Description
Book SynopsisNoted 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 Marketprovides 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 comm
Table of Contents
Foreword x
Introduction xi
Chapter 1: Stock Indexes and Sectors 1
Stock-Picking Quandary 4
Exchange-Traded Funds 6
The Options Market 14
Why Use Seasonal Analysis? 18
Chapter 2: Seasonal analysis 21
Pondering the Perks 25
Not All ETFs Are Measured Equally 30
Conclusion 58
Chapter 3: Sentiment analysis 59
The AAII Sentiment Survey 60
COT Data 61
Insider Trading Information 62
COT Data Components 63
Can Traders Benefit and Make Money from This Information? 64
How Can This Information Possibly Be of Any Help to Us? 68
Compelling Evidence 75
Conclusion: COT Option Strategy 76
Chapter 4: Comparative relative Strength 79
What Is It Used For? 79
Creating the Charts 80
Spread Terminology 87
Automating Signals 95
Comparing Market Performance 99
Conclusion 102
Chapter 5: Breadth Studies 105
Trend-Line Analysis 107
Bearish Divergence Signals 114
Bullish Convergence Signals 119
Support and Resistance 121
Indicators and Moving Averages 125
Conclusion 135
Chapter 6: Volume Analysis 137
Hindsight Is 20/20 145
Current Event Analysis 148
Individual Stocks 149
Bearish Divergence 152
Bullish Convergence 154
Selling Climax 155
Exhaustion Tops 156
Trading Patterns 157
Volume and High-Frequency Traders 161
Volume Weighted Average Price 162
Chapter 7: Patterns, Indicators, and Oscillators 165
Candlesticks 166
The Doji 168
Reversal Patterns 169
Continuation Patterns 180
Conclusion: Indicator 101 201
Chapter 8: Scanning for Profits 203
Scanning the Universe 204
Trade Navigator 204
High- and Low-Close Doji Scans 206
Daily Scan Signals 208
Tradestation 212
Conclusion 227
Chapter 9: Pivot Point Analysis 233
Stock Trader’s Time Frame 238
Person’s Pivots Calculations 248
Fibonacci Combined with Pivot Points 262
Summary 263
Chapter 10: Putting It All Together 265
Position Sizing, Trade Entry Techniques, Risk Management, Trailing Stops, and Trade Management Calculating Position Size 267
Profit Targets 269
Stock Replacement Option Strategy 271
Day-Trading Position Sizing 271
Average True Range 272
Twice Baked 275
Order Entry Using PPS 276
Snap-Back Technique 276
Order Types 277
Stop Selection 279
The Exit 281
Expectations 282
Discipline 282
About the Author 285
Index 287
