Julie R. Dahlquist Knihy

Now any trader (stock market, commodity, option, etc.) or prospective trader can master the skills of technical analysis with this up-to-date, hands-on study guide to accompany the popular text selected by the Market Technicians Association as the principal text for its prestigious CMT program. Charles D. Kirkpatrick II and Julie Dahlquist help readers learn, review, and master all key elements of technical analysis, preparing them to earn the Market Technician Association's prestigious CMT certification -- and, if they choose, apply their CMTs towards earning indispensable SEC Section 86 credentials. Fully aligned with the current Second Edition of Technical Analysis, this workbook-style book includes chapter learning objectives, chapter summaries, reviews of key terms and concepts, chapter questions, problems, solutions for all of the problems in the main text, additional questions and activities, multiple choice questions, student self quizzes, and more. It covers the full spectrum of issues, including tested sentiment, momentum indicators, seasonal affects, flow of funds, testing systems, risk mitigation strategies, and new advances in market analysis, portfolio selection, and systems management, and more.

Kirkpatrick (business administration, Fort Lewis College), an award-winning practitioner and researcher and Dahlquist (finance, U. of Texas at San Antonio), an accomplished presenter and journal reviewer, give comprehensive coverage to theory as well as practice. They include the basic principle of the trend, the history of technical analysis and its controversies, and move to markets and market indicators (Dow theory, sentiment, measuring market strength, temporal patterns and cycles, flow of funds) trend analysis (chart construction, breakouts, stops, retracements, moving averages) chart pattern analysis (patterns in bar charts, point-and-figure charts, short term patterns), trend confirmation, other technical methods and rules (cycles, the Elliot wave theory, the Fibonacci sequence), selection, and system testing and management, Each chapter includes review questions and summaries and appendices include material on basic statistics, types of orders and trader terminology. This can serve as a text for full-length courses for the Chartered Market Technician designation and the SEC Series 86 exams.