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Reversal point where at a bottom there are two


DeMark or Williams Method bars with higher lows on each side and at a top
there are two bars with lower highs on each side.

A reversal point where a low or high bar is


identified and if the two following trading days
Gann 2 Day Swing have higher highs than the low bar and two lower
lows than the high bar than you have a support or
resistance point.

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Buy when the highest high over the past 4 weeks


Donchian Breakout is broker and sell when the lowest low over the
past 4 weeks is broken.

The average of the true range of each bar over


Average True Range (ATR)
some period and is a measure of volatility

Gap at the beginning of a trend reversal, usually


Breakaway Gap supported by high volume. Does not fill in like a
Common Gap

Gap caused by an opening price outside of the


previous bar range. Also called, Area Gap or Open
Common Gap
Gap. Often upward breaks are filled and should
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Gaps that occur along a trend. Also called


Continuation or Measure Gaps. Usually occur near
Runaway Gap
the middle of the trend, 43% of the way on the
upside and 57% on downside.

Gap that occurs at the end of a strong trend most


often on heavy volume. Should fill within a few
Exhaustion Gap bars and signal possible trend reversal with
confirmation needed (ie another pattern such as a
descending triangle)

1. Primary Trend is inviolate

Dow Theory Hypothesis 2. The market discounts everything

3. Dow Theory is not infallible

Can last several years

Bull Phase

1. Buying due to reviving of confidence from prev.


bear mkt.

2. Buying due to increased corporate earnings

Primary Trend
3. Buying due to speculation/euphoria

Bear Phase

1. Selling on abandonment of hope.

2. Selling due to decreased earnings.

3. Selling in distress/throwing in the towel.

Meaningful decline in a bull market or advance in


Secondary Trend a bear market that can last 3 weeks to 3 months,
retracing 33% to 66% of the previous move.

1. Ideal mkt. picture consists of uptrend, top,


downtrend and bottom

Dow Theory Theorems 2. Economic rationale should be used to explain


mkt. action (Confirmation)

3. Prices Trend.

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Daily movements that have little to no meaning


Minor Trend unless a range is being formed. (Lines - trading
range with highs and lows within 5%)

1. Line charts

2. Bar Charts

Four types of charts


3. Candlestick Charts

4. Point and Figure Charts

Bar where range is higher and lower than previous


Outside Reversal Day bars high and low and close it at high or low.
Reversal pattern.

Measurement of volatility of stock relative to


Beta
overall market (usually S&P500)

TR(today)= Max[(high-low), absl(high-prev close),


True Range (TR)
absl(low-prev close)]

Way to measure volatility and reduces effects


Avg. True Range (ATR) - older data. (Exponential moving avg.)

Wilder method ATR(Today)= (ATR yesterday x (n-1) + ATR today)/n.


first ATR is calculated by arithmetic mean

Technique using high, low and close to establish


support and resistance.

P(pivot pt)= (prev. high+low+close)/3

Pivot Point technique R1 = (2xP)-prev low

S1 = (2xP)- prev high

R2 = P + (prev high - low)


S2 = P- (prev high - low)
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Stop set at a certain level to protect existing gains


Protective Stop or thwart further losses. Protection of capital

Stop set at a certain level outside of price that


Trailing Stop
protects a gain from turning into a loss

Stop use when a security is on an accelerated


trend. Find 14 day ATR and place stop 2.5 to 4
Chandelier Exit
times above or below the current price. Use that
level as stop.

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When price breaks out upward and then quickly


Throwback
retrace back to the breakout level.

When price breaks out downward and then


Pullback
quickly retraces back to the breakout level

SMA (Simple Moving Average) Arithmetic avg of closing prices

multiply each price by corresponding day and


Linear Weighted Moving Avg
sum prices up, then divide by sum of number of
(LWMA)
days.

moving average which uses current EMA and


Exponential Moving Avg
current price to find new moving average. weights
(EMA)
current prices more heavily.

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Moving avg used in indexes and is a moving avg


Geometric Moving Average of the percentage between prev. bar and current
bar over a period of time.

Find a SMA and using the results find the SMA of a


Triangular Moving Average length of half of the original bars. (ie take 20 day
SMA and find the 10 day SMA of the 20 day SMA)

If today's high is higher than previous high than a


+DM day. If today's low is lower than previous low
+DM and -DM than a -DM day. If high and low are both outside
than use the largest value. If both are inside the
previous, no DM is recorded.

Find a 14 day EMA for +DM and -DM. Find ratio


+DI and -DI between the smoothed +DM and ATR for DI+. Find
ratio between smoothed -DM and ATR for DI-

When DI+ is above DI-, trend is positive and vice


DMI Major crossover
versa. When they cross, trend is shifting

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Create DX line by taking absolute difference


between the DI+ and DI- and then dividing by the
ADX Line sum of DI+ and DI-. ADX is the smoothed DX line;
ranging from 0-100 with a higher number being
stronger trend.

Rising ADX line indicates a trending market

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indicates flat or dull market, losing momentum or


Declining ADX line
trendless

ADX peak usually signals a peak or trough in prices

signals that a market is trendless but may be


ADX trough
beginning to accelerate in a trend direction

percentage of a moving average plotted above


Percentage Envelope and below that moving average. does not account
for volatility of a stock

envelope around a moving avg. that accounts for


Bollinger Bands volatility by using standard deviation; usually 2 st.
dev. around the moving avg.

envelope around a simple moving average of the


Keltner Bands "typical price" that accounts for volatility by using
the ATR to set a channel distance

envelope around a simple moving average that


STARC Bands accounts for volatility by using the ATR to set a
channel distance

reversal pattern consisting of 3 reversal points,


Double Top two peaks and a trough; entry price must come
from below

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reversal pattern consisting of 3 reversal points,


Double Bottom two troughs and a peak; entry price must come
from above.

sideways trading pattern with parallel resistance


Rectangle or support trend lines; period of consolidation
and usually a continuation pattern

reversal pattern with 3 peaks and 2 troughs, entry


Triple Top
from below and exit below 2 troughs

reversal pattern with 3 troughs and 2 peaks, entry


Triple Bottom
from above and exit above 2 peaks

pattern where lower bound is horizontal support


Descending Triangle
and upper bound is downward resistance

pattern where upper bound is horizontal


Ascending Triangle
resistance and lower bound is upward support

Symmetrical Triangle (Coil) pattern where two trend lines converge to a point

pattern where upper and lower trend lines diverge


Broadening patterns
from each other.

pattern which is a combo of a broadening pattern


Diamond Top/Bottom and a triangle pattern; trend lines must have 2
reversal points

A reversal triangle pattern where both trend lines


converge upward and the lower bound rising
more quickly than the upper bound. 5 reversal
Rising Wedge
points are necessary. Occur during a long
downward price trend or after a climax. Breakout
downward 69% of the time.
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A triangle pattern where both trend lines


converge downward with the upper bound falling
more quickly than the lower bound. 5 reversal
Declining Wedge
points are necessary. Occur during a long upward
price trend or after a climax. Breakout upward 92%
of the time.

Wedge volume Volume declines throughout the pattern

Rounding bottom reversal pattern with a sell off at


Cup and Handle pattern the resistance point forming a handle. A breakout
through the lip.

Top or bottom reversal pattern with 3 distinct


peaks spread evenly and middle peak the highest.
Outside peaks do not need to be the same height.
Head and Shoulders
Left peak is higher or lower than right peak
increases performance. Volume is usually rising
into highest peak and then declining.

Short channel, formed over a few days to weeks,


Flag Pattern that usually slopes in opposite direction of the
trend. Continuation pattern with declining volume

Short triangle pattern that slopes in opposite


Pennant Pattern direction of the trend. Continuation pattern with
declining volume.

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Rule to calculate price target of flag and pennant


patterns. Calculate the distance from the
Measured rule beginning of the sharp trend to the first reversal in
the pattern. Add that value to the breakout level
of the pattern.

Reversal pattern with exhaustion gap on one side


Island Reversal and breakaway gap on the other at roughly the
same price.

Failed rally after a sharp decline due to an event.


Usually lasts a several days to several weeks. Price
Dead Cat Bounce
usually breaks lower and most bullish patterns fail
for 6 months.

Pattern where high is higher than previous bar


high and close is lower than previous bar close. Or
One Bar Reversal
low is lower than previous bar low and close is
higher than previous close.

Pattern at end of trend. At a bottom, the first bar


close is in lower half of range and second bar is
Two Bar Reversal
near high of range. Volume should be higher on
second bar.

Pipe formation with a small middle bar between


Horn pattern
the two longer bars.

Buy on one tick above today's high if:

1. today's low is less than yesterday low

Two bar breakout rules


2. today's high is less than yesterday high

3. today's close is less than today's open

Bar where range is inside of previous day range.


Inside Bar
Shows decline of momentum in a trend.

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Occurs after a series of consecutive up or down


days. Pattern where second bar has lower high
and higher low than previous bar. At a top the
Hook Reversal
open should be near the prev. high and close near
previous low. Opposite at a bottom.

Reversal pattern where the open and close range


Outside bar engulf previous day and total range is larger than
previous day.

After a strong trend is in place, 10 pt. move in 20


days, and a trend line that touches most points
buy the security after a sell off where there are
Knockout Pattern
two consecutive lower lows. Place the buy stop at
the high of the next bar after the second low bar.
Place protective stop at the last low.

A pattern to take advantage of sudden change in


direction. When a stock gaps lower place a buy
Oops Pattern
stop just inside previous days low and place a
protective stop at current days open.

Three bar continuation pattern where each bar is


an inside bar creating a symmetrical triangle. After
Shark Pattern
the pattern, place a buy order at the top of the
initial bar.

Bar where the range is considerably larger than


Wide Range Bar previous bars, showing increased volatility and
possible change in trend.

Bar where the range is considerable smaller than


Narrow Range Bar previous bars, showing decreased volatility and
possible increase in volatility coming soon.

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Short term signal to buy or sell after a range is


defined in the first 5-10 min of trading. Useful after
Opening Range Breakout
a setup has been established from previous short-
(ORB)
term pattern.

Candlestick pattern formed when both the open


Doji and close are identical. Warning of a possible
reversal because mkt is indecisive.

Two day candlestick pattern with first candlestick


being a large body of either color followed by a
Harami/Spinning top small body of either color completely inside the
first real body. Small body range does not have to
be inside the first.

Bottom formation with real body at top of range,


Hammer long lower wick and no top wick. Lower wick is 2-3
times real body size.

Top formation with real body at top of range, long


Hanging Man lower wick and no upper wick. Lower wick is 2-3
times real body size.

Top formation with real body at bottom of range,


Shooting Star
long upper wick and no lower wick.

Bottom formation with real body at bottom of


Inverted Hammer
range, long upper wick and no lower wick

Two candle reversal pattern where first real body


Bullish Engulfing Pattern is small and black and second real body is white
and completely larger than first.

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Two candle reversal pattern where the first real


Bearish Engulfing Patter body is small and white and the second real body
is black and completely larger than the first.

Two candle top pattern where first body is large


and white and the second body is large and black.
Dark Cloud Cover
Second open should be above first shadow and
close well within first real body.

Two candle bottom pattern where the first body is


large and black and the second body is large and
Piercing Line
white. Second open should be below first shadow
and close well withing first real body.

Three bar candle pattern at mkt. top. First body is


white and second candle, the star, is above first
days real body. Star can be any color or a doji
Evening Star
Third candle body should not touch the star body
and should penetrate deep into the first white
body.

Three bar candle pattern at mkt. bottom. First


body is black and second candle, the star, is
below first days real body. Star can be any color
Morning Star
or a doji. Third candle body should not touch the
star body and should penetrate deep into the first
black body.

Top reversal pattern after meaningful trend. Three


Three Black Crows consecutive long black bodies closing near lows
and opens within previous days bodies.

Bottom reversal pattern after meaningful trend.


Three White Soldier Three consecutive long white bodies closing near
highs and opens withing previous days bodies.

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Reversal pattern at end of downtrend. First candle


has long black body and second candle is a white
Three Inside Up spinning top that forms a harami pattern. Third
candle is a large white body that breaks and
closes above first large black body.

Reversal pattern at end of uptrend. First candle


has long white body and second candle is a black
Three Inside Down spinning top that forms a harami pattern. Third
candle is a large black body that breaks and
closes below first large white body.

Reversal pattern at end of downtrend. First candle


is small black body followed by an engulfing white
Three Outside Up
body. Third white body must reach new high and
close above previous two closes.

Reversal pattern at end of uptrend. First candle is


small white body followed by an engulfing black
Three Outside Down
body. Third black body must reach new low and
close below previous two closes.

Cumulative sums of data that are usually some


variation of price and volume that continuously
Indexes measure supply and demand over time. No upper
or lower bound. Trend and divergences are
important, not level of index.

Tool that is bounded and used to determine


Oscillators overbought and oversold conditions. Trend,
divergence and pattern analysis is useful.

Bar chart in which the bars vary in width,


Equivolume chart corresponding with volume traded. Wide equals
more volume, thin equals less volume

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Volume index where daily volume is added or


subtracted to the index depending on the
direction of the day. Total daily volume is added to
On Balance Volume (OBV)
previous index if close is higher than day before
and subtracted from prev. index if the close is
lower.

Index that calculates the diff. between the open


and close and relates it to the range as a
Williams Variable percentage. Open at low and close at high would
Accumulation Distribution equal 100%. Open and close the same and would
(WVAD) equal 0%. Multiply by daily volume to get the
amount that traded between open and close. Add
or subtract that amount from the prev. day WVAD

Index that determines where within the daily price


range the close occurs. Does not use the open
price.

Chaikin Accumulation A/D=[(close-low)-(high-close)]/(high-low)

Distribution (A/D) Positive A/D means close was above midpoint and
the day will be an accumulation day.

Negative A/D means close was below midpoint


and will be a distribution day.

Index that uses true range to determine


accumulation or distribution.

True Range high: higher of current day high or


previous close

True Range low: lower of current day low or


Williams Accumulation
previous close

Distribution (WAD)
If close is higher than previous day the A/D is the
current close minus TRL

If close is lower than previous day the A/D is the


current close minus TRH

Multiply by volume and you get the A/D

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Oscillator that sums A/D of past 21 days and


divides by the sum of volume over last 21 days.
Rise above 0 equals upward trend and below 0 a
Chaikin Money Flow
downward trend. Confirmation tool, not signal
generation.

Ratio of 3 day EMA of the A/D to the 10 day EMA


of the A/D. Use 20 day Bollinger bands for signals.
Chaikin Oscillator A break above top band is overbought and sell
signal. A break below bottom band is oversold
and buy signal.

Oscillator that considers up and down days to


determine the flow of money into and out of a
security. MF for day i =
[(high+low+close)/3]*volume. If MF for day i is
Money Flow Index (MFI)
higher than previous, there is a pos. MF. If MF for
day i is lower than previous, there is a neg. MF.
Sum positive MF and divide by sum neg. MF to get
MF ratio. MFI = 100-(100/(1+MFR))

Oscillator that uses price and volume to measure


strength of a trend. Higher above 0, the stronger
the trend. Crossover 0 indicates weakening trend
Elder Force Index (EFI) or
and deep neg. equals strong power to downside.
Force index
Take a 2 or 14 day EMA of the daily price change
(daily closing price minus previous close)
multiplied by the volume.

Momentum Measurement of how the rate of change of prices.

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Unbounded oscillator that is the difference


between the 26 period EMA and 12 period EMA.
Moving Avg. Convergence- 12 period EMA minus 26 EMA. Positive MACD
Divergence (MACD) indicates recent prices higher than longer term
prices. Signal line is a EMA of the MACD, usually 9
period EMA.

Measure of the amount of a security's price has


changed over a given number of periods. Shows
Rate of Change Oscillator
how the current price relates to the past price.

= {(Ptoday-Pnperiods ago)/Pnperiods ago}*100

Measures the strength of a security against its


Relative Strength Index (RSI) history by comparing up and down days. Above
70 is overbought and below 30 is oversold.

Up days=(sum of gains over N periods)

Down days=(sum of losses over N periods)

RS=Ups/Downs

RSI calculation
RSI=100-[100/(1+RS)]

Calculate 14 days of data and then use smoothing


method to calculate future days.

Oscillator that looks at the most recent price as a


Stochastic Oscillator percentage of the price range (high to low) over a
specified time period.

%K=[(C-L)/(H-L)]*100

fast %D = 3-bar SMA of %K

slow %D = 3-bar SMA of %D

Stochastic Calculation Time Window is 14 bars

H is high for time window

L is low for time window

C is the most recent close

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Inverted Stochastic that compares the current


close with the high that occurred during the time
Williams %R
window.

=[(H-C)/(H-L)]*100

Unbounded oscillator that measures the


Commodity Channel Index
deviations of a security's price from a moving
(CCI)
average.

1. A peak in the ADX is almost always at a trend


peak up or down.

2. A trough in the ADX occurs when a trend has


ADX indications begun and is beginning to accelerate.

3. Trough to Peak is period of trending

4. Peak to trough is period of decelerating trend


or trading rang

Old support becomes new resistance and old


Principle of Polarity
resistance becomes support

Samuel Nelson Man who termed the Dow Theory

1. Simple, well-defined trading rules

Point and Figure 2. ignores price reversals that are below a min.
characteristics price move

3. No time factor - event driven

Mark for positive price moves in point and figure


Point and Figure X
chart

Mark for negative price moves in point and figure


Point and Figure O
chart

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=Price of lowest box + (W*R)

Upside Horizontal count price W = # of columns of consolidation

objective R = reversal value, (# of boxes for reversal*value of


1 box)

Downside Horizontal count = Price of highest box - (W*R)


price objective

A way to measure volatility in P&F and can be


The vertical count price
used to determine size of retracement after large
objective
move.

= Price of lowest box + ($value of reversal*min


Upside vertical count price reversal boxes)

objective $ value of reversal = # of boxes of reversal*value


of each box

Downside vertical count price = Price of highest box +($value of reversal*min


objective reversal boxes)

Types of Motive waves Impulse and Diagonal Waves

five wave sequence that propels market in


Motive Wave
direction of main trend

waves that interrupt the main trend and travel in


Corrective Wave
opposite direction

1. Wave 2 never moves beyond start of wave 1.

2. Wave 3 is never shortest wave

Impulse wave rules 3. Wave 4 never retraces into wave 1 price.

Guideline: Wave 4 should not enter into wave 2


price

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Wave 1 and 5 are always motive waves (impulse or


Impulse wave structure (5-3- diagonal)

5-3-5) characteristics Wave 2 and 4 are always corrective waves

Wave 3 is always an impulse wave

Average rate of return in excess of the risk free


rate per unit of volatility or risk

Sharpe Ratio
= annualized returns-risk free rate divided by
annualized risk

internal indicator that measures rate of change of


Momentum indicator
a stock price over a given time period.

(current price/price from t days ago)-1

Momentum calculation positive value indicates price trend is up

negative value implies price trend is down

elongated impulse wave, usually 3 or 5 whose


motive subwaves are as large or larger than the
Extended wave
nonextended motive waves of the same impulse
wave.

Motive wave that follows first two rules of impulse


Diagonal Wave wave but not the third (Wave 4 enters price
territory of wave 1.)

When wave 5 fails to terminate beyond the end of


wave 3. The 5th wave still unfolds but shows signs
Truncation
of exhaustion and a possible swift and sharp
reversal.

5th wave of impulse waves or C waves of zigzags


Ending Diagonal and flats where subwaves 1,2,3,4,5 always take a
corrective form, single or multiple zigzag.

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pattern where waves 1,3,5 are all impulse waves or


Leading Diagonal all corrective waves in the form of zigzags. Waves
2 and 4 are always zigzag patterns.

sharp three-wave corrective pattern, labeled A-B-


C, where A is always an impulse or leading
ZigZag diagonal, C is always an impulse or ending
diagonal and B is always a corrective wave
(zigzag, flat, triangle or combo) 5-3-5 structure

Sideways three-wave corrective pattern, labeled


Flat A-B-C where A and B are always corrective waves
and C is always a motive wave. 3-3-5 structure

sideways corrective patter with subwaves labeled


A-B-C-D-E. 3-3-3-3-3 structure. always precedes
Triangle
the final motive wave in the direction of the main
trend.

Golden ratio or Golden mean Key Fibonacci ratio of 0.618

Inverse of Golden ratio 1.618

Analysis focusing on prospects for govt., company


or hard asset. Top-down looks at overall economic
Fundamental analysis
conditions first and bottom-up approach looks at
specific company first.

Three R's of investing Risk, Return, Relative value

P/E ratio Divide the share price by the profit of the stock.

Index that calculates the % of stocks on NYSE that


NYSE Bullish % Index
exhibit buy signals on P&F charts.

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Advance-Decline Line (#Advancing stocks-#Declining stocks)+Adv-


(Breadth Line) decline value from day before

graph of a potential account value beginning at


Equity Line any time adjusted for each successive trade profit
or loss

Oscillator that is the difference between two


exponential moving averages of advances minus
McClellan Oscillator
declines (19 day minus 39 day EMA's.) Extremes
are at +100 or +150 and -100 or -150.

Oscillator measuring advances and declines vs.


total issues traded. (adv.-decl)/(total adv+decl).
McClellan Ratio Adjusted
multiply ratio by 1,000 and take 19 day EMA -
Oscillator
39day EMA. Overbought level at +4 and oversold
level at +2

Index that measures area under the curve of the


McClellan Oscillator. calculated by accumulating
McClellan Summation Index daily McClellan Oscillator figures into a cumulative
index. +500 and -500 are overbought and
oversold

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