Technical Analysis of Stock Trends, Ninth Edition

Front cover......Page 1
Preface to the 9th Edition......Page 6
Preface to the Eighth Edition......Page 10
About  the Editorial Practices in This Eighth Edition......Page 16
Acknowledgments......Page 22
In Memoriam......Page 24
Preface to the Seventh Edition......Page 26
Preface to the Fifth Edition......Page 30
Preface to the Fourth Edition......Page 32
Preface to the Second Edition......Page 34
Foreword......Page 36
Contents......Page 38
part one: Technical Theory......Page 46
chapter one. The Technical Approach to Trading and Investing......Page 48
chapter two. Charts......Page 54
chapter three. The Dow Theory......Page 58
chapter four. The Dow Theory in Practice......Page 70
chapter five. The Dow Theory\'s Defects......Page 86
chapter 5.1. The Dow Theory in the 20th and 21st Centuries......Page 90
chapter six. Important Reversal Patterns......Page 100
chapter seven. Important Reversal Patterns-Continued......Page 120
chapter eight. Important Reversal Patterns-The Triangles......Page 144
chapter nine. Important Reversal Patterns-Continued......Page 174
chapter ten. Other Reversal Phenomena......Page 196
chapter 10.1. Short-Term Phenomena of Potential Importance......Page 226
chapter eleven. Consolidation Formations......Page 234
chapter twelve. Gaps......Page 256
chapter thirteen. Support and Resistance......Page 276
chapter fourteen. Trendlines and Channels......Page 298
chapter fifteen. Major Trendlines......Page 326
chapter 15.1. Trading the Averages in the 21st Century......Page 340
chapter sixteen. Technical Analysis of Commodity Charts......Page 346
chapter 16.1. Technical Analysis of Commodity Charts, Part 2: A 21st Century Perspective......Page 352
chapter seventeen. A Summary and Some Concluding Comments......Page 364
chapter 17.1.  Technical Analysis and Technology in the 21st Century: The Computer and the Internet, Tools of the Investment/Information Revolution......Page 370
chapter 17.2. Advancements in Investment Technology......Page 378
part two. Trading Tactics......Page 400
chapter eighteen. The Tactical Problems......Page 404
chapter 18.1. Strategy and Tactics for the Long-Term Investor......Page 412
chapter nineteen. The All-Important Details......Page 420
chapter twenty. The Kind of Stocks We Want-The Speculator\'s Viewpoint......Page 424
chapter 20.1. The Kind of Stocks We Want-The Long-Term Investor\'s Viewpoint......Page 428
chapter twenty-one. Selection of Stocks to Chart......Page 436
chapter twenty-two. Selection of Stocks to Chart-Continued......Page 440
chapter twenty-three. Choosing and Managing High-Risk Stocks: Tulip Stocks, Internet Sector, and Speculative Frenzies......Page 446
chapter twenty-four. The Probable Moves of Your Stocks......Page 464
chapter twenty-five. Two Touchy Questions......Page 470
chapter twenty-six. Round Lots or Odd Lots? (EN: Or, Put Another Way, Size?)......Page 478
chapter twenty-seven. Stop Orders......Page 480
chapter twenty-eight. What Is a Bottom-What Is a Top?......Page 486
chapter 28.1. Basing Points - A Case Analyzed......Page 491
chapter twenty-nine. Trendlines in Action......Page 496
chapter thirty. Use of Support and Resistance......Page 506
chapter thirty-one. Not All in One Basket......Page 512
chapter thirty-two. Measuring Implications in Technical Chart Patterns......Page 514
chapter thirty-three. Tactical Review of Chart Action......Page 518
chapter thirty-four. A Quick Summation of Tactical Methods......Page 546
chapter thirty-five. Effect of Technical Trading on Market Action......Page 550
chapter thirty-six. Automated Trendline: The Moving Average......Page 552
chapter thirty-seven. \"The Same Old Patterns\"......Page 558
chapter thirty-eight. Balanced and Diversified......Page 622
chapter thirty-nine. Trial and Error......Page 630
chapter forty. How Much Capital to Use in Trading......Page 632
chapter forty-one. Applications of Capital in Practice......Page 636
chapter forty-two.  Portfolio Risk Management*......Page 642
chapter forty-three. Stick to Your Guns......Page 654
appendix A......Page 656
appendix B......Page 674
appendix C......Page 684
appendix D......Page 714
appendix E......Page 726
List of Illustrations and Text Diagrams......Page 748
Alphabetic Index of Stock Charts......Page 767
Glossary......Page 788
Bibliography......Page 814
Index......Page 818