Includes bibliographical references (p. 611-636) and index.

Kirkpatrick (business administration, Fort Lewis College), an award-winning practitioner and researcher and Dahlquist (finance, U. of Texas at San Antonio), an accomplished presenter and journal reviewer, give comprehensive coverage to theory as well as practice. They include the basic principle of the trend, the history of technical analysis and its controversies, and move to markets and market indicators (Dow theory, sentiment, measuring market strength, temporal patterns and cycles, flow of funds) trend analysis (chart construction, breakouts, stops, retracements, moving averages) chart pattern analysis (patterns in bar charts, point-and-figure charts, short term patterns), trend confirmation, other technical methods and rules (cycles, the Elliot wave theory, the Fibonacci sequence), selection, and system testing and management, Each chapter includes review questions and summaries and appendices include material on basic statistics, types of orders and trader terminology. This can serve as a text for full-length courses for the Chartered Market Technician designation and the SEC Series 86 exams.