Table of Contents

BASIC ANALYSIS TOOLS.

Charts: Forecasting Tool or Folklore?

Types of Charts.

Trends.

Trading Ranges and Support and Resistance.

Chart Patterns.

Oscillators.

Is Chart Analysis Still Valid?

TRADING ISSUES.

Midtrend Entry and Pyramiding.

Choosing Stop-Loss Points.

Setting Objectives and Other Position Exit Criteria.

The Most Important Rule in Chart Analysis.

Real-World Chart Analysis.

TRADING SYSTEMS.

Charting and Analysis Software.

Technical Trading Systems: Structure and Design.

Testing and Optimizing Trading Systems.

PRACTICAL TRADING GUIDELINES.

The Planned Trading Approach.

Eighty-Two Trading Rules and Market Observations.

Market Wiz(ar)dom.

Appendix.

Glossary.

Index.

About the Author

JACK D. SCHWAGER is a recognized industry expert on futures and hedge funds and the author of the widely acclaimed Market Wizards and Schwager on Futures book series. He is currently the co-portfolio manager of the ADM Investor Services Diversified Strategies Fund, a portfolio of futures and FX managed accounts. Previously, Mr. Schwager was a partner in the Fortune Group, a London-based hedge fund advisory firm, which specialized in creating customized hedge fund portfolios for institutional clients, and also spent over twenty years as a director of futures research for some of Wall Street’s leading firms.