Trading Time
New Methods in Technical Analysis
Book
Paperback/Softback
978-1-897597-91-0 (ISBN)
Description
Trading Time - has a double meaning, referring to the allocation of the time to trade, and also understanding the critical information regarding where you are in time when a trade is placed. This facet of time has many characteristics: the timeframe of the chart that was used? How critical is the immediate price action directly after the trade is placed? At what point in time is the trade within the trend, or are we at the end of the trend? How strong is the trend, based on the time it has existed? What is the risk and expectation in relationship to time? What is the dominant and correct time frame to be trading? Obtaining a true measure of expectation in any one period of time is critical to improving the chances of success. Fear and greed can be removed from the equation, providing a framework for the good trader and an understanding of risk and expectation to the new one. This book looks at the characteristics of time in detail, using propriety studies that analyse time through referencing each part of the day to its previous behaviour at similar periods previously.
This creates a true measure of momentum, and allows for fixed reference points that understand normal and unusual behaviour in multiple time frames at the same time. This means the trader no longer has to wait for the current bar to finish before he can implement trades, as many of the studies reference the opening price, and not the close, unlike many established momentum-based concepts. New studies such as Oasis Volatility Time Bands, Range Deviation Pivots, Time Average Bands and Trade Flow provide short-term day trading opportunities, giving exact support and resistances as low as the next 10 minutes. These can then be connected and quantified with original methods and concepts using Steidlmayer's Market Profile. The second half of the book looks at what is the correct time frame to be trading, what is the dominant time frame, and when must a trend move up a time frame to continue or die. This helps traders identify the beginnings of new trends when in their infancy, in time frames as low as 5 minutes, and how to ride the trend to its conclusion many months later.
Various trade sequences are explained in depth and show how Market Profile with step theory allows for short-term counter trend trades to be made whilst maintaining a core position with the trend. Finally, the book looks at the various methods around Peak steps, which provides new concepts of swing theory, trailing stops, when trend corrections are due, and when the trend is strong, needs to correct, but will restart. The reader will learn new methods of quantifying swing patterns by connecting it with time, range and volume. A CD comes with the book to provide an easy guide to all the graphics, and allows for the reader's own notes and library to be built to aid their trading education.
This creates a true measure of momentum, and allows for fixed reference points that understand normal and unusual behaviour in multiple time frames at the same time. This means the trader no longer has to wait for the current bar to finish before he can implement trades, as many of the studies reference the opening price, and not the close, unlike many established momentum-based concepts. New studies such as Oasis Volatility Time Bands, Range Deviation Pivots, Time Average Bands and Trade Flow provide short-term day trading opportunities, giving exact support and resistances as low as the next 10 minutes. These can then be connected and quantified with original methods and concepts using Steidlmayer's Market Profile. The second half of the book looks at what is the correct time frame to be trading, what is the dominant time frame, and when must a trend move up a time frame to continue or die. This helps traders identify the beginnings of new trends when in their infancy, in time frames as low as 5 minutes, and how to ride the trend to its conclusion many months later.
Various trade sequences are explained in depth and show how Market Profile with step theory allows for short-term counter trend trades to be made whilst maintaining a core position with the trend. Finally, the book looks at the various methods around Peak steps, which provides new concepts of swing theory, trailing stops, when trend corrections are due, and when the trend is strong, needs to correct, but will restart. The reader will learn new methods of quantifying swing patterns by connecting it with time, range and volume. A CD comes with the book to provide an easy guide to all the graphics, and allows for the reader's own notes and library to be built to aid their trading education.
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At the age of 16 Shaun Downey started working for Rudolf Wolff commodity brokers. This was in 1979 - when volatility was high. He spent six years there mainly involved in the soft commodity and metals markets. His last two years were spent broking the new Nymex oil markets; before switching to FX, making markets and trading in spot and forwards. He then spent two years at Fulton Prebon trading T-Bonds, before moving to Australia to trade stock options and convertible note arbitrage. After the 1987 crash he returned to London where, after spells as a plumber and private detective, he returned to the market with Reuters, being involved in design and support of Globex, technical analysis and option products. For the last 15 years he has been with CQG as their technical analyst and head of customer support for Europe and Asia. In that time he has given one-to-one tuition and seminars on technical analysis to institutions worldwide. He has also had the opportunity to test many studies and develop his own methods of technical analysis. Recently he has been a director of Oasis Research, which provides consultancy, education and technical based commentaries to the professional market. He also provides an FX commentary to EBS - the largest exchange for spot FX, which trades over $125bn per day.