Technical Analysis Explained
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Fibonacci fans, 390–391
Gann fans, 391–393
Ichimoku cloud charts, 393–400, SG:121–123, SG:126
proportion, 383–386, SG:120, SG:125
relative strength (RS), 410–412
speed resistance lines, 386–390
technical principles, 386
time frames, 3–4, SG:5, SG:7
types. See Intermediate trends; Intraday trends; Moving averages (MAs); Primary trends; Secular trends; Short-term trends; Trendlines
Triangles, 158–164, SG:54, SG:58
cup with handle, 161–164
failures, 160
measuring implications, 160, 161
right-angled, 159–161
symmetrical, 158–159
TRIN. See Arms Index
Triple tops and bottoms, 149, 151
Trough wars, 472, SG:146, SG:149
Turkey, 696
Tweezer tops and bottoms (Kenuki), 357–360, SG:110, SG:114
Two-bar reversal, 197–201, SG:66, SG:67, SG:69
U
Umbrella lines, 344
United States Oil ETF, 269, 270
U.S. Bancorp 2000, two-bar reversal, 200
U.S. Dollar Index, 2006-2012 and intermediate KST, 318
Unweighted market indexes, 432, 435–436, 447–449
Upside and downside gaps (Tasuki), 365–367
Upside down gap two crows (Narabi Kuro), 357
Upside projections, support/resistance zone, 66, 67
Upside/downside volume, 547–553
Usage, in spreads, 421
V
V base pattern, 379
V extended pattern, 379
Valid breakouts, 129–138, SG:53, SG:58
price, 129–132
volume considerations, 132–138
whipsaws, 129–130
Valid crossovers, moving average, 213–216
Value Line Arithmetic, 435–436, 447–449, SG:134, SG:137
Value Line Composite Index, 448
Variation, principle of, 502
Vijaya Bank, 244
VIX (Market Volatility Indicator), 629–632, SG:183, SG:186
Volume, 97–114, SG:41–47
accumulation action, 109, 110
benefits of volume studies, 97–98
buying climax, 540, SG:44, SG:46, SG:164, SG:168
candlestick chart, 369–372, SG:109, SG:113
churning action, 109
exhaustion gaps, 180
head-and-shoulders tops, 139
lack of selling pressure, 106–108
parabolic blow-off, 102–104, 105, SG:45, SG:47
price and volume trends in bull and bear markets, 100–102, SG:41–45, SG:46–47
on rallies and reactions, 111, 112
record volume after sharp advance signals exhaustion, 109–111
record volume off major low signals bottom, 109
rising volume and rising price is normal principle, 99
rising volume on downside breakout, 108–109
selling climax, 104–106, 107, 531–533, 540–543, SG:42, SG:44, SG:46, SG:165, SG:168
shrink in price volatility and volume signals disinterest, 111–113
valid breakout, 132–138
volume goes with trend principle, 98–99, 132–138, SG:44, SG:46
volume leads price in uptrend principle, 99–100, SG:44, SG:46
Volume indicators, 531–559, SG:161–168
Arms Index, 553–554, SG:163, SG:168
Chaikin Money Flow (CMF), 544–547, SG:163, SG:167
Demand Index, 543–544, SG:162–163, SG:167
equivolume, 556–558
On Balance Volume (OBV), 555–556, SG:163, SG:167
primary-trend volume ROC, 536–537
rate of change (ROC) of volume, 531–536, SG:161, SG:167
stock market, 547–555
technical principles, 536, 553
upside/downside stock volume, 547–553
volume oscillator, 538–543, SG:162, SG:167
Volume rate of change (ROC), 531–537, SG:161, SG:167
percent calculation, 535–536
primary-trend, 536–537
W
Wall Street Journal, 29
Walmart, 369, 371
Waste management, 674
Wedges, 169–172, SG:61, SG:63
broadening formation, 155, 156, 157
falling, 169–172, SG:61, SG:63
pennants versus, 171
rising, 171
Weighted market indexes, 432, SG:133, SG:137, SG:138
Weighted moving averages (WMAs), 209, 225–227, SG:73, SG:75
Weight-of-the-evidence approach, 13, 368
Dow theory, 34
head and shoulders, 141
volume and, 97
See also Contrary opinion
Whipsaws
breakouts, 129–130
defined, 129
moving average, 213, 216, 224, 230
See also Smoothing
Wicks, 342–343
Wilder, Welles, 279, 335, 401
Wilshire 5000 Equity Index, 435, SG:134, SG:137
Windows (Ku), 365, 366, 367, SG:110–111, SG:114
WW Grainger, 153
Y
Yahoo!, 171–172, 184
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Martin J. Pring is the chairman of Pring Turner Capital group as well as the strategist for the Pring Turner Business Cycle ETF (symbol DBIZ). He is the founder of Pring.com, which provides research for financial institutions and individual investors around the world. The site also features a 15+ hour interactive online video training course on technical analysis. Since 1984, he has published the InterMarket Review, a monthly newsletter offering a long-term synopsis of the world’s major financial markets, and in 2013, he joined Golden Gate University as an adjunct professor teaching a virtual graduate level course on technical analysis.