Essentials of Technical Analysis for Financial Markets -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Technical Analysis -- What is Technical Analysis? -- Technical versus Fundamental -- Methods -- What to Expect -- Summary -- Chapter 2: The Story of Technical Analysis -- The Beginning: Japanese Rice Markets -- Dow Theory -- Charting -- Elliott Wave -- W. D. Gann -- Indicators -- Trend Followers -- Market Technicians Association -- Technical Analysis Today -- Summary -- Chapter 3: The Power of Technical Analysis -- Introduction to Price Action Concepts -- Components of Price Action -- Summary -- Chapter 4: The Basics of Technical Analysis -- Bars and Candlesticks -- Line Charts -- Point-and-Figure Charts -- Summary -- Chapter 5: The Heart of Technical Analysis -- Introduction to Trend -- Effect of Time Frames on Trend Determination -- Parallel Trends Channels -- Trend Lines -- Summary -- Chapter 6: The Soul of Technical Analysis -- Introduction to Support and Resistance -- Support Becomes Resistance Becomes Support -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Primary Drawing Tools -- Introduction to Drawing Tools -- Static Support and Resistance -- Dynamic Support and Resistance -- Horizontal Support and Resistance Lines -- Trend Lines -- Parallel Trend Channels -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Chart Patterns -- Introduction to Chart Patterns -- Continuation Bar Patterns -- Reversal Bar Patterns -- Gaps -- Candlestick Patterns -- Single-Candle Patterns -- Multiple-Candle Patterns -- Summary -- Chapter 9: The World of Moving Averages -- Introduction to Moving Averages -- Moving Average Crossovers -- Moving Averages as Support and Resistance -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Key Technical Indicators and Oscillators -- Introduction to Indicators and Oscillators -- Key Indicators -- Key Oscillators -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Fibonacci and Elliott Wave.

Fibonacci Theory and Methods -- Elliott Wave Theory -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Point-and-Figure Charting -- Introduction to Point and Figure -- Point-and-Figure Patterns -- Point-and-Figure Price Targets -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Volume -- Introduction to Volume -- On-Balance Volume -- Tick Volume -- Summary -- Chapter 14: Technical Trading Strategies -- Introduction to Technical Trading Strategies -- Moving Average Crossovers -- Breakout Trading -- Trend Trading -- Range Trading -- Price-Oscillator Divergences -- Oscillator Trading -- Fibonacci Trading -- Positive Expectancy -- Summary -- Chapter 15: Risk Control and Money Management -- Introduction to Risk Control and Money Management -- Stop-Losses -- Reward: Risk Ratio -- Maximum Allowable Loss -- Multiple Fractional Positions -- Diversification -- Summary -- Index.