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The Technical Analysis Course, Fourth Edition: Learn How to Forecast and Time the Market

by Thomas Meyers
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Praise for Previous Editions of THE TECHNICAL ANALYSIS COURSE

"If you are a neophyte in the markets or have a friend who is, this may be the book for you. It won't turn you into an overnight market wizard. You will, however, acquire an excellent grasp of market terminology and be a step ahead toward trading success and fortune."
Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities

"A simple introduction to this . . . widely followed art is given in the book The Technical Analysis Course."
The Wall Street Journal

The Classic, Comprehensive Introduction to Technical Analysis, Updated for Today’s Volatile Markets

Technical analysis, long considered by many experts to be the single most reliable method of forecasting investment trends and timing significant market turns, is ideal for seizing opportunities in the stock, bond, futures, and options markets. Accurate and unemotional, it’s as close to a scientific approach as you can get.

To help you effectively manage the flood of available market information and gain a significant edge over your competitors, The Technical Analysis Course, Fourth Edition, provides everything you need to know to successfully incorporate the power of technical analysis into your existing trading program. You’ll learn how to:

  • Use the classic tools of technical analysis to construct charts and assess up-to-the-minute trading realities
  • Identify profitable chart patterns, including reversals, consolidation formations, and gaps
  • Utilize key analytical tools, including trend lines and channels, support and resistance, moving averages, relative strength analysis, and volume and open interest
  • Purchase stocks, bonds, futures, and options when prices are near their bottoms and sell when prices are close to their highs

With this comprehensive guide, you’ll be able to apply technical analysis under real market conditions, recognize market trends, act accordingly, and dramatically increase your day-in, day-out profit potential.

Synopsis

The Classic Introduction to Technical Analysis--Fully Updated and Revised! The most reliable method for forecasting trends and timing market turns, technical analysis is as close to a "scientific" trading approach as you can get—and it is particularly valuable in today's volatile markets. The Technical Analysis Course, Fourth Edition, provides the know-how you need to make this powerful tool part of your overall investing strategy. Through a series of lessons and exams, you'll master the techniques used by the most successful technical analysts in the market today. Updated with hundreds of real market examples, The Technical Analysis Course provides the essential foundation for using time-tested technical analysis techniques to profit from the markets. You'll learn how to: Identify profitable chart patterns, including reversals, consolidation formations, and gaps Utilize key analytical tools, including trendlines and channels, support and resistance, relative strength analysis, and volume and open interest Perform advanced analysis using moving averages, trading bands, Bollinger Bands, oscillators, the Relative Strength Index, stochastics, and moving average convergence-divergence Purchase stocks, bonds, futures, and options when prices are near their bottoms and sell when prices are close to their highs Critical Acclaim for THE TECHNICAL ANALYSIS COURSE "If you are a neophyte in the markets, this may be the book for you. It won't turn you into an overnight market wizard. You will, however, acquire an excellent grasp of market terminology and be a step ahead toward trading success and fortune." --Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities

About the Author, Thomas Meyers

Thomas A. Meyers, CPA, CFA , CPCU, was senior vice president and chief financial officer of a large insurance company, where he was responsible for the management of billions of dollars of investments. He has written more than 100 articles on investing and technical analysis and coauthored the first edition of The Encyclopedia of Technical Market Indicators.

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Book Details

Published
March 6, 2011
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Pages
395
ISBN
9780071749039

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