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This is the only modern, action-oriented and practical guide to trend analysis and prediction for the professional trader. Unlike outdated competitive guides, it fully reflects today's markets and charting sciences. Writing for traders with basic knowledge of trends and technical analysis, Michael C. Thomsett introduces advanced analytical tools for recognizing how risks evolve as trends proceed; distinguishing between strong and weak trends; objectively evaluating the health of a stock's current price levels, trading breadth, and technical condition; and anticipating plateaus, slowdowns, or price reversals. Thomsett introduces trend prediction based on technical signals such as candlestick reversals, price gaps, and movement through resistance or support, enabling traders to go far beyond mere trend'following.'You'll learn techniques for gaining deeper insights into price change – and into valuable factors such as the angle of price change, trend duration, and offsetting price movements. You'll find detailed coverage of trend theory, resistance, support, trendlines and channel lines; patterns and confirmations of both reversals and continuations; broadening and narrowing trends, price jumps; and trends based on volume, moving averages, and momentum. While other books focus solely on technical price movement, A Technical Approach to Trend Analysis will help you understand the trend itself – and use that insight to manage market risks far more effectively.

Robust analysis shows a more complete picture of market behavior Getting Started in Stock Analysis is an exciting visual guide to both technical and fundamental analysis for the private investor. Rather than addressing the benefits of fundamental or technical analysis, author and trader Michael C. Thomsett draws upon three decades'experience in the stock market to demonstrate why traders need to employ both. Readers will learn how both methods are different aspects of the same cause and effect within the market, and how exploiting one method at the expense of the other results in an incomplete picture of the true market behavior. Coverage includes a full explanation of the range of indicators necessary to create a working system of analysis that anyone can perform on their own, helping long- and short-term investors alike improve selection and confirm investment decisions. Charts of actual listed companies demonstrate how these techniques are applied in a real trading environment. Investors and traders are constantly seeking the'magic bullet'for identifying profitable trades and timing both entry and exit. Since the 1940s, the average holding period has fallen from eight years to eight weeks – making fundamental and technical analysis more challenging. This book describes how combining these approaches can compensate for the modern market environment to produce a more accurate – and profitable – analysis. Choose better stocks and other securities Improve entry and exit while managing risk Develop more robust analysis skills Blend fundamental and technical analysis techniques The reduced cost of trading, ease of access via the Internet, and changes in the overall culture of the stock market have increased the pace and volume of trading more than ever before. In this environment, sharp analysis becomes ever more critical. Getting Started in Stock Analysis is the visual guide to more confident investing.

Time your trades more accurately and reliably! The secret is to combine western technical analysis with eastern candlestick methods. In Profiting from Technical Analysis and Candlestick Indicators, top trader and best-selling author Michael C. Thomsett shows you how. Using more than 100 easy-to-understand visuals, Thomsett explains why candlesticks complement traditional resistance/support-based analyses rather than contradicting or competing with them. One step at a time, you'll learn how to use them together to identify crucial reversal and confirmation signals more rapidly and reliably. You'll learn how to use each system to gain cross-confirmation and strengthen the reliability of your predictions; uncover reversal signals in both systems; forecast pricing; recognize signal failures and false leads; profit from swing trading; and reduce risk. Profiting from Technical Analysis and Candlestick Indicators will be valuable to wide audiences of professional and institutional investors, experienced individuals or institutional portfolio managers, and all experienced traders who use technical analysis for guidance.

A revised new edition of the easy-to-read, illustrated guide to the complex world of options investing Investing in options is potentially very lucrative, but many shy away from it because of its complexity and the perception of high risk. In non-technical terms, this helpfully illustrated guide demystifies the options markets, distinguishes the imagined risks from the real ones, and arms investors with the facts they need to make informed, profitable decisions. Carefully weaving examples, charts, and key points into the text, the book gives readers the skills to master the complex world of options, and also covers all the fundamental jargon and concepts. Updated to include commentary on the current market and the growing importance of options as an investment vehicle Another new addition to the successful'Getting Started In'series by Michael C. Thomsett The perfect introductory guide to options for investors at any level of experience For anyone who wants to invest in options but needs a straightforward and easy-to-read guide to the subject in order to do so, Getting Started in Options is a must-read.

A new illustrated guide to stocks of the bestselling Getting Started series This popular and easy-to-use guide to understanding and investing in stocks combines basic and non-technical explanations with many other features: illustrations, definitions in context, examples, charts, key points, and valuable resources including online supplemental learning tools. Offers simple and carefully developed building blocks for understanding how to invest in stocks Includes a wealth of visuals that walk you step-by-step through the investing process Also available in an illustrated e-book format With great attention to detail, author Michael Thomsett ensures that Getting Started in Stock Investing and Trading is both highly informative and visually pleasing.

The easy-to-use guide to interpreting candlestick charts and derivative markets Candlestick charts are an effective way of visualizing price movements and, due to the increased interest in the complex derivatives market, they are being used more and more widely. A combination of a line-chart and a bar-chart, where each bar represents the range of price movement over a given time interval, candlestick charts are most often used in technical analysis of equity and currency price patterns. A guide to the most used charts, The Bloomberg Visual Guide to Candlestick Charting is arranged in an easy-to-use manner, providing a quick reference for those new to the field. Candlestick charts are formed with the help of the opening, high, low, and closing price of the day—if the opening price is above the closing price then a filled candlestick is drawn, and these charts are visual aids for decision making in forex, stock, commodities, and options trading. Contains alphabetical explanations of over 200 candlestick and related terms Includes daily charts of 50 companies, and six-month charts for comparative explanations of candlesticks with Western-style technical indicators Written by Michael C. Thomsett, author of over sixty books and hundreds of articles, including the bestselling Getting Started in Bonds, also published by Wiley Enhanced eBook editions offer video tutorials, test-yourself quizzes, and full-color/interactive charts and graphs, available for purchase separately. A practical and concise resource for anyone new to this way of representing derivatives, The Bloomberg Visual Guide to Candlestick Charting presents sometimes confusing concepts in a format that is easy to understand and digest.

Your complete three-book options library: up-to-date techniques, crystal-clear explanations, real examples, step-by-step instructions! Three options best-sellers, one great price! Guy Cohen introduces options in plain English, so you can start earning profits fast. W. Edward Olmstead teaches step-by-step how to control risk, safeguard investments, and much more. Then, Michael Thomsett presents 12 conservative strategies for hedging losses, mitigating risk, creating income, and increasing overall returns. From world-renowned leaders and experts, including Guy Cohen, Dr. W. Edward Olmstead, and Michael C. Thomsett.

7 breakthrough options trading strategies – with everything you need to know to apply them! Seven options strategies every savvy trader needs to master — each presented concisely, with real-world guidance from a world-class expert! Discover powerful swing trading alternatives… strategies utilizing low risk-spreads… better ways to pick covered calls… how to compare investments through ranking analysis… how to use short puts and synthetic stock… even how to recover from losses! From world-renowned leaders and experts, including Michael Thomsett and Sergey Izraylevich

Discover four simple ways to uncover exceptional value in equities with strong fundamentals. Short-term price movement in the market is always chaotic, and, as confusing as this is, it can become your greatest advantage. First, pick companies and stocks based on sound fundamental analysis. Second, time your purchase based on value, not fads. If you believe in the fundamentals, but you don't know how to narrow down the list of what to watch, consider the following four suggestions....

An up-to-date primer on the energy markets: everything you must know before you trade. There is no singular energy market. There are many different versions and subsets of energy: Any trader who wants to invest has many choices. The best one depends on acceptable risk levels, perceptions of the markets, and the amount of available capital. Before deciding how to enter this market, you should be aware of....

This is the eBook version of the printed book. Understand the demand for gold, silver, and other key metals--so you can invest in metals far more successfully. Market watchers closely follow precious metals futures, whether purchased through the commodities market or ETFs. Precious metals directly affect many aspects of the market, including currency valuation, and their value responds immediately to news. Metals, however, aren't merely speculative tools: They're widely used in manufacturing. This article examines demand for six key metals: gold, silver, copper, aluminum, platinum, and palladium....

How to uncover the crucial, high-value gaps that basic technical analysis won't find. Gaps are significant signals. However, you might be missing some extremely important gaps, those that are not visible without deeper analysis of the price pattern. Obvious gaps show up with clear spaces in between trading ranges from one day to the next. These are easy to spot. Other, more subtle, gaps provide equally important technical signals, notably foreshadowing reversals....

Discover Chaikin Money Flow: the technical indicator that's strong, reliable, and nearly ideal. Every technician and speculator is on the lookout for a magic sign that gives them the jump on everyone else: a simple, easily interpreted, and reliable red flag anticipating price turns easily and consistently. It doesn't exist. But there is an indicator that adds a lot to your timing and comes close to the ideal in terms of strength and reliability....

This is the eBook version of the printed book. How to uncover emerging market reversals while there's still time to profit from them. Can you spot reversals and act on them before they have become obvious? Technicians pay constant attention to a stock's trading range; however, some very visible reversal signals are easily overlooked. Also, you must have a trend to spot a reversal: Without one, there is nothing to be reversed. Some general assumptions may cloud a trader's judgment. For example....

Why covered calls are so popular, how they limit your risks, and how to use them successfully. Most traders who consider options have heard of the popular strategy, the covered call. This is a very safe options strategy because it produces a profit better than just owning stock in most possible outcomes. A “covered” call exists when you own 100 shares of the underlying stock, and sell a call....

How to use short puts to earn consistent profits with surprisingly limited risk. You may know all about covered and uncovered call writing and the degrees of risk involved. But the uncovered put belongs in your arsenal as well. The short put offers great profit potential with limited risk. However, short puts are overlooked by many traders. Puts cannot be covered like short calls, but short put risks are lower because a stock's price cannot fall indefinitely....

How options can help you recover losses in stock investments you still want to keep. In volatile markets, inevitable paper losses tie up capital and prevent you from moving ahead. So what do you do? Do you just wait and hope the market price rebounds? Do you cut your losses and move your cash to more promising stocks? Or are there other choices? If you still consider the company a worthwhile investment, you can use options as part of a recovery strategy.

Options: a key component of today's most powerful swing trading strategies. Options, those high-risk, short-lived, and speculative instruments, can be used as a valuable alternative in swing trading strategies designed to move in and out of stock positions based on very short-term price movement. Options'flexibility allows you to use either calls or puts, to go long or short, vary the number of contracts, or combine different approaches based on market conditions.

Contrary to popular opinion, there are low-risk short option strategies--and here's how to make them work for you. Is there such a thing as a low-risk short option strategy? Many traders and investors do not think so, but in fact there is one way to put together a short spread that will not break the bank. A combined covered call and uncovered put accomplish this, assuming that a few basic precautions are followed. First among these is....

Annual Reports 101 gets past the PR machine to show the meaning behind the spin. This ultra-practical guide shows you how to thoroughly translate and read'between the lines'of the balance sheet, income statement, cash flow report, and the accompanying text. The book helps you get a true sense of the'big picture'behind the company, allowing you to move beyond the numbers themselves and the fluffy, PR-driven copy. Before you know it, you'll have the tools to spot red flags, decipher footnotes, and see past common practices that, while legal, may not give the most accurate picture.

If you've picked up this book, you probably recognize the value of fundamental analysis, but aren't sure you can master it. With Getting Started in Fundamental Analysis as your guide, you'll quickly become familiar with the key concepts and learn how to put them into action in the real world. You'll gain important insights that can help you manage risk and make more informed investment decisions and learn from relevant illustrations, examples, and definitions. Written in a non-technical format that's easy to follow, Getting Started in Fundamental Analysis provides valuable coverage of: the audited statement. finding financial information online. the process of confirmation. balance sheet and income statement ratios. the P/E ratio and how to use it. how the combination of fundamental analysis with technical methods creates a powerful strategy. More than an introduction to fundamental analysis, this book will help you use analytical tools in identifying risk levels, making valid and reliable comparisons, and picking stocks for your portfolio so you develop a successful and profitable investment program.

As millions of investors have discovered the hard way, companies sometimes distort the operating results that investors depend upon for accurate analysis. In Stock Profits, Michael C. Thomsett offers a new approach to fundamental analysis that reveals exactly what's real —and what isn't. Thomsett shows you how to strip away misleading data that distorts a company's true “core earnings,” growth curves, and business realities. Then, drawing on that information, he walks you through trend discovery, interpretation, and confirmation. You'll learn powerful new ways to manage market risk by assessing a stock's fundamental volatility. Whether you're already using fundamental analysis, technical analysis, or a dartboard, Stock Profits can help you achieve higher, more consistent returns. Includes step-by-step examples Actual companies, start-to-finish case studies Trend discovery: uncovering and interpreting emerging change Discovering where your target company is really headed Powerful new ways to identify growth potential Uncovering and quantifying your best long-term market opportunities Fundamental volatility analysis: redefining market risk Understanding the real risk associated with any equity investment

Other copy'Every open-minded conservative investor should read this book.'-Lawrence G. McMillan, author of Options as a Strategic Investment'The author's option trading guidelines include important issues often overlooked by investors. Attention conservative investors! Michael Thomsett's Options Trading for the Conservative Investor has hit a bulls eye...for you!'-Marty Kearney, The Options Institute, Chicago Board Options Exchange'Michael Thomsett has done a terrific job of showing how a conservative investor can use certain option strategies to his advantage. He spells out how that investor can utilize options to provide income, to protect stock holdings, or even as a substitute for stock itself. Every open-minded conservative investor should read this book.'-Lawrence G. McMillan; publisher, The Options Strategist newsletter; president, McMillan Analysis Corporation; author, Options as a Strategic Investment'This book is a must for the diligent investor. Perfectly timed for these uncertain markets, Michael Thomsett provides a lucid guide for how to approach options trading conservatively, yet also focuses on the fundamental need for good returns and provides real examples throughout.'-Guy Cohen; author of The Bible of Options Strategies and creator of OptionEasy (www.optioneasy.com) If you're an investor concerned with preserving capital, maximizing predictability, and maintaining consistently strong returns, your best solution just might surprise you: Options. In Options Trading for the Conservative Investor, Michael C. Thomsett reveals a narrow band of options strategies that can help you improve results as you systematically reduce unnecessary risk throughout your portfolio. Thomsett, author of the global best-seller Getting Started in Options, writes in simple, nontechnical language, uses real examples, and guides you through every strategy-one easy step at a time. He's made this book simple and visual enough for any experienced investor to use, even if they have no experience trading options. Thomsett is also the author of Stock Profits: Getting to the Core (Financial Times-Prentice Hall 2004), The Leaps Strategist (Marketplace Books 2004), and Investment and Securities Dictionary (McFarland & Company 1986). Thomsett systematically covers several options strategies optimized for conservative investors, including covered call writing on carefully selected stocks, contingent purchase strategies, and powerful'combination'strategi...

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A completely revised and updated edition of this popular and easy-to-use guide to understanding and using options.