Mastering the Stock Market
High Probability Market Timing and Stock Selection Tools
Published on 29. November 2012
304 pages
978-1-118-42054-6 (ISBN)
Description
Noted technical analyst John Person outlines a comprehensivemethod to pinpointing today's best trading opportunities
The economy and stock market are heavily influenced by seasonalfactors. For example, a strong holiday buying season tends to bebullish for retail stocks or rising energy costs hurt airlineprofitability. Awareness of seasonal trends in both the economy andstock market can put you in a better position to profit fromsectors and stocks that are likely to outperform the overallmarket. And technical tools can then be used to confirm emergingtrends and time entries into these stocks and sectors.
Mastering the Stock Market provides authoritativeinsights into a method for trading stocks based on seasonal trends,sector analysis, and market timing. Taking a top-down approach, thebook explains how seasonal supply/demand forces impact commoditiesand different sectors of the stock market. After learning how toidentify stock market sectors and commodity ETFs that are ripe fora big move, you'll quickly discover how to use technical analysisto gauge the strength of the sector or commodity and then identifythe strongest stocks and ETFs to trade. Along the way, you'll alsolearn how to use the author's own indicators, Persons Pivots, toidentify support/resistance areas and pinpoint optimal entry andexit points.
* Outlines a proven technical approach for trading stocks basedon seasonal trends, sector analysis, and market timing
* Breaks new ground in comparative relative strength, tradingvolume, breadth indicators, and utilizing pivot analysis inconjunction with options expiration days to identify tradingopportunities
* Written by noted technical analyst John L. Person
To successfully trade today's markets you need to use a provenapproach and have the discipline to effectively implement it.Mastering the Stock Market has what you need to achievethese goals and capture consistent profits along the way.
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JOHN L. PERSON is a thirty-two-year veteran of thetrading industry, having worked as a floor trader, broker, analyst,and founder of NationalFutures.com, an online education site. Hedeveloped the Person Pivots (PPS) and other technical indicatorsthat are on several companies' popular trading platforms, includingTD Ameritrade, TradeStation, Open E Cry, NinjaTrader, Tradesignal,and Trade Navigator. Person has taught thousands of tradersincluding members of the largest exchanges, and frequently speaksat industry conferences. He is the author of three nationally andinternationally popular trading books as well as three tradingcourses and a DVD seminar series. Person's latest book,Commodity Trader's Almanac, is the authoritative guide totrading the seasonal aspects of the commodity markets and thecorrelated ETFs and stocks of those markets.
Content
Foreword X
Introduction xi
Chapter 1: Stock Indexes and Sectors 1
Stock-Picking Quandary 4
Exchange-Traded Funds 6
The Options Market 14
Why Use Seasonal Analysis? 18
Chapter 2: Seasonal analysis 21
Pondering the Perks 25
Not All ETFs Are Measured Equally 30
Conclusion 58
Chapter 3: Sentiment analysis 59
The AAII Sentiment Survey 60
COT Data 61
Insider Trading Information 62
COT Data Components 63
Can Traders Benefi t and Make Money from This Information?64
How Can This Information Possibly Be of Any Help to Us? 68
Compelling Evidence 75
Conclusion: COT Option Strategy 76
Chapter 4: Comparative relative Strength 79
What Is It Used For? 79
Creating the Charts 80
Spread Terminology 87
Automating Signals 95
Comparing Market Performance 99
Conclusion 102
Chapter 5: Breadth Studies 105
Trend-Line Analysis 107
Bearish Divergence Signals 114
Bullish Convergence Signals 119
Support and Resistance 121
Indicators and Moving Averages 125
Conclusion 135
Chapter 6: Volume Analysis 137
Hindsight Is 20/20 145
Current Event Analysis 148
Individual Stocks 149
Bearish Divergence 152
Bullish Convergence 154
Selling Climax 155
Exhaustion Tops 156
Trading Patterns 157
Volume and High-Frequency Traders 161
Volume Weighted Average Price 162
Chapter 7: Patterns, Indicators, and Oscillators 165
Candlesticks 166
The Doji 168
Reversal Patterns 169
Continuation Patterns 180
Conclusion: Indicator 101 201
Chapter 8: Scanning for Profits 203
Scanning the Universe 204
Trade Navigator 204
High- and Low-Close Doji Scans 206
Daily Scan Signals 208
Tradestation 212
Conclusion 227
Chapter 9: Pivot Point Analysis 233
Stock Trader's Time Frame 238
Person's Pivots Calculations 248
Fibonacci Combined with Pivot Points 262
Summary 263
Chapter 10: P utting It All Together 265
Position Sizing, Trade Entry Techniques, Risk Management,
Trailing Stops, and Trade Management
Calculating Position Size 267
Profit Targets 269
Stock Replacement Option Strategy 271
Day-Trading Position Sizing 271
Average True Range 272
Twice Baked 275
Order Entry Using PPS 276
Snap-Back Technique 276
Order Types 277
Stop Selection 279
The Exit 281
Expectations 282
Discipline 282
About the Author 285
Index 287
