Kase on Technical Analysis Workbook + Video Course: Trading and Forecasting

219 Pages·2015·15.12 MB·English

by  Cynthia Kase

KASE ON TECHNICAL
ANALYSIS WORKBOOK
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KASE ON TECHNICAL
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Trading and Forecasting
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Contents
Foreword xi
Acknowledgments xiii
AbouttheAuthor xv
AbouttheVideoCourse xvii
CHAPTER1
Introduction 1
PARTI:QUESTIONS
CHAPTER2
StartwithCharts 7
CHAPTER3
TrendingIndicators:EntriesandStopandReverse 15
CHAPTER4
SwingsandSwingSystems 23
CHAPTER5
ChartPatterns 31
CHAPTER6
CandlesticksandGaps 39
CHAPTER7
UsingStopstoExitTrades:TakingProfit,CuttingLosses 45
CHAPTER8
BarPatterns:EstimatingRiskandSettingBarSize 53
CHAPTER9
IntrotoMomentum,IncludingMomentuminTrading 61
CHAPTER10
ForecastingTechniques:WavesandProjections 67
CHAPTER11
DevelopingaGeneralMarketView 73
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viii Contents
CHAPTER12
Oscillators:TradingOscillatorsSystems 81
CHAPTER13
MultipleChartTrading:UsingKaseStatWare,andKaseX 89
PARTII:ANSWERS
CHAPTER2
StartwithCharts 97
CHAPTER3
TrendingIndicators:EntriesandStopandReverse 103
CHAPTER4
SwingsandSwingSystems 111
CHAPTER5
ChartPatterns 119
CHAPTER6
CandlesticksandGaps 125
CHAPTER7
UsingStopstoExitTrades:TakingProfit,CuttingLosses 131
CHAPTER8
BarPatterns:EstimatingRiskandSettingBarSize 137
CHAPTER9
IntrotoMomentum,IncludingMomentuminTrading 143
CHAPTER10
ForecastingTechniques:WavesandProjections 149
CHAPTER11
DevelopingaGeneralMarketView 155
CHAPTER12
Oscillators:TradingOscillatorsSystems 161
CHAPTER13
MultipleChartTrading:UsingKaseStatWare,andKaseX 167
APPENDIXA
FAQs 173
APPENDIXB
RecommendationsforFurtherReading 181
APPENDIXC
LegendofSymbols 183