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

by Pring, Martin J.

• ISBN13: 9780071381925
• ISBN10: 0071381929
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780071823982
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-02-26
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
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Summary

The Essential Companion Workbook for Martin Pring's Best-Selling "Technical Analysis ExplainedMartin Pring's "Technical Analysis Explained has long been the acknowledged bible for gaining a clear understanding and hands-on knowledge of technical analysis. Now let "Study Guide for Technical Analysis Explained help you profit even more from this essential book by coaching you on its most important ideas and techniques until they become automatic in the heat of trading battle.Packed with hundreds of questions that correspond to chapters and sections throughout the book, this valuable study guide features: Charts and graphs to help you visually digest the concepts presented Full text answers to guarantee your complete understanding of each important idea Fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice, and matching question formats The hard-hitting, no-nonsense style that made "Technical Analysis Explained a classic Technical analysis mastery isn't easy, but its financial rewards make it virtually indispensable. Use" Study Guide for Technical Analysis Explained to reach the next level of technical analysis education, and ensure that you enter every trading day with the weapons you need to come out on top.

Author Biography

Martin J. Pring is the highly respected president of Pring Research (www.pring.com), editor of the newsletter The Intermarket Review, and one of today's most influential thought leaders in the world of technical analysis. The author of McGraw-Hill's Martin Pring on Technical Analysis series, Pring has written over a dozen trading books and has contributed to Barron's and other national publications. He was awarded the Jack Frost Memorial Award from the Canadian Technical Analysts Society.

Table of Contents

How to Use This Study Guide	1	(2)
The Market Cycle Model	3	(6)
The Relationship Between the Financial Markets and the Business Cycle	9	(6)
Dow Theory	15	(6)
Typical Parameters for Intermediate Trends	21	(6)
Price Patterns	27	(12)
Smaller Price Patterns	39	(6)
One- and Two-Bar Patterns	45	(6)
Trendlines	51	(8)
Moving Averages	59	(6)
Momentum I Basic Principles	65	(8)
Individual Momentum Indicators I	73	(8)
Individual Momentum Indicators II	81	(6)
Candlesticks	87	(8)
Point and Figure Charts	95	(4)
Miscellaneous Techniques for Determining Trends	99	(6)
The Concept of Relative Strength	105	(6)
Price: The Major Averages	111	(4)
Group Rotation	115	(4)
Time: Longer-Term Cycles	119	(6)
Practical Identification of Cycles	125	(4)
Volume Principles	129	(6)
Volume Indicators	135	(6)
Breadth	141	(6)
Interest Rates and the Stock Market	147	(4)
Market Sentiment	151	(4)
Applying Technical Analysis to Contrary Opinion	155	(4)
Mechanical Trading Systems	159	(6)
Technical Analysis of Global Markets	165	(4)
Technical Analysis of Individual Stocks	169	(6)
Index	175