOE options trading firm. His research has been published in Barron’s and elsewhere. In 1993 and 2001, he won the Charles H. Dow Award for excellence in technical research, and in 2009, he won the MTA award for his contributions to technical analysis. Educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard College (A.B.) and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (M.B.A.), he was also a decorated combat officer with the 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam. He currently resides in Maine with his wife, Ellie, and their various domestic animals.
Julie R. Dahlquist, Ph.D., received her B.B.A. in economics from University of Louisiana at Monroe, her M.A. in Theology from St. Mary’s University, and her Ph.D. in economics from Texas A&M University. Currently, she is a senior lecturer, Department of Finance, at the University of Texas at San Antonio College of Business. Dr. Dahlquist is a frequent presenter at national and international conferences. She is the coauthor (with Richard Bauer) of Technical Market Indicators: Analysis and Performance (John Wiley & Sons). Her research has appeared in Financial Analysts Journal, Journal of Technical Analysis, Managerial Finance, Applied Economics, Working Money, Financial Practices and Education, Active Trader, and in the Journal of Financial Education. She serves on the Board of the Market Technicians Association Educational Foundation, on the editorial board of the Southwestern Business Administration Journal, and as a reviewer for a number of journals, including the Journal of Technical Analysis. She resides in San Antonio with her husband, Richard Bauer, and their two children, Katherine and Sepp.
Part I Introduction 1
1 Introduction to Technical Analysis 3
2 The Basic Principle of Technical Analysis--The Trend 9
3 History of Technical Analysis 23
4 The Technical Analysis Controversy 33
Part II Markets and Market Indicators 55
5 An Overview of Markets 57
6 Dow Theory 75
7 Sentiment 89
8 Measuring Market Strength 131
9 Temporal Patterns and Cycles 163
10 Flow of Funds 177
Part III Trend Analysis 197
11 History and Construction of Charts 199
12 Trends--The Basics 223
13 Breakouts, Stops, and Retracements 255
14 Moving Averages 275
Part IV Chart Pattern Analysis 299
15 Bar Chart Patterns 301
16 Point-and-Figure Chart Patterns 335
17 Short-Term Patterns 359
Part V Trend Confirmation 405
18 Confirmation 407
Part VI Other Technical Methods and Rules 447
19 Cycles 449
20 Elliott, Fibonacci, and Gann 477
Part VII Selection 501
21 Selection of Markets and Issues: Trading and Investing 503
Part VIII System Testing and Management 527
22 System Design and Testing 529
23 Money and Risk Management 559
Part IX Appendices 579
A Basic Statistics 581
B Types of Orders and Other Trader Terminology 607
Bibliography 611
Index 637
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