MIDAS TECHNICAL ANALYSIS -- Contents -- Introduction -- Biographical Sketch, Paul H. Levine -- Acknowledgments -- PART I: STANDARD MIDAS SUPPORT AND RESISTANCE CURVES -- CHAPTER 1 MIDAS and Its Core Constituents: The Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) and Fractal Market Analysis -- MIDAS and Its Two Key Backdrops: VWAP and Fractal Market Analysis -- The MIDAS Approach as a Genuine Standalone Trading System -- Summary -- CHAPTER 2 Applying Standard MIDAS Curves to the Investor Timeframes -- Definitions of Timeframes-The Triple Screen Trading Methodology -- MIDAS Curves within the Triple Screen System -- The Basic Behavior of the MIDAS Support/Resistance Curves -- Equivolume Charting -- What Price Should Be Used? -- Support/Resistance Becomes Resistance/Support -- Distinguishing an Uptrend from a Trading Range -- The Foothill Pattern -- A Trading Range Turning into a Downtrend -- Tracking a Trend with a Hierarchy of MIDAS Curves -- MIDAS S/R Curves for Entry Setups and Triggers -- Same Launch Point, Different Timeframes -- Special Start Points-The Left Side -- Special Start Points-The Initial Public Offering (IPO) -- Special Starting Points-The Down Gap and Its Dead Cat Bounce -- Special Starting Points-The Highest R and the Lowest S -- Summary -- CHAPTER 3 MIDAS Support and Resistance (S/R) Curves and Day Trading -- Multiple Trend and Timeframe Analysis -- Part One: The MIDAS System as a Standalone Day Trading System -- Part Two: Using the MIDAS System alongside Other Technical Indicators -- Capturing Today's High and Low with Standard MIDAS S/R Curves -- Summary -- PART II: THE MIDAS TOPFINDER/BOTTOMFINDER -- CHAPTER 4 The MIDAS Topfinder/Bottomfinder on Intraday Charts -- Levine's Two Insights Governing the MIDAS Methodology -- Part One: The Quantitative Features of the TB-F Algorithm -- Part Two: The Engineering Aspect of TB-F Curves.

Summary -- CHAPTER 5 Applying the Topfinder/Bottomfinder to the Investor Timeframes -- A Most Unusual Indicator -- The Basic Program of the TB-F -- What is an Accelerated Trend? -- Discovering the Topfinder/Bottomfinder -- Using the TB-F -- An Interesting Mathematical Observation -- Fitting the TB-F Curve in Chart Views Other than Equivolume -- Fitting to More than One Pullback -- Nested TB-Fs: The Fractal Nature of the Market -- TB-F Curves on Different Timeframes -- Bottomfinders Are Sometimes Problematic -- What Comes after a TB-F Ends? -- Summary -- PART III: THE LONGER-TERM HORIZON, OTHER VOLUME INDICATORS, AND BROADER PERSPECTIVES -- CHAPTER 6 Applying MIDAS to Market Averages, ETFs, and Very Long-Term Timeframes -- Using MIDAS with the Indices-The S/R Curves -- The Validity of Volume Data -- Using MIDAS with the Indices-The TB-F -- Using Exchange-Traded Funds Instead of Market Indices -- MIDAS Applied to Long- and Very Long-Term Timeframes -- Back to 1871 -- Inflation Adjustment -- A Closer Look at the Very Long-Term -- The Very Long-Term Horizontal S/R Levels -- The Bavarian Deer Herd -- What Can Be Said about the Very Long-Term Future? -- Summary -- CHAPTER 7 EquiVolume, MIDAS and Float Analysis -- The Basic Principle-"Volume Leads to Volume" -- Why Does Price Projection Work? -- The Connection between Price Projection and the Topfinder/Bottomfinder -- Using Price Projection -- Steve Wood's Float Analysis -- Volume Periodicity -- Summary -- CHAPTER 8 Putting It All Together -- Trend Following -- Calling Bottoms -- Base Breakouts -- Summary -- PART IV: NEW DEPARTURES -- CHAPTER 9 Standard and Calibrated Curves -- Discovering the Calibrated Curves -- Examples -- Summary -- CHAPTER 10 Applying the MIDAS Method to Price Charts without Volume: A Study in the Cash Foreign Exchange Markets -- MIDAS and Cash Foreign Exchange Markets.

A Comparison of the MIDAS S/R Curves Using Cash FX Intraday Tick Data and Intraday Futures Volume Data -- A Comparison of the MIDAS Topfinder/Bottomfinder Curves Using Cash FX Intraday Tick Data and Intraday Futures Volume Data -- Options in the Cash Foreign Exchange Markets for Higher Timeframe Charts -- Options One and Three-Replacing Cash Forex Markets with Futures Markets or Currency ETFs/ETNs -- Using MIDAS S/R Curves in Markets without Volume: The Daily and Weekly Cash FX Charts -- Using MIDAS Topfinder/ Bottomfinder Curves in Markets without Volume: The Daily and Weekly Cash FX Charts -- Summary -- CHAPTER 11 Four Relationships between Price and Volume and Their Impact on the Plotting of MIDAS Curves -- Relationships between Price and Volume Trends and the Four Rules Affecting the Plotting of MIDAS Curves -- Applying the Rules to Applications of Standard and Nominal MIDAS S/R Curves -- Using Relative Strength or Ratio Analysis -- Summary -- CHAPTER 12 MIDAS and the CFTC Commitments of Traders Report: Using MIDAS with Open Interest Data -- An Overview of Open Interest and Open Interest Data Options -- The Orthodox Interpretation of Changes in Open Interest -- A First Look at Standard MIDAS Support/Resistance Curves with Open Interest -- Pursuing MIDAS and Open Interest More Deeply -- Concise Overview of the Commitment of Traders (COT) Report -- Understanding the Main Players in the Legacy Report -- Identifying the Key Players in the COT Report -- Choosing the Appropriate Category of Open Interest -- MIDAS and Total Open Interest -- Choosing between Commercial and Noncommercial Positioning Data -- Measuring the Market with Commercial Net Positioning Data -- MIDAS and COT Report Timing -- Comparing the Commercial Net Positioning Indicators with MIDAS using Noncommercial Net Positioning Data -- Additional Reading -- Summary.

CHAPTER 13 Price Porosity and Price Suspension: The Causes of these Phenomena and Several Partial Solutions -- Porosity and Suspension Illustrated -- Identifying the Cause of the Two Phenomena -- Solving the Problem of the Two Phenomena -- Summary -- CHAPTER 14 A MIDAS Displacement Channel for Congested Markets -- The Problem: Mean Reversion in Sideways Markets -- The Solution: Applying a Displacement Channel to Sideways Markets -- MIDAS Displacement Channel Methodology -- Trading Implications of the MDC -- Additional Forecasting Implications -- Additional Benefit: Applying the MDC to Trending Markets to Capture Swing Highs in Uptrends and Swing Lows in Downtrends -- Second Benefit: Applying the MDC to the Problem of Price Porosity -- Comparing the MDC with the Moving Average Envelope -- The MDC in Relation to Topfinder/Bottomfinder (TB-F) Curves -- The MDC in Relation to the MIDAS Standard Deviation Bands -- Features of the MDC in Relation to other Boundary Indicators -- Summary -- CHAPTER 15 MIDAS and Standard Deviation Bands -- The MIDAS Standard Deviation Bands in Sideways Markets -- The MIDAS Standard Deviation Bands in Uptrends and Downtrends -- Band Adjustment for Shorter Timeframe Analysis -- The MSDBs and Narrowing Volatility -- Comparing the MSD with the MIDAS Displacement Channel -- Alternatives to Standard Deviation -- Trading with the MIDAS Standard Deviation Bands -- Summary -- CHAPTER 16 Nominal-On Balance Volume Curves (N-OBVs) and Volume-On Balance Curves (V-OBVs) -- On Balance Volume for the Uninitiated -- Nominal-On Balance Volume Curves -- The Dipper Setup -- Volume-On Balance Volume Curves -- Further Chart Illustrations -- Summary -- CHAPTER 17 Extensions, Insights, and New Departures in MIDAS Studies -- MIDAS Curves and Volume-Based Oscillators -- Correlation Analysis as an Effective Overbought/Oversold Oscillator.

The Contributions of Bob English -- Summary -- APPENDIX A Programming the TB-F -- APPENDIX B MetaStock Code for the Standard MIDAS S/R Curves -- APPENDIX C TradeStation Code for the MIDAS Topfinder/Bottomfinder Curves -- Notes -- About the Authors -- Index.