Technical Analysis Demystified

Book excerpt: Learn all about technical analysis and chart a course for a stable financial future Interested in incorporating technical analysis into your investment strategy but feeling a bit at sea when it comes to making sense of all the charts and tools? Here's your lifeline! With help from Technical Analysis Demystified, you'll have big profits in your forecast. Chartered Market Technician Constance Brown explains the many different types of technical analysis tools and how to use them. Key topics covered include charting, moving averages, trends and cycles, oscillators, market patterns, Fibonacci ratios, price data, risk-to-reward ratios, and much more. Featuring end-of-chapter quizzes and a glossary, this straightforward guide makes technical analysis easy to understand and apply to your strategy of spotting-and profiting from-market trends and patterns. This fast and easy guide offers: Clear explanations of charting techniques Time-tested trading rules and guidelines Valuable charts, graphs, and figures Strategies for developing your own system for analyzing the market Detailed descriptions of real-time trades Simple enough for a novice but in-depth enough for a seasoned investor, Technical Analysis Demystified will help you capitalize on market cycles.