The Definitive Guide to Momentum Indicators - Hardcover

Martin Pring

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1592803385 ISBN 13: 9781592803385

Publisher: Marketplace Books, 2009

Synopsis

Momentum, often caused by fast-breaking news or big-money investors taking or dumping positions, is one of today's most valuable technical analysis tools for spotting trends and catching turning points. Now, Martin Pring delivers the most comprehensive volume available on the subject.

The first part offers an in-depth introduction to the use of momentum analysis in markets from stocks and indexes to commodities and currencies. Here, he covers the essentials like:

- Oscillator interpretations
- Classic divergences
- Divergence variations
- Trendlines
- Peak and trough analysis
- Moving averages
- Changes in primary trends
- The Relative Strength Indicator (RSI)
- The Moving Average Convergent Divergence Indicator (MACD)
- Stochastics

The second part introduces 25 powerful oscillators and explains how each can be used to improve trading accuracy, including:

- Linear regression approaches
- Volume oscillator
- The Demand Index
- The Chande Momentum Oscillator
- The Dynamic Momentum Index
- The TRIX Index
- Qstick
- The Directional Movement System
- The Commodity Selection Index
- Price Projection Bands
- The Parabolic

The Ultimate Guide to Momentum Indicators is a unique combination of text and audio-visual CD tutorial. It is an excellent teaching tool for in-depth research, instant reference, and interactive review. It provides technical traders with remarkably accurate methods proven effective in today's fast-moving markets for anticipating and exploiting trends.

About this edition

• Publisher: Marketplace Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1592803385
• ISBN 13: 9781592803385
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 488