Book description
A comprehensive guide to technical analysis for both the novice and the professional
Technical analysis is a vital tool for any trader, asset manager, or investor who wants to earn top returns. Successful Stock Signals for Traders and Portfolio Managers lets you combine technical analysis and fundamental analysis using existing technical signals to improve your investing performance. Author Tom Lloyd Sr. explains all the technical indicators you need to know, including moving averages, relative strength, support and resistance, sell and buy signals, candlesticks, point and figure charts, Fibonacci levels, Bollinger Bands, and both classic and new indicators. Merging these technical indicators with fundamental analysis will keep you in a portfolio of outperforming stocks, sharpen your fundamental buy discipline, and put your sell discipline on autopilot.
Includes case studies applying technical analysis to current trending and hotly debated stocks like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Netflix
Offers thorough and straightforward guidance on technical analysis for both professional and individual investors
Covers the vital indicators in the public domain that investors need to know
Whether you're an individual investor who wants to beat the indexes, a trader looking for high-risk, high-return positions, or a portfolio manager who wants to take a fundamental approach, this an ideal guide to technical analysis and indicators.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Series
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
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Chapter 1: Using Moving Averages and Relative Strength Performance to Beat the Index
- KNOW THE PLAYING FIELD
- APPLE COMPUTER'S 200-DAY MOVING AVERAGE
- 20-, 50-, AND 200-DAY MOVING AVERAGES
- RELATIVE STRENGTH VERSUS THE S&P 500 INDEX
- KELTNER CHANNELS
- MEAN REVERSION
- BREAKOUT SIGNAL
- APPLE'S TOP AT $644
- RELATIVE STRENGTH INDEX (RSI)
- MONEY FLOW INDEX (MFI)
- STANDARD DEVIATION (STDDEV)
- RELATIVE STRENGTH PERFORMANCE, AAPL: $SPX
- SUPPLY AND DEMAND
- SUMMARY
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Chapter 2: On-Balance Volume, Accumulation/Distribution, Chaikin Money Flow, Pivot Point, Resistance and Support, and Point & Figure Chart, with Apple and Google Exhibits
- PRICE AND VOLUME
- CHAIKIN MONEY FLOW (CMF)
- MOVING AVERAGE CONVERGENCE/DIVERGENCE (MACD)
- VALUE-ADDED SIGNALS
- USING MOVING AVERAGES
- PIVOT POINT, SUPPORT AND RESISTANCE POINTS
- REVERSE HEAD-AND-SHOULDERS BOTTOM
- APPLE EARNINGS REPORT
- CASE STUDY QUESTIONS ON APPLE
- PLANNING FOR APPLE'S EARNINGS REPORT
- YOU MUST NOW MAKE A DECISION ON APPLE BEFORE EARNINGS
- ANSWERS TO THE CASE STUDY QUESTIONS
- SUMMARY OF THE APPLE CASE STUDY
- GOOGLE CASE STUDY
- SUMMARY OF THE GOOGLE CASE STUDY
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Chapter 3: Bottoms and Tops, Buying and Selling Cycles, and Percentage Price Oscillator (PPO), with IBM and Hewlett-Packard Exhibits
- INVERTED HEAD-AND-SHOULDERS BOTTOM
- DOUBLE TOP AND “V” BOTTOM
- RESISTANCE
- CYCLES
- WRITING PUTS AND CALLS
- THE “CLOUD STOCKS” FOR THE FUTURE
- LONG-TERM INVESTING
- BUY-AND-HOLD STRATEGY IS PROBLEMATIC
- HEWLETT-PACKARD CASE STUDY
- CASE STUDY ANSWER
- PERCENTAGE PRICE OSCILLATOR (PPO)
- MY ANSWER TO THE CASE STUDY
- SUMMARY
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Chapter 4: Sell Signals
- TECHNICAL SIGNALS BEFORE A BLOWUP
- TECHNICAL SIGNALS AFTER A BLOWUP
- DOUBLE-TOP WARNING
- THE 10- AND 20-DAY MOVING AVERAGE SIGNALS
- AROON OSCILLATOR AND DIRECTIONAL MOVEMENT
- COMMENTS AFTER THE HERBALIFE BLOWUP
- HERBALIFE CASE STUDY CHALLENGE
- ANSWERS TO THE CASE STUDY QUESTIONS
- THE DAILY CHART LOOKS MORE BEARISH
- SUMMARY
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Chapter 5: Supply and Demand, Candlestick Signals, and Point & Figure Chart, with Facebook Exhibits
- CANDLESTICK SELL SIGNAL FOR FACEBOOK
- FAILED FACEBOOK VERSUS LUCKY LINKEDIN
- PORTFOLIO MANAGERS PREFER FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS
- THE FACEBOOK IPO GAME
- FACEBOOK SELLOFF
- FACEBOOK DIVES BECAUSE OF SUPPLY
- TRADERS LOOK FOR INEFFICIENT MARKETS
- FACEBOOK SECRETS TOOK PRICE DOWN
- FACEBOOK: THE RUSH TO SELL ON THE FIRST DAY
- FACEBOOK PRICE IN SEARCH OF A BOTTOM
- WHY IS PRICE GOING DOWN?
- SEEING DEMAND/SUPPLY ON THE CHART
- WAITING FOR BUY SIGNALS
- PICTURE OF A “BUSTED IPO”
- POINT & FIGURE CHART SHOWS CONTINUED SELLING
- ON-BALANCE VOLUME
- ACCUMULATION/DISTRIBUTION
- SUMMARY PICTURE OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND
- FACEBOOK'S FIRST EARNINGS REPORT
- CMF SIGNAL
- MFI AND MACD SIGNALS
- GRAVESTONE DOJI CANDLESTICK SIGNAL
- PIVOT POINT SUPPORT/RESISTANCE LEVELS
- DAY–TRADING SIGNALS
- TREMENDOUS SUPPLY OVERHANG
- SUMMARY
- Chapter 6: Breakout Signals
- Chapter 7: Relative Strength Index, Stochastic, and MACD, with Lululemon Exhibits
- Chapter 8: Blow-Off Top, Trend Line Reversal, Channel Breakout, and Fan Lines, with Green Mountain Coffee Exhibits
- Chapter 9: Classic Top, Death Cross, Double Bottom, Bull Trap, and Dead Cat Bounce, with Netflix Exhibits
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Chapter 10: Gaps, Divergences, Breakdowns and Breakouts, and Oscillators, with Research In Motion Exhibits
- APPLE VERSUS RESEARCH IN MOTION, STOCK PAIRS HEDGING
- THE FALL OF RESEARCH IN MOTION FROM $148 TO $35
- NEGATIVE DIVERGENCE
- DOUBLE BOTTOM, DEAD CAT BOUNCE, DOUBLE TOP, CAPITULATION
- OVERSOLD/OVERBOUGHT OSCILLATOR
- TRADING THE DEAD CAT BOUNCE
- RESEARCH IN MOTION BREAKOUT BUY SIGNALS
- RESEARCH IN MOTION'S DOUBLE-TOP DIVE FROM $88 TO $6
- RESEARCH IN MOTION: ALL SIGNALS BEARISH FOR THREE YEARS
- SUMMARY
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Chapter 11: Relative Strength, Elliott Wave, and Fibonacci Levels, with Priceline Exhibits
- GUIDELINES FOR SUCCESS
- PRICELINE FIVE-YEAR PERFORMANCE VERSUS APPLE
- CASE STUDY CHALLENGE FOR PRICELINE
- FUNDAMENTAL MODELS
- PRICELINE SHORT-TERM DAILY CHART SIGNALS
- PRICELINE LONG-TERM WEEKLY CHART
- ANSWER TO THE PRICELINE CASE STUDY
- MY POSTMORTEM ARTICLE ON MARKETWATCH.COM
- PROACTIVE BEFORE EARNINGS
- ELLIOTT WAVE TARGETS A $440 DOWNSIDE TEST
- SUMMARY
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Chapter 12: Evolution of Technical Signals from A to Z, with LinkedIn Exhibits
- LINKEDIN IPO SUCCESSFUL
- LINKEDIN SELLOFF AFTER DOUBLING THE FIRST DAY
- PRACTICE WITH THE LINKEDIN SIGNALS
- DO YOU BUY LINKEDIN ON WEAKNESS?
- LINKEDIN CASE STUDY CHALLENGE
- WALL STREET PRICE TARGETS FOR LINKEDIN
- WHAT THE QUANTS ARE SAYING
- WHAT THE CHARTS ARE SAYING ABOUT DEMAND AND SUPPLY
- YOUR DECISION REQUIRED BEFORE LINKEDIN EARNINGS ARE ANNOUNCED
- ANSWERS TO THE LINKEDIN CASE STUDY
- SUMMARY
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Chapter 13: Using the 200-Day Moving Average and Relative Strength to Rotate In and Out of Winners, with Starbucks Exhibits
- PORTFOLIO MANAGERS CREATE PRICE TRENDS
- WHAT DO PORTFOLIO MANAGERS LOOK AT?
- WHAT DO TRADERS LOOK AT?
- MONTHLY CHART FOR PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
- LEADING SELL SIGNALS
- WHAT WILL THE WEEKLY CHART DO FOR THE PORTFOLIO MANAGER?
- POSITIVE UP ARROWS IN EXHIBIT 13.3
- HOW DO YOU TRADE STARBUCKS SHORT TERM?
- DAY TRADING STARBUCKS AFTER GOOD EARNINGS
- SUMMARY
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Chapter 14: Technical Signals for Your Buy and Sell Discipline, from Stochastics to the 200-Day Moving Average, with Chipotle Mexican Grill Exhibits
- PRICE JUMPS ON THE ANALYST UPGRADE
- DAY TRADING THE NEWS
- TRADING SYSTEMS
- TRADING INFORMATION
- DAY-TRADING BUY SIGNALS
- SELL SIGNALS ON THE SHORT-TERM DAILY CHART
- BUYING AT THE BOTTOM
- CHANGE IN CHARACTER FROM BULL TO BEAR
- SELLING AT THE TOP
- HAMMER CANDLESTICK REVERSAL SIGNAL
- COUNTING DOWN WITH FIBONACCI AND ELLIOTT
- OPTIMIZE ENTRY LEVEL AFTER FUNDAMENTAL BUY SIGNAL
- WAITING FOR THE BOTTOM
- SUMMARY
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Chapter 15: Using Money Flow, Trend Lines, RSI, Stochastic, MACD, and Buy/Sell Signals to Rotate In and Out of Losers, with J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs Exhibits
- J.P. MORGAN AND GOLDMAN SACHS VERSUS THE REGULATORS
- J.P. MORGAN BUY/SELL SIGNALS
- SIGNALS FOR STOCKS IN A TRADING RANGE
- BUYING THE BOTTOM FOR A TRADE
- TRADER'S BUY SIGNALS
- PORTFOLIO MANAGER'S BUY/SELL SIGNALS
- GOLDMAN SACHS, BEST OF BREED
- GOLDMAN'S LATEST SELL SIGNAL
- IS THE GOLDMAN SACHS BOTTOM AT $86 OR $43?
- SUMMARY
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Chapter 16: Day Trading Using Candlesticks, Real-Time Volume and Price, RSI, MFI, MACD, and 20- to 50-Minute Moving Averages, with Salesforce Exhibits
- WHAT IS THE WORLD OF TRADING?
- TRADING TECHNOLOGY
- HOW HAS TECHNICAL ANALYSIS CHANGED?
- TRADING PROFITABLY
- CASE STUDY IN TRADING SALESFORCE.COM
- ANSWERS TO MONDAY'S DAY-TRADING EXAMPLE
- TIME FOR THE SECOND TRADE ON MONDAY— WHAT WILL YOU DO?
- ANSWER TO THE SECOND TRADE ON MONDAY
- THIRD TRADE FOR MONDAY
- ANSWER TO MONDAY'S THIRD TRADE
- TUESDAY'S DAY-TRADING CASE QUESTION FOR YOU TO ANSWER
- ANSWER TO TUESDAY'S CASE STUDY CHALLENGE
- THERE IS MUCH MORE TO DAY TRADING
- SUMMARY
- Chapter 17: Investors Need Reliable Signals
- Chapter 18: Traders Need Stocks to Trade
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Chapter 19: Winning in the Stock Market Using Technical Analysis, S&P 500 Index, SPY, and Reading the Market, with SPY Exhibits
- WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE MARKET?
- ELLIOTT WAVES
- USING THE STOCK TRADER'S ALMANAC
- IDENTIFYING TOPS IN THE MARKET
- IS THIS A MARKET TOP?
- PERCENTAGE PRICE OSCILLATOR'S BUY/SELL SIGNALS
- MOVING AVERAGE CONVERGENCE DIVERGENCE'S BUY/SELL SIGNALS
- KNOW SURE THING BUY/SELL SIGNALS
- KELTNER CHANNELS BUY/SELL SIGNALS
- CLOSER VIEW OF THE MONTHLY CHART
- SWITCHING TO THE WEEKLY CHART (EXHIBIT 19.3)
- THE DAILY CHART EVERYONE USES FIRST
- THE DAY TRADER IS TRYING TO DODGE THE FISCAL CLIFF NEWS
- DAY-TRADING 5-MINUTE CHART (EXHIBIT 19.5)
- TRADER'S BUY SIGNALS (BLUE LINE IN EXHIBIT 19.5)
- TRADER'S SELL SIGNALS (RED LINE ON EXHIBIT 19.5)
- SUMMARY
- About the Companion Website
- About the Author
- Index
Product information
- Title: Successful Stock Signals for Traders and Portfolio Managers: Integrating Technical Analysis with Fundamentals to Improve Performance, + Website
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2013
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781118544525
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