Charting Made Easy

✍ Scribed by Murphy, John J.

• Publisher: Marketplace Books
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 82
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Charting Made Easy - Front Cover
Title Page
Printer's Imprint
Contents
Introduction
Short Title
Chapter 1: Why Is Chart Analysis So Important?
Market Timing
Chapter 2: What Is Chart Analysis?
Charts Reveal Price Trends
Types of Charts Available
Any Time Dimension
Chapter 3: How To Plot The Daily Bar Chart
Charts Are Used Primarily to Monitor Trends
Chapter 4: Support And Resistance Trendlines And Channels
Chapter 5: Reversal And Continuation Price Patterns
Reversal Patterns
The Head and Shoulders
Double and Triple Tops and Bottoms
Saucers and Spikes
Continuation Patterns
Triangles
Flags and Pennants
Chapter 6: Price Gaps
Chapter 7: The Key Reversal Day
Chapter 8: Percentage Retracements
Chapter 9: The Interpretation Of Volume
Volume Is an Important Part of Price Patterns
On-Balance Volume (OBV)
Plotting OBV
OBV Breakouts
Other Volume Indicators
Chapter 10: Using Different Time Frames For Short- And Long-Term Views
Using Intraday Charts
Going from the Long Term to the Short Term
Chapter 11: Using A Top-Down Market Approach
The First Step: The Major Market Averages
Different Averages Measure Different Things
The Second Step: Sectors and Industry Groups
The Third Step: Individual Stocks
Chapter 12: Moving Averages
Popular Moving Averages
Bollinger Bands
Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD)
Chapter 13: Oscillators
Relative Strength Index (RSI)
Stochastics
Any Time Dimension
Chapter 14: Ratios And Relative Strength
Sector Ratios
Stock Ratios
Market Ratios
Chapter 15: Options
Option Put/Call Ratio
Contrary Indicator
CBOE Volatility Index (VIX)
Chapter 16: The Principle Of Confirmation
Chapter 17: Summary And Conclusion
Investing Resource Guide
Suggested Reading
About the Author
Rear Cover

✦ Subjects

chart patterns, technical analysis, MetaStock, securities markets