| Preface to the eleventh edition |
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| Preface to the tenth edition |
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| Preface to the ninth edition |
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| Preface to the eighth edition |
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| In memoriam |
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| Preface to the seventh edition |
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| Preface to the fifth edition |
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| Preface to the second edition |
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| Foreword |
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| Part I: Technical theory |
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Chapter 1 The technical approach to trading and investing |
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Definition of technical analysis |
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4 | (3) |
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Different types of scales |
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8 | (3) |
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12 | (1) |
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12 | (9) |
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14 | (1) |
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Principle of confirmation |
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Chapter 4 The Dow Theory's defects |
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The Dow Theory is too late |
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21 | (2) |
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The Dow Theory is not infallible |
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23 | (3) |
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The Dow Theory frequently leaves the investor in doubt |
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23 | (1) |
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The Dow Theory does not help the Intermediate Trend investor |
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The Dow Theory in the 20th and 21st centuries |
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Chapter 5 Replacing Dow Theory with John Magee's Basing points Procedure |
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The fractal nature of the market |
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31 | (10) |
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Chapter 6 Important Reversal Patterns |
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41 | (16) |
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Important Reversal Patterns |
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42 | (1) |
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Time required to reverse a trend |
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42 | (2) |
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The Head-and-Shoulders Top Formation |
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44 | (1) |
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44 | (3) |
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47 | (2) |
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Variations in Head-and-Shoulders Tops |
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49 | (3) |
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Price action following confirmation: the measuring formula |
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52 | (3) |
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Relation of Head-and-Shoulders to Dow Theory |
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55 | (2) |
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Chapter 7 Important Reversal Patterns: continued |
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57 | (20) |
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Head-and-Shoulders (EN: or Kilroy) Bottoms |
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57 | (2) |
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Multiple Head-and-Shoulders Patterns |
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59 | (2) |
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61 | (4) |
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65 | (1) |
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Rounding Tops and Bottoms |
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66 | (4) |
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How Rounding Turns affect trading activity |
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The Dormant Bottom variation |
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73 | (1) |
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74 | (3) |
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Chapter 8 Important Reversal Patterns: the Triangles |
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77 | (26) |
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79 | (3) |
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Some cautions about Symmetrical Triangles |
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How prices break out of a Symmetrical Triangle |
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88 | (2) |
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A typical Triangle development |
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90 | (4) |
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Reversal or Consolidation |
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94 | (3) |
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The Right-Angle Triangles |
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97 | (1) |
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98 | (1) |
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Volume characteristics same as the Symmetrical type |
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99 | (1) |
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Measuring implications of Triangles |
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100 | (1) |
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Triangles on weekly and monthly charts |
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100 | (1) |
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Other Triangular formations |
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100 | (3) |
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Chapter 9 More important Reversal Patterns |
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The Rectangles, Double and Triple Tops |
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103 | (2) |
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105 | (7) |
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Relation of rectangle to Dow Line |
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112 | (1) |
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Rectangles from Right-Angle Triangles |
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113 | (1) |
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Double and Triple Tops and Bottoms |
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113 | (2) |
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Distinguishing characteristics |
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115 | (3) |
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118 | (1) |
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118 | (3) |
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Chapter 10 Other Reversal phenomena |
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121 | (30) |
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The Broadening Formations |
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121 | (1) |
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Volume during Broadening Formations |
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122 | (6) |
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128 | (2) |
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The Orthodox Broadening Top |
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130 | (5) |
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Why no Broadening Bottoms? |
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135 | (1) |
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Right-Angled Broadening Formations |
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135 | (2) |
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137 | (2) |
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139 | (3) |
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142 | (1) |
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Wedges on weekly and monthly charts |
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143 | (1) |
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Rising Wedges common in Bear Market Rallies |
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144 | (1) |
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144 | (1) |
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145 | (2) |
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Short-term phenomena of potential importance |
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147 | (1) |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (1) |
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148 | (3) |
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Chapter 11 Consolidation Formations |
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151 | (20) |
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151 | (2) |
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The Pennant: a pointed Flag |
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153 | (1) |
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154 | (2) |
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Reliability of Flags and Pennants |
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156 | (1) |
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Where they may be expected |
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157 | (1) |
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Flag pictures on weekly and monthly charts |
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158 | (1) |
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Rectangular Consolidations: an early phase phenomenon |
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159 | (1) |
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Head-and-Shoulders Consolidations |
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160 | (2) |
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Scallops: repeated Saucers |
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162 | (6) |
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Modern versus old-style markets |
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168 | (3) |
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171 | (18) |
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Which gaps are significant? |
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171 | (1) |
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171 | (3) |
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174 | (12) |
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175 | (2) |
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177 | (5) |
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Continuation or runaway gaps and the measuring rule |
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182 | (2) |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (1) |
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187 | (2) |
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Chapter 13 Support and Resistance |
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189 | (18) |
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190 | (1) |
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191 | (2) |
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Estimating Support-Resistance potential |
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193 | (3) |
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196 | (1) |
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Significance of Support failure |
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197 | (1) |
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198 | (2) |
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200 | (1) |
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Repeating historical levels |
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200 | (2) |
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202 | (3) |
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Volume on breaks through Support |
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205 | (1) |
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Support and Resistance in the Averages |
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206 | (1) |
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Chapter 14 Trendlines and Channels |
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207 | (22) |
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207 | (2) |
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209 | (2) |
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Arithmetic versus logarithmic scale |
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211 | (5) |
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216 | (4) |
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220 | (2) |
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222 | (1) |
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Double Trendlines and trend ranges |
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222 | (1) |
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223 | (1) |
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224 | (1) |
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Consequences of Trendline penetration: Throwbacks |
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224 | (1) |
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225 | (1) |
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Corrective trends: the Fan Principle |
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226 | (3) |
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Chapter 15 Major Trendlines |
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229 | (16) |
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242 | (1) |
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242 | (1) |
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Trendlines in the Averages |
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243 | (1) |
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Trading the Averages in the 21st century |
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244 | (1) |
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Chapter 16 Technical analysis of commodity charts |
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245 | (16) |
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Technical analysis of commodity charts, part 2: a 21st-century perspective |
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249 | (1) |
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249 | (1) |
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250 | (2) |
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The application of Edwards and Magee's methods to 21st-century futures markets |
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252 | (7) |
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258 | (1) |
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Everything you need to know as a chart analyst trading futures |
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259 | (2) |
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Chapter 17 A summary and concluding comments |
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Technical analysis and technology in the 21st century: the computer and the internet: tools of the investment/information revolution |
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265 | (2) |
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The importance of computer technology |
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267 | (1) |
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268 | (1) |
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Other technological developments of importance to the technical Magee analyst and all investors |
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268 | (3) |
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The Internet: the eighth wonder of the modern world (EN9: Appendix B, Resources, for the ninth edition has been enormously expanded and is of paramount importance to modern investors.) |
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268 | (1) |
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269 | (1) |
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Separating the wheat from the chaff |
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270 | (1) |
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270 | (1) |
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Advancements in investment technology, part 1: developments in finance theory and practice |
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271 | (4) |
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271 | (1) |
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272 | (1) |
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Options pricing models and their importance |
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273 | (1) |
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273 | (1) |
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Options on futures and indexes |
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274 | (1) |
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275 | (1) |
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The wonders and joys of investment technology |
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275 | (1) |
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Advancements in investment technology, part 2: futures and options on futures on the Dow-Jones Industrial Index at the CBOT |
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275 | (12) |
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Investment and hedging strategies using the CBOT® DJIASM futures contract |
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276 | (1) |
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Settlement of futures contracts |
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276 | (1) |
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276 | (1) |
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Differences between cash and futures |
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277 | (1) |
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Using stock index futures to control exposure to the market |
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277 | (2) |
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Investment uses of Dow Index futures |
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279 | (3) |
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Situation 1: Portfolio protection |
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279 | (1) |
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Situation 2: Increasing exposure with futures |
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280 | (1) |
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Situation 3: Using bond and index futures for asset allocation |
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280 | (2) |
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282 | (1) |
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Options on Dow Index futures |
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282 | (1) |
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283 | (1) |
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283 | (1) |
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284 | (1) |
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Using futures options to participate in market movements |
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284 | (1) |
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Profits in rising markets |
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284 | (1) |
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Exploiting market reversals |
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285 | (1) |
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Using puts to protect profits in an appreciated portfolio |
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285 | (1) |
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Improving portfolio yields |
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286 | (1) |
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286 | (1) |
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Using option spreads in high- or low-volatility markets |
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286 | (1) |
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286 | (1) |
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287 | (1) |
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Recommended further study |
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Chapter 18 The tactical problem |
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293 | (10) |
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Strategy and tactics for the long-term investor-What's a speculator? What's an investor? |
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297 | (2) |
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One definition of the long-term investor |
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299 | (1) |
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The strategy of the long-term investor |
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302 | (1) |
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Chapter 19 The all-important details |
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303 | (4) |
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The simplest and most direct way to use a computer for charting analysis |
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304 | (1) |
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Chapter 20 The kind of stocks we want: the speculator's viewpoint |
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307 | (8) |
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The kind of stocks we want: the long-term investor's viewpoint |
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310 | (1) |
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Changing opinions about conservative investing |
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310 | (1) |
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The kinds of stocks long-term investors want: the long-term investor's viewpoint |
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311 | (1) |
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Construction of the Index Shares and similar instruments |
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311 | (2) |
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An outline of instruments available for trading and investing |
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312 | (1) |
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The importance of these instruments: diversification, dampened risks, tax, and technical regularity |
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Chapter 21 Selection of stocks to chart |
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Chapter 22 Selection of stocks to chart: continued |
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319 | (6) |
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Chapter 23 Choosing and managing high-risk stocks: tulip stocks, Internet sector, and speculative frenzies |
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325 | (16) |
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Managing tulipomanias and Internet frenzies and...Bitcoin |
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326 | (2) |
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Detailed techniques for management of the runaway issues |
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328 | (4) |
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Hope springs eternal and there is one born every second |
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332 | (9) |
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Chapter 24 The probable moves of your stocks |
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341 | (4) |
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Chapter 25 Two touchy questions |
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346 | (5) |
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Chapter 26 Round lots or odd lots? |
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351 | (2) |
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353 | (8) |
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355 | (2) |
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357 | (1) |
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A brief survey of stop methods |
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358 | (1) |
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358 | (1) |
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358 | (1) |
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Parabolic stop and reverse |
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359 | (1) |
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359 | (1) |
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A natural method used by the Turtles |
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359 | (2) |
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Chapter 28 What is a Bottom and what is a Top? |
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361 | (12) |
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362 | (2) |
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Basing Points: a case analyzed |
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364 | (1) |
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The Basing Points paradigm |
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365 | (2) |
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Key to Figure 28.2 analysis |
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366 | (1) |
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A narrative of the events in the chart |
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367 | (1) |
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The complete Basing Points Procedure: taking into consideration the setting of Basing Points on both wave lows and new highs |
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368 | (1) |
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The complete Basing Points procedure |
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369 | (1) |
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Two charts giving a long-view perspective on the complete (Variant 2) procedure |
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370 | (1) |
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The representative case fully analyzed using wave lows and new highs |
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370 | (1) |
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A narrative of the events in the chart |
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371 | (2) |
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Chapter 29 Trendlines in action |
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373 | (10) |
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Buying stock, "going long" |
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375 | (3) |
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Liquidating, or selling a long position |
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378 | (1) |
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379 | (1) |
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379 | (1) |
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380 | (1) |
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General outline of policy for trading in the Major Trend |
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380 | (3) |
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Chapter 30 Use of Support and Resistance |
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383 | (6) |
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Chapter 31 Not all in one basket |
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389 | (2) |
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EN: diversification and costs |
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390 | (1) |
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Chapter 32 Measuring implications in technical chart patterns |
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391 | (2) |
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Chapter 33 Tactical review of chart action |
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393 | (24) |
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393 | (7) |
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400 | (1) |
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Head-and-Shoulders Bottom |
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401 | (2) |
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403 | (1) |
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Rounding Tops and Bottoms |
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403 | (3) |
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406 | (2) |
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408 | (1) |
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408 | (1) |
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408 | (1) |
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409 | (1) |
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409 | (1) |
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409 | (1) |
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409 | (1) |
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410 | (1) |
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Chapter 34 A quick summation of tactical methods |
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417 | (2) |
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Get out of present commitments |
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418 | (1) |
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Chapter 35 Effect of technical trading on market action |
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419 | (2) |
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Chapter 36 Automated trendline: the Moving Average |
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421 | (6) |
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Sensitizing Moving Averages |
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422 | (1) |
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Crossovers and penetrations |
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422 | (2) |
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The PENTAD Moving Average system from Formula Research |
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424 | (3) |
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Chapter 37 The same old patterns |
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427 | (54) |
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Chapter 38 Balanced and diversified |
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481 | (6) |
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September 28, 1985: an oversold market |
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Chapter 39 Trial and error |
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487 | (2) |
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Chapter 40 How much capital to use in trading |
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489 | (2) |
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Chapter 41 Application of capital in practice |
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491 | (4) |
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493 | (2) |
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Chapter 42 Portfolio risk management |
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495 | (10) |
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496 | (2) |
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498 | (1) |
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499 | (1) |
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499 | (1) |
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499 | (1) |
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Pragmatic Portfolio Theory (and practice) |
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500 | (1) |
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Pragmatic portfolio risk measurement |
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500 | (2) |
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Determining the risk of one stock |
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500 | (1) |
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Determining the risk for a portfolio |
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501 | (1) |
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Measuring maximum drawdown (maximum retracement) |
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502 | (1) |
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Pragmatic portfolio analysis: measuring the risk |
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502 | (1) |
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Portfolio Ordinary or Operational Risk |
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502 | (1) |
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503 | (1) |
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Portfolio extraordinary or catastrophic risk |
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503 | (1) |
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503 | (1) |
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Summary of Risk and Money Management Procedures |
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503 | (1) |
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Infinitely more sophisticated risk and money management procedures-Ralph Vince and optimal f |
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504 | (1) |
| Chapter 43 Stick to your guns |
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505 | (2) |
| Appendix A: The Dow Theory in practice |
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507 | (16) |
| Appendix B: Resources |
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523 | (14) |
| Appendix C: Technical Analysis: beyond Edwards & Magee |
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537 | (28) |
| List of Illustrations and Text Diagrams |
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565 | (14) |
| Alphabetic Index of Stock Charts |
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579 | (16) |
| Glossary |
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595 | (26) |
| Bibliography |
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621 | (2) |
| Index |
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