Technical Analysis Applications in the Global Currency Markets

Now updated and revised with all new charts and key information on the euro. The introduction of the euro and the recent explosion of electronic trading has changed the outlook of the foreign exchange market dramatically. Global currency trading offers staggering rewards for those with the knowledge to capitalize on it.

This updated guide provides an easy-to-follow roadmap for beginners and experienced traders alike on how to use technical analysis-with revised charts and graphs-to cash in on these enormous opportunities. The only guide of its kind to focus solely on all aspects of technical analysis, Luca explains and illustrates: The fundamentals of technical analysis and how it applies to foreign exchange What one must learn about trends and trend patterns How the major players in foreign exchange analyze their charts The quantitative methods of analysis-including all types of moving averages, oscillators, and other indicators This book provides a thorough, yet easy-to-grasp explanation and analysis of point and figure charting, candlestick charting, the Gann methods, and the Elliot Wave principle. Also included is an updated CD-ROM that lets readers test the methods presented and apply them to real trading-and quickly increase proficiency in charting and chart analysis.

Cornelius Luca is a foreign currency market expert with more than twenty years of experience in international finance. Also the author of the New York Institute of Finance's Trading in the Global Currency Markets (July '00), he teaches classes and seminars at the New York Institute of Finance and the Center for Financial Engineering in Washington D.C. He lives in Millwood, N.Y.