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Title: The Technical Analysis Course by Thomas Meyers ISBN: 0-07-138710-2 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade Pub. Date: 12 August, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.68 (19 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Meyers clearly explains the art of reading charts.
Comment: If this book doesn't provide the very clearest explanations of technical analysis that is out there, it certainly is a contender for the crown. Each chapter or lesson is followed by a quiz to ensure that you've picked up the key points.
Technical analysis is used by momentum investors (traders if you prefer) to increase their chances of making successful trades. Although some investors on the net would tell you that chart reading is akin to tea-leaf reading, they'd be wrong. I'm conservative enough to combine value investing with my trading, but trading alone can be very profitable to one who takes the time to learn about charts.
The book consists of nineteen lessons:
Lesson 1 - Definition of technical analysis and its basic principles.
Lesson 2 - Chart Construction -- the types of charts, charting services, personal computer software.
Lessons 3-5: Profitable Chart Patterns
Lessons 6-10: Key Analystical Tools
Lessons 11-13: Advanced Analysis. These are especially excellent chapters since they make the "advanced" topics very accessible.
Lessons 14 and 15: Alternative Charting Methods. The lesson on Japanese Candlestick Charting is outstanding.
Lessons 16 and 17: Overall market analysis.
Lessons 18 and 19: Putting It All Together.
An investment of thirty minutes a night for three weeks will repay the investor with more tools to bring to the table to improve his investing track record.
For those who scorn (i.e., do not understand) charts, let me just offer this. Technical analysis does not, of course, double as a crystal ball. But, it can provide a significant edge.
There can be no guarantees, but I believe that this book will pay you for its cost hundreds or thousands of times over. (It has certainly repaid me. But, you've got to read the book and you've got to pull the trigger on some trades.)
Good luck. Better still, read the book and use its information for your benefit instead of relying on luck, hunch, and the free advice that is worth only its price.
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent introduction to technical analysis!
Comment: This book is obviously constructed as a brief introduction to a variety of components and theories of technical analysis of securities. Topics considered include basic principles and theory of technical analysis, basic chart construction, major reversal chart patterns, consolidation formations, gaps, trendlines and channels, support and resistance, moving averages and other topics. The material is in all cases succinct and to the point. At the end of the book is an extensive list of further reading materials, reinforcing that the text is beginning in nature and the author encourages further study. This text is an excellent way to start exploring the field of technical analysis of securities.
Rating: 4
Summary: A good place to start
Comment: This book is a great place to start if you know nothing about technical analysis. It is very well organized, and the quizzes help to reinforce the lessons of the text. Meyers starts with basic chart construction and the types of charts, moves through reversal and consolidation patterns, gaps, trendlines and channels, and support and resistance before taking on any computed indicators. Next he moves through moving averages, relative strength, and volume indicators, and finally oscillators. He then digresses to cover point-and-figure charting and candlesticks before concluding the book with a discussion of market and sentiment indicators. Once this material is mastered, the more detailed discussions of Murphy or Edwards and Magee will make a lot more sense.
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Title: Technical Analysis Explained : The Successful Investor's Guide to Spotting Investment Trends and Turning Points by Martin J. Pring ISBN: 0071381937 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade Pub. Date: 20 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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Title: Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefèvre, Marketplace Books ISBN: 0471059706 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 11 May, 1994 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets: A Comprehensive Guide to Trading Methods and Applications by John J. Murphy ISBN: 0735200661 Publisher: Prentice Hall Press Pub. Date: 04 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $80.00 |
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Title: The Master Swing Trader: Tools and Techniques to Profit from Outstanding Short-Term Trading Opportunities by Alan S. Farley ISBN: 0071363092 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade Pub. Date: 13 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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Title: Technical Analysis from A to Z, 2nd Edition by Steven B. Achelis ISBN: 0071363483 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade Pub. Date: 02 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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