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The document provides an overview of several technical analysis textbooks and their chapter outlines. It summarizes the key topics covered in each book, including introductions to technical analysis, charting techniques, patterns, indicators, cycles, volume analysis, and more. The textbooks aim to educate readers on the principles and applications of technical analysis across different markets.

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CMT Reading List

The document provides an overview of several technical analysis textbooks and their chapter outlines. It summarizes the key topics covered in each book, including introductions to technical analysis, charting techniques, patterns, indicators, cycles, volume analysis, and more. The textbooks aim to educate readers on the principles and applications of technical analysis across different markets.

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Kirkpatrick, Charles D. and Dahlquist, Julie R.

: Technical Analysis The


Complete Resource for Financial Market Technicians, 645

1. Introduction to Technical Analysis 7


2. The Basic Principle of Technical Analysis – The Trend 12
3. History of Technical Analysis 10
4. The Technical Analysis Controversy 25
5. An Overview of Markets 20
6. Dow Theory 22
7. Sentiment 40
8. Measuring Market Strength 30
9. Temporal Patterns and Cycles 15
10. Flow of Funds 20
10. Flow of Funds
11. History and Construction of Charts 25
12. Trends – The Basics 35
13. Breakouts
25
14. Moving Averages 30
14. Moving Averages
15. Bar Chart Patterns 40
15. Bar Chart Patterns
17. Short-Term Patterns 45
17. Short-Term Patterns
18. Confirmation 45
18. Confirmation
19. Cycles 30
19. Cycles
20. Elliott, Fibonacci, and Gann 25
20. Elliott, Fibonacci, and Gann
21. Selection of Markets and Issues: Trading and Investing 25
21. Selection of Market and Issues: Trading and Investing
23. Money and Risk Management 20
23. Money and Risk Management
Appendix
“A” Basic Statistics 30
“A” Basic Statistics
“B” Types of Orders and Other Trader Terminology 5
Jeremy du Plessis, The Definitive Guide to Point and Figure, 505

1. Introduction to Point and Figure Charts 25

2. Characteristics and Construction 62

3. Understanding Point and Figure Charts 90

4. Projecting Price Targets 65

5. Analyzing Point and Figure Charts 65

6. Point and Figure Charts of Indicators 20

7. Optimization of Point and Figure Charts 25

8. Point and Figure’s Contribution to Market Breadth 25

9. Advanced Point and Figure Techniques 40

ALL CHAPTERS
Pring, Martin J.: Technical Analysis Explained, 4th Edition, 609

2. Financial Markets and the Business Cycle


3. Dow Theory
4. Typical Parameters for Intermediate Trends
5. Price Patterns
6. Smaller Price Patterns
7. One- and Two-Bar Price Patterns
8. Trendlines
9. Moving Averages
10. Momentum Principles
11. Individual Momentum Indicators I
12. Individual Momentum Indicators II
13. Candle Charts

15. Miscellaneous Techniques for Determining Trends


16. The Concept of Relative Strength
16. The Concept of Relative Strength
18. Price: The Major Averages
19. Price: Group Rotation
19. Price: Group Rotation
20. Time: Longer-Term Cycles
21. Practical Identification of Cycles
22. Volume: General Principles
23. Volume Oscillators
24. Breadth
25. Why Interest Rates Affect the Market
25. Why Interest Rates Affect the Stock
26. Sentiment Indicators
27. Applying Technical Analysis to the Theory of Contrary Opinion
28. Checkpoints for Identifying Primary Stock Market Peaks and Troughs
28. Checkpoints for Identifying Primary Stock Market Peaks and Troughs
29. Automated Trading Systems
29. Automated Trading Systems
30. Technical Analysis of Global Stock Markets
31. Technical Analysis of Individual Stocks
Edwards, Robert D. and Magee, John, Technical Analysis of Stock Trends,

1. The Technical Approach to Trading and Investing


2. Charts
3. The Dow Theory
4. The Dow Theory in Practice
5. The Dow Theory’s Defects
5.1 The Dow Theory in the 20th and 21st Centuries
6. Important Reversal Patterns
7. Important Reversal Patterns – Continued
8. Important Reversal Patterns – The Triangles
9. Important Reversal Patterns – Continued
10. Other Reversal Phenomena
10.1 Short-Term Phenomena of Potential Importance
11. Consolidation Formations
12. Gaps
13. Support and Resistance
14. Trendlines and Channels
15. Major Trendlines
15.1 Trading the Averages in the 21st Century
16. Technical Analysis of Commodity Charts
16.1 Technical Analysis of Commodity Charts, Part 2
17. A Summary and Some Concluding Comments
17.1. Technical Analysis and Technology in the 21st Century
17.2 Advancements in Investment Technology
23. Choosing and Managing High-Risk Stocks
23. Choosing and Managing High-Risk Stocks
24. Probable Moves of Your Stocks
25. Two Touchy Questions

27. Stop Orders


27. Stop Orders
28. What Is A Bottom – What Is A Top?
28. What is a bottom? – What is a top?
29. Trendlines in Action
30. Use of Support and Resistance
31. Not All in One Basket
38. Balanced and Diversified
39. Trial and Error
40. How Much Capital to Use in Trading
41. Application of Capital in Practice
42. Portfolio Risk Management
42. Portfolio Risk Management
43. Stick to Your Guns
Appendix “A” The Probable Moves of Your Stocks
Appendix “C” Normal Range-for-Price Indexes
Kaufman, Perry J., New Trading Systems and Methods, 4th Edition,

4. Charting Systems and Techniques

1. Introduction
2. Basic Concepts
3. Charting
4. Charting Systems and Techniques
6. Regression Analysis
7. Time-Based Trend Calculations
8. Time Based Trend Systems
9. Momentum and Oscillators
10. Seasonality
11. Cycle Analysis
12. Volume, Open Interest and Breadth
13. Spreads and Arbitrage
14. Behavioral Techniques

18. Price Distribution systems

20. Advanced Techniques


21. System Testing

23. Risk Control


24. Diversification and Portfolio Allocation
CMT 2 READING LIST

Frost, A.J. and Prechter, Robert R., Elliott Wave Principle, Tenth Edition,

1. The Broad Concept

2. Guidelines of Wave Formation

3. Historical and Mathematical Background

4. Ratio Analysis and Fibonacci Time Sequences

ALL CHAPTERS
CMT 2

Nison, Steve, Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques, 2nd Edition,

1. Introduction

2. A Historical Background

3. Constructing the Candlestick

4. Reversal Patterns

5. Stars

6. More Reversal Patterns

7. Continuation Patterns

9. Putting It All Together

10. A Cluster of Candles

11. Candles With Trend Lines

12. Candles With Retracement Levels

13. Candles With Moving Averages

14. Candles With Oscillators

15. Candles With Volume

16. Measure Moves

17. The Best of the East and West: The Power of Convergence
CMT 2

Pring, Martin J., Investment Psychology Explained, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
c.1993, ISBN 0-471-13300-0

Chapters:All Chapters

Aronson, David R.: Evidence-Based Technical Analysis, 4. Statistical Analysis

5. Hypothesis Tests and Confidence Intervals

6. Data-Mining Bias: the Fool’s Gold and Objective TA

7. Theories of Nonrandom Price Motion

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