Outperforming the Markets using Relative Strength And Breadth analysis

Outperforming the Markets using Relative Strength And Breadth analysis
Author: Prashant Shah
Publisher: Notion Press
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2021-09-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1639975063

Relative strength and breadth analysis are less explored methods in trading. However, a combination of these two tools can complement any price-based trading system and help improve the overall profitability of the system. Most traders focus on price-based systems to decide how to trade. But by using relative strength and breadth studies you will know what and when to trade and decide on allocation. This book explains an entirely different way of looking at the markets. You will also learn objective methods that will assist in achieving returns that is better than the broader market.

Trading the Markets the Point & Figure way

Trading the Markets the Point & Figure way
Author: Prashant Shah
Publisher: Notion Press
Total Pages: 535
Release: 2019-07-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1642492256

Become a Master of Point & Figure Charts Prashant Shah, one of the prominent Point & Figure analysts, has presented a wonderful method in the simplest possible way. His approach of making things objective and rule-based has lent a new dimension to the world's oldest charting technique. This is a comprehensive book on trading and analysis using the Point and Figure methodology. The concepts are explained with many real-life chart examples from the Indian market. A peek into what you will find: • What is a Point & Figure chart and how to plot it? • Basic and advanced price patterns with numerous chart examples, trading rules for all patterns. • Simple and effective ways to identify trend. • How to use P&F counts to arrive at high-probability price target. • How to use traditional tools and indicators in P&F charts. • High probability patterns to capture momentum stocks and sectors. • Objective method to identify market outperformers using Relative Strength. • A few indicators developed, by the author, exclusively for P&F charts. • 20-years of Back-testing results of P&F patterns providing interesting market insights. Both experienced as well as novice can benefit from the concepts discussed. A thorough understanding of the contents of the book would help the reader reduce the noise and achieve consistent success in markets using the Point & Figure charts.

Patterns of Relative Strength

Patterns of Relative Strength
Author: Isaac Israel
Publisher: Patterns of Relative Strengt
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2007-08-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781430311041

The Relative Strength Quotient (Price/Index) is a central concept which unifies momentum and breadth for stocks and sectors, and studying it in detail indirectly reveals the connections with many other important areas of Technical Analysis. During the major market panic which led to a bottom in October 1998, the Relative Strength charts predicted that NASDAQ-100 and the Internet Sector were going to be the leaders of the future rally into 1999. And in March 2000, the Relative Strength charts also predicted the abrupt loss of leadership of NASDAQ-100 and Internet Sector. At the end of the 2000-2002 Bear Market, the R.S. charts predicted that Russell 2000 and small stocks were going to lead the new bull market. During the second half of 2006, this time the R.S. charts predicted that Russell 2000 was losing long term future strength, and that large capitalization stocks were gaining leadership into 2007.

Profitable Trading with Renko Charts

Profitable Trading with Renko Charts
Author: Prashant Shah
Publisher: Vision Books
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2019-05-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9386268280

Profitable Trading with Renko Charts One of the oldest and most popular Japanese charting methods, Renko can be used to profitably trade all types of financial markets and instruments — and over any time frame. Renko charts offer traders many unique and unmatched advantages over other charting methods: • Renko charts are simple to use • Trends are easier to identify in Renko charts since the price is always either clearly bullish or bearish • Due to their uncluttered appearance, significant tradeable patterns are much easier to spot in Renko charts • Being objective in nature, entry and exit signals are clearly defined in Renko charts, making it easier to trade profitably • By eliminating insignificant price action, Renko charts help traders control overtrading — one of the biggest sources of trading losses. This comprehensive book provides step-by-step guidance, from the basics of Renko charts to advanced methods of analysis and trading, keeping in mind Indian market characteristics: • What a Renko chart is — and how to plot it • How to use the traditional tools of technical analysis on Renko charts • Thorough description and analysis of major price patterns in Renko, along with examples and trading rules for each • How to use the unique features of Renko charts to identify strong sectors and strong stocks to trade • How to profit from the unique Renko chart indicators • How to effectively use Renko charts across multiple time frames • Tested and effective trading strategies for all kinds of markets, with rule-based entry and exit criteria • PLUS: 250+ charts and examples from Indian markets. With recent advancement in technology making Renko easily accessible on popular charting software, this book will help both experienced and novice traders to profit from this very powerful system.

Mastering the Stock Market

Mastering the Stock Market
Author: John L. Person
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2012-12-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118343484

Noted technical analyst John Person outlines a comprehensive method to pinpointing today's best trading opportunities The economy and stock market are heavily influenced by seasonal factors. For example, a strong holiday buying season tends to be bullish for retail stocks or rising energy costs hurt airline profitability. Awareness of seasonal trends in both the economy and stock market can put you in a better position to profit from sectors and stocks that are likely to outperform the overall market. And technical tools can then be used to confirm emerging trends and time entries into these stocks and sectors. Mastering the Stock Market provides authoritative insights into a method for trading stocks based on seasonal trends, sector analysis, and market timing. Taking a top-down approach, the book explains how seasonal supply/demand forces impact commodities and different sectors of the stock market. After learning how to identify stock market sectors and commodity ETFs that are ripe for a big move, you'll quickly discover how to use technical analysis to gauge the strength of the sector or commodity and then identify the strongest stocks and ETFs to trade. Along the way, you'll also learn how to use the author's own indicators, Persons Pivots, to identify support/resistance areas and pinpoint optimal entry and exit points. Outlines a proven technical approach for trading stocks based on seasonal trends, sector analysis, and market timing Breaks new ground in comparative relative strength, trading volume, breadth indicators, and utilizing pivot analysis in conjunction with options expiration days to identify trading opportunities Written by noted technical analyst John L. Person To successfully trade today's markets you need to use a proven approach and have the discipline to effectively implement it. Mastering the Stock Market has what you need to achieve these goals and capture consistent profits along the way.

Understanding Relative Price Strength

Understanding Relative Price Strength
Author: Charles D. Kirkpatrick II
Publisher: Pearson Education
Total Pages: 39
Release: 2010-06-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 013248711X

The author presents current evidence of the success of using relative price strength as an investing strategy and gives specifics on when to buy or sell stocks based on its premises. Relative strength is a method of selecting favorable stocks, based on the observation that stocks tend to travel in price trends: upward, downward, or sideways. This predilection is often called “momentum.” The concept of investing with trends is counterintuitive to most investors. It suggests that, rather than looking for bargains, the investor should look for stocks that are rising and already trading at high valuations....

How Markets Really Work

How Markets Really Work
Author: Larry Connors
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2012-02-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118239458

For years, traders and investors have been using unproven assumptions about popular patterns such as breakouts, momentum, new highs, new lows, market breadth, put/call ratios and more without knowing if there is a statistical edge. Common wisdom holds that the stock markets are ever changing. But, as it turns out, common wisdom can be wrong. Offering a comprehensive look back at the way the markets have acted over the last two decades, How Markets Really Work: A Quantitative Guide to Stock Market Behavior, Second Edition shows that nothing has changed, that the markets behave the same way today as they have in years past, and that understanding this puts you in a prime position to profit. Written by two top financial experts and filled with charts and graphs that illustrate the market concepts they develop, the book takes a sometimes contrarian view of everything from market edges to historical volatility, and from volume to put/call ratio, giving you all that you need to truly understand how the markets function. Fully revised and updated, How Markets Really Work, Second Edition takes a level-headed, data-driven look at the markets to show how they function and how you can apply that information intelligently when making investment decisions.

The Encyclopedia of the Indicator RSI (Relative Strength Index)

The Encyclopedia of the Indicator RSI (Relative Strength Index)
Author: Kirill Perchanok
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-10-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781466290303

The Encyclopedia is a large and detailed study into the effectiveness of using the RSI to trade futures and foreign exchange contracts, as well as futures spreads and stocks. The Encyclopedia contains an analysis of the 33 most popular energy, agricultural, and metal futures, 20 currency pairs, and 15 futures spreads presented in more than 600 tables. The Encyclopedia's authors are two experts in futures market research, one of whom also specialises in futures spreads. Traders who are already using the RSI will discover new application aspects of this indicator, and those who are not yet utilising it will find this book a good starting point for further study of this oscillator.

The Handbook of Equity Market Anomalies

The Handbook of Equity Market Anomalies
Author: Leonard Zacks
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2011-08-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118127765

Investment pioneer Len Zacks presents the latest academic research on how to beat the market using equity anomalies The Handbook of Equity Market Anomalies organizes and summarizes research carried out by hundreds of finance and accounting professors over the last twenty years to identify and measure equity market inefficiencies and provides self-directed individual investors with a framework for incorporating the results of this research into their own investment processes. Edited by Len Zacks, CEO of Zacks Investment Research, and written by leading professors who have performed groundbreaking research on specific anomalies, this book succinctly summarizes the most important anomalies that savvy investors have used for decades to beat the market. Some of the anomalies addressed include the accrual anomaly, net stock anomalies, fundamental anomalies, estimate revisions, changes in and levels of broker recommendations, earnings-per-share surprises, insider trading, price momentum and technical analysis, value and size anomalies, and several seasonal anomalies. This reliable resource also provides insights on how to best use the various anomalies in both market neutral and in long investor portfolios. A treasure trove of investment research and wisdom, the book will save you literally thousands of hours by distilling the essence of twenty years of academic research into eleven clear chapters and providing the framework and conviction to develop market-beating strategies. Strips the academic jargon from the research and highlights the actual returns generated by the anomalies, and documented in the academic literature Provides a theoretical framework within which to understand the concepts of risk adjusted returns and market inefficiencies Anomalies are selected by Len Zacks, a pioneer in the field of investing As the founder of Zacks Investment Research, Len Zacks pioneered the concept of the earnings-per-share surprise in 1982 and developed the Zacks Rank, one of the first anomaly-based stock selection tools. Today, his firm manages U.S. equities for individual and institutional investors and provides investment software and investment data to all types of investors. Now, with his new book, he shows you what it takes to build a quant process to outperform an index based on academically documented market inefficiencies and anomalies.

The Definitive Guide to Point and Figure

The Definitive Guide to Point and Figure
Author: Jeremy du Plessis
Publisher: Harriman House Limited
Total Pages: 503
Release: 2012-10-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0857192612

Point and Figure charts are one of the great secrets of the Technical Analysis world. Highly sophisticated and with a thoroughbred pedigree, they can, however, be overlooked by traders today. Jeremy du Plessis - one of the foremost Point and Figure experts in the world - returns with a fully updated second edition of this definitive guide in an effort to redress this imbalance. This second edition, with an extensive revision to the text and introduction of brand new techniques, demystifies the world of Point and Figure charting. It includes a detailed explanation of the history and development of the technique from its invention to the modern day, and covers the makeup of the chart patterns, why they are created, and how to interpret them. Throughout, readers are encouraged to understand Point and Figure charts from first principles, rather than just remember the names of a series of patterns. It is the first major work for 50 years to discuss in depth the original 1-box reversal method of Point and Figure charting and contrast it with the more popular 3-box reversal method. Further, the explanation of how to use Point and Figure charts to project targets and calculate risk-reward ratios is the most comprehensive ever seen. Also featured in the second edition are: - A step-by-step analysis of the FTSE 100 Index using the 3-box method, as well as the NASDAQ Composite Index, using the 1-box method - A detailed discussion of optimising techniques - An in-depth chapter on Analysing Point and Figure charts, extensively rewritten from the first edition - A new explanation of how Point and Figure parameters are chosen and the implications of choosing them - Two new Point and Figure construction methods never seen before - Point and Figure's contribution to market breadth, with a look at bullish percent and two brand new indicators - Full discussion of Point and Figure gaps and how they provide valuable information about the chart - Lesser known, more advanced techniques such as the use of moving averages, parabolic SAR and Bollinger Bands on Point and Figure charts - Price and volume activity histograms and how they provide information about support and resistance All this is illustrated with numerous colour charts and observations from years of trading experience. According to du Plessis, Point and Figure charts are the 'voice of the market'. This book helps you listen to, and understand, that voice. Part of the Market Technicians Association (MTA) Required Reading list.