All About Market Indicators

by Michael Sincere

Overview

(hfour)All signals are GO! Read the "mind of the market"—and make more money!(/hfour)

All About Market Indicators explains how to forecast the direction the market is taking so you know precisely when to get in and when to get out. This accessible but highly detailed guide introduces many of the key indicators that suggest what other investors are up to.

You'll learn how to access these indicators—often using free or low-cost sources—and interpret and implement them to raise your odds of success. Make the right decisions at the right time using market indicators, including:

• VIX • Stochastics • Volume • Moving Averages • MACD • New High–New Low • Arms Index • Advance-Decline Line • RSI • Bollinger Bands • Put/Call Ratios • Breadth • Momentum • Sentiment Surveys • Prices • Trends • Economics

Plus, professional traders reveal how they apply their favorite indicators!Gerald Appel
Richard Arms
Bernard Baumohl
John Bollinger
Thomas DeMark
Dr. Alexander Elder
Ken Fisher
Fred Hickey
William J. O'Neil
Linda Raschke
Brett Steenbarger
Dr. Van Tharp
Larry Williams

And others...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071748841
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	11/12/2010
Series:	All About Series
Edition description:	List
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	483,150
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Michael Sincere is the author of a number of investing and trading books, including Understanding Stocks and the bestselling Understanding Options. As a financial journalist, he has written hundreds of columns and magazine articles on investing and trading, including a monthly column for MarketWatch on market indicators. He has been interviewed on dozens of national radio programs and has appeared on CNBC and ABC's World News Now. Sincere lives in Miami, Florida.

Table of Contents

The Opening Every Indicator Tells a Story 1

Part 1 The Most Popular Market Indicators

Chapter 1 Reverse Psychology 9

Chapter 2 By the Numbers 37

Chpater 3 Let's Get Technical 61

Chpater 4 Outside the Box 105

Part 2 How Traders Anticipate Market Direction

Chapter 5 Fred Hickey: The Contrarian 121

Chpater 6 Linda Raschke: The Technician 129

Chpater 7 Trading Psychologist Brett Steenbarger and Psychiatrist Alexander Elder, Creator of the Force Index 137

Part 3 Understanding Volume

Chapter 8 Price and Volume 155

Chapter 9 High-Frequency Trading 163

Chapter 10 Effective Volume 169

Part 4 One Step Beyond

Chapter 11 Timely Advice 177

Chapter 12 Where to Get Help 187

The Closing: All Signals Are Go! 209

Acknowledgments 211

Index 213