Index
Acceptance
open outside of range
open outside of value but within range
open within value
spikes
Anomalies
Auction
auction failures
defined
long-term
market imbalance and auction process
See also Auction rotations
Auction rotations
example
long-term
market structure and market time
one-timeframe market conditions
Rotation Factor
two-timeframe market conditions
Balanced market
balance-area break outs
estimating daily range potential
initial balance
market imbalance and auction process
perspective and
Bell curve
Bracketed markets
bracket reference points
bracket to trend transition
defined
long-term auction rotations
trend to bracket transition
Brain, hemispheres of
Capital
Chabris, Christopher
Close
closing range
day timeframe trading
Composite analysis
Corrective action
Dalton, Jim
Dalton, Robert
Day timeframe trading
auction rotations, defined
auction rotations, evaluation
auction rotations, example
close and
day timeframe structure, defined
definitions
dominance of current session and
Double Distribution Trend day
estimating daily range potential
evaluation
high- and low-volume areas
ledges
market structure, trading logic, and time
Neutral day
Nontrend day
Normal day
Normal Variation of a Normal day
opening/value relationships example
point of control (POC), monitoring
structure and Open-Drive activity
Trend day
visualization and pattern recognition
See also Long-term trading
Derivative learning
Destination trades
Diffusion Model (Gladwell)
Directional conviction
interpreting timeframe activity and (See also Open)
long-term
open as gauge of
Rotation Factor and (See also Auction rotations)
value-area placement and
Double Distribution Trend day
Double prints
Dreyfus, Hubert
Dreyfus, Stuart
Excess
defined
long-term
perspective of
signs of
Experience. See Trading
Extremes. See Tails
Fairest price. See Point of control (POC)
Gaps
evaluation
long-term trading and
special situations
visualization of market and
Gladwell, Malcolm
Goodspeed, Bennett W.
Half-hour auctions
High-volume areas
defined
examples
identifying
Initial balance
defined
Open-Auction activity and
Open-Test-Drive activity and
See also Day timeframe trading
Initiative activity
Inside day
Inventory management
Invisible Gorilla, The (Chabris, Simons)
Island days
J. Dalton Trading's Live Market Seminar
Jones, Eric
Ledges
Liquidity Data Bank (LDB)
Locals
behavior of
role of
Location, importance of
Long liquidation
Long-Term Nontrend Markets
Long-term tails
Long-term trading
auction rotations
balance-area break outs
bracket to trend transition
composite analysis
corrective action
defined
detailed analysis of developing market
directional conviction
evaluating direction indicators
gaps
long liquidation
Long-Term Activity Record (LTAR)
long-term auction rotations
long-term excess
long-term profiles
long-term short covering
markets to avoid
Neutral-extreme day
news announcements and effect on markets
range extension
special situations
spikes
3 to I day
trend to bracket transition
value-area placement and directional performance
Value-Area Rule
value-area width and directional performance
volume and directional performance
See also Day timeframe trading
Low-volume areas
defined
examples
Market, balanced. See Balanced market
Market-generated sources of information
Marketplace, role of
Market Profile
author's personal experience
bell curve
“body” of
day timeframe structure
elements of
elongated
identifying high-volume areas
initial balance and
Long-Term Profiles
marketplace role and
objectivity and
pattern recognition
point of control (POC) and
Profile graphic (market structure)
structure, trading logic, and time
structure and auction rotations
structure and Open-Drive activity
See also Tails
Markets in Profile: Profiting from the Auction Process (Dalton, Dalton, Jones)
Mind Over Machine (Dreyfus, Dreyfus)
Neutral day
defined
Neutral-center and Neutral-extreme days, defined
two-timeframe markets
Neutral-extreme day
News announcements, effect of
Nonconviction days, markets to avoid
Nontrend day
Normal day
Normal Variation of a Normal day
Open-Drive activity
Open-Rejection-Reverse activity and
Open-Test-Drive activity and
two-timeframe markets
One-timeframe market. See also Auction rotations
Open
defined
estimating daily range potential
market conviction and
Open-Auction
Open-Auction in range
Open-Auction out of range
Open-Drive
opening call
opening/value relationships example
open outside of range, acceptance
open outside of value but within range, acceptance
open outside of value but within range, rejection
Open-Rejection-Reverse
Open-Test-Drive
open within value, acceptance
open within value, rejection
outside spike
within spike
visualization of market and
Outside day
Overnight inventory, analyzing
Pattern recognition
Point of control (POC)
Price
fairest
response to
Range, defined
Range extension
auction rotations
defined
estimating daily range potential
initiative versus responsive activity
long-term trading
Open-Auction in range activity
Open-Auction out of range activity
open outside of range, acceptance
open outside of value but within range, acceptance
open outside of value but within range, rejection
point of control and
timeframe control
See also Open
Record keeping
Rejection
defined
open outside of value but within range
Open-Rejection-Reverse
open within value
spikes
Responsive activity
Risk
Rotation Factor. See also Auction rotations
Self-understanding. See also Trading
Short covering
Simons, Daniel
Single price level distortions
Single-print tails
Skill acquisition stages, defined. See also Trading
S&P daily/weekly bar, reviewing
Spikes
Strategy, importance of
Tails
auction rotations
initiative versus responsive activity
long-term
opening call and
poor lows or highs
timeframe control
Tao Jones Averages, The (Goodspeed)
3 to I day
Tick volume
Timeframe transition, identifying
Time Price Opportunities (TOP)
defined
initiative versus responsive activity
timeframe control evaluation
TPO value-area calculation
volume profiles versus
Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, The (Gladwell)
“Trader's Dilemma, The,”
Trading
as business strategy
cognitive dissonance of traders
expectations and
futures trading, generally
imagination of traders
importance of
market imbalance and auction process
poor lows or highs
psychological side of
recognizing subtle information
self-understanding for
skill acquisition stages, defined
“The Trader's Dilemma,”
timeframe control
trading logic
visual references for markets
See also Day timeframe trading; Long-term trading
Trading range. See Bracketed markets
Trend day
defined
one-timeframe markets
Open-Drive activity
Open-Test-Drive activity and
Trending markets
bracket to trend transition
one-timeframe markets
trend, defined
trend to bracket transition
Trends, long- and short-term
Two-timeframe market conditions. See also Auction rotations
Value area
defined
initiative versus responsive activity
long-term trading
open outside of value but within range, acceptance
open outside of value but within range, rejection
open within value, acceptance
open within value, rejection
timeframe control evaluation and
value-area calculation
Value-Area Rule
value-area width
Visualization, for day timeframe trading
Volume
high-volume areas
long-term trading and
low-volume areas
value-area calculation
volume profiles versus TPO
Von Oech, Roger
Whack on the Side of the Head, A (von Oech)