Information age soothsayer, trend-tracker par excellence, Richard Hexton is one of the most respected options market analysts in the world today. Now, in this milestone book, Hexton offers institutional and private investors the most comprehensive account yet of state-of-the-art techniques for identifying and playing market trends.
An essential reference for seasoned players and serious novices alike, Technical Analysis in the Options Market highlights those computerized programs and charting techniques that Hexton has found to be the most consistently trustworthy. By isolating the products and techniques that have been most profitable in his practice, Hexton saves serious traders countless hours of testing and analysis.
Perhaps most importantly, in Technical Analysis in the Options Market, Richard Hexton provides clear, straightforward guidelines on how to integrate those successful techniques into a coherent system that not only identifies market trends correctly but consistently produces good results.
From INDEXIA filters, Fibonacci fan lines, speed lines, stochastics, white Wednesday, and short-term oscillators, to pressure index, MACD, triangles, moving averages, point and figure charts, and Gann, Hexton takes you, step-by-step, through each market indicator, and clearly demonstrates their use with the help of more than 200 chart references and stock indices. Readers will also appreciate the extensive coverage devoted to the most successful Japanese chart patterns, especially candlestick techniques.
While the emphasis throughout Technical Analysis in the Options Market is on the all-important analytical techniques, Hexton continually stresses the importance of understanding the psychology of good investing. He identifies the psychological traps by which traders routinely undermine their own best efforts, offers tips on how to maintain a disciplined yet positive state of mind, and offers guidelines on how to tailor a successful trading strategy that combines analytical techniques with individual trader psychology. An exhaustive exploration of proven technical analysis techniques by one of the most respected experts in the field, Technical Analysis in the Options Market is an indispensable tool for institutional investors, sophisticated individual investors, and portfolio managers.
In this important book, internationally noted options market expert Richard Hexton offers institutional and private investors the most comprehensive account yet of state-of-the-art techniques for identifying and playing market trends. An essential reference for seasoned players and serious novices alike, Technical Analysis in the Options Market highlights those computerized programs and charting techniques that Hexton has found to be the most consistently trustworthy and profitable. Most importantly, he shows you how to integrate those successful techniques into a system that not only identifies market trends correctly but consistently produces good results.
Fan lines, speed lines, stochastics, white Wednesday, short-term oscillators, pressure index, MACD, point and figure charts. . . takes you step-by-step through all important indicators
- Clearly demonstrates their use with the help of more than 200 chart references and stock indices
- Features two chapters on the most successful Japanese candlestick techniques
- Identifies common psychological traps, offers tips on how to maintain a disciplined yet positive state of mind, and how to tailor analytical techniques with individual trader psychology
