CONTENTS

Preface

Part I: Trend-Determining Techniques

1. The Definition and Interaction of Trends

2. Financial Markets and the Business Cycle

3. Dow Theory

4. Typical Parameters for Intermediate Trends

5. How to Identify Support and Resistance Zones

6. Trendlines

7. Basic Characteristics of Volume

8. Classic Price Patterns

9. Smaller Price Patterns and Gaps

10. One- and Two-Bar Price Patterns

11. Moving Averages

12. Envelopes and Bollinger Bands

13. Momentum I: Basic Principles

14. Momentum II: Individual Indicators

15. Momentum III: Individual Indicators

16. Candlestick Charting

17. Point and Figure Charting

18. Miscellaneous Techniques for Determining Trends

19. The Concept of Relative Strength

20. Putting the Indicators Together: The DJ Transports 1990–2001

Part II: Market Structure

21. Price: The Major Averages

22. Price: Sector Rotation

23. Time: Analyzing Secular Trends for Stocks, Bonds, and Commodities

24. Time: Cycles and Seasonal Patterns

25. Practical Identification of Cycles

26. Volume II: Volume Indicators

27. Market Breadth

Part III: Other Aspects of Market Analysis

28. Indicators and Relationships That Measure Confidence

29. The Importance of Sentiment

30. Integrating Contrary Opinion and Technical Analysis

31. Why Interest Rates Affect the Stock Market

32. Using Technical Analysis to Select Individual Stocks

33. Technical Analysis of International Stock Markets

34. Automated Trading Systems

35. Checkpoints for Identifying Primary Stock Market Peaks and Troughs

Epilogue

Appendix: The Elliott Wave

Glossary

Bibliography

Index