MIDAS technical analysis a VWAP approach to trading and investing in today's markets
Larry Williams, private trader, author "Coles and Hawkins have masterfully combined the 'art and science of Technical Analysis' into a well-illustrated and comprehensive tome encompassing the MIDAS method. They have captured the essence of Paul Levine's MIDAS Technical Analysis m...
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| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, N.J.
Bloomberg Press
2011
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- The Basic Behavior of the MIDAS Support/Resistance CurvesEquivolume 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
- MIDASTECHNICALANALYSIS; 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
- Part Two: The Engineering Aspect of TB-F CurvesSummary; 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
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-432) and index
- PART III: THE LONGER-TERM HORIZON, OTHER VOLUME INDICATORS, AND BROADER PERSPECTIVESCHAPTER 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
- Special Starting Points-The Highest R and the Lowest SSummary; 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