THE ART AND SCIENCE OF TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:

MARKET STRUCTURE, PRICE ACTION, AND TRADING STRATEGIES

Adam H. Grimes
http://adamhgrimes.com/ To be published by J. Wiley & Sons, First Quarter 2012

PART I: THE FOUNDATION OF TECHNICAL TRADING

CHAPTER 1: THE T RADERS EDGE
Defining a Trading Edge The Random Walk Hypothesis Valid Trading Ideas Are Non-Random Finding and Developing Your Edge Studying Trading Ideas Manual Testing vs. Automated Systems The Two Forces: Toward a New Understanding of Price Action

CHAPTER 2: HOW TO READ A CHART

General Principles of Charting Indicators Toward Building Intuition Price Action and Market Structure Charting by Hand

PART II: MARKET STRUCTURE

CHAPTER 3: THE MARKET CYCLE AND THE FOUR T RADES
Wyckoffs Market Cycle The Four Trades Trend Continuation Trend Termination Support or Resistance Holding Support or Resistance Breaking Summary

CHAPTER 4: ON TRENDS
The Fundamental Pattern Trend Structure A Deeper Look at Pullbacks: The Quintessential Trend Trading Pattern Trend Analysis Summary

CHAPTER 5: ON TRADING RANGES

Support and Resistance Trading Ranges as Functional Structures Summary

CHAPTER 6: INTERFACES BETWEEN TRENDS AND RANGES

Breakout Trade: Trading Range to Trend Patterns Preceding Good Breakouts Characteristic Patterns at Good Breakouts Patterns Following Good Breakouts Patterns of Failed Breakouts Trend to Trading Range Trend to Opposite Trend (Trend Reversal) Trend to Same Trend (Failure of Trend Reversal) Summary

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PART III: TRADING STRATEGIES

CHAPTER 7: PRACTICAL TRADING TEMPLATES
Failure Test Pullback, Buying Support or Shorting Resistance Pullback, Entering Lower Timeframe Breakout Trading Complex Pullbacks The Anti Breakouts, Entering in the Preceding Base Breakouts, Entering on First Pullback Following Failed Breakouts Summary

CHAPTER 8: TOOLS FOR CONFIRMATION

The Moving AverageThe Still Center Channels: Emotional Extremes Indicators: MACD Multiple Timeframe Analysis Relationships between Markets Volume

CHAPTER 9: TRADE MANAGEMENT

Placing the Initial Stop Setting Price Targets Active Management Portfolio Considerations Practical Issues

CHAPTER 10: RISK MANAGEMENT

Risk and Position Sizing Theoretical Perspectives on Risk Three Measures of Risk Misunderstood Risk Practical Risks in Trading Summary

CHAPTER 11: TRADE EXAMPLES

Trend Continuation Trend Termination Trading Parabolic Climaxes The Anti Trading at Support and Resistance Summary

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PART IV: THE INDIVIDUAL, SELF-DIRECTED TRADER

CHAPTER 12: THE TRADERS MIND
Psychological Challenges of the Marketplace Evolutionary Adaptations Cognitive Biases The Random Reinforcement Problem Emotions: The Enemy Within Intuition Flow Practical Psychology Summary

CHAPTER 13: BECOMING A TRADER

The Process Requirements Commit to the Process Record Keeping Journal P&L Records Statistical Analysis of Your Trading Results Quantifying Your Edge Standardizing for Risk Control Charts Summary

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PART V: THEORY AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS

CHAPTER 14: ACADEMIC THEORIES OF MARKET BEHAVIOR
The Efficient Market Hypothesis The Random Walk Hypothesis What Does Not Constitute Disproof Credible Challenges to the Theory Behavioral Perspectives Summary

CHAPTER 15: TOOLS FOR QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF MARKET DATA

Some Market Math Three Statistical Tools A Warning against Sloppy Statistics Summary

CHAPTER 16: CASE STUDIES

Methodology The Test Universe Pythia Common Practice Technical Analysis Fibonacci Retracements Moving Averages The Opening Range Phenomenon Quantitative Evidence of the Two Forces Mean Reversion Range Expansion Conclusion

APPENDIX A: T RADING PRIMER APPENDIX B: STATISTICAL STUDIES APPENDIX C: SAMPLE TRADE DATA

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