- Charting the Markets
(Introduction and Bar Charts)
Lynn H. Lutgen, University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension, December 1991
Charting is a beginning in an effort to improve your skills in market analysis. It is
not difficult, but is relatively time-consuming. It forces the user to be more aware of
the markets.
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- Constructing Bar Charts
Kevin McNew, University of Maryland
One of the most basic pieces of information used in technical analysis is the bar
chart. Bar charts give you a seismograph to measure the hidden forces going on in a
market.
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- Determining Market
Trends
Lynn H. Lutgen, University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension, December 1991
It is important to draw in both long-term and short-term trend lines. Knowing the
direction prices are moving is one of the first steps in achieving a successful marketing
plan.
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- Elements of Technical
Analysis
Robin R. Riley and Lynn H. Lutgen, University of Nebraska Cooperative
Extension, December 1991
Volume and open interest are used to substantiate primary signals developed by
technical analysis. They help investors find clues to market movement and bolster the
chances of enhancing their financial position.
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- Looking
for Buy and Sell Signals from Charts
Lynn H. Lutgen, University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension, 1991
Discusses different kinds of technical signals analysts look for to determine market
direction. Major signals discussed are: key reversals, double and triple bottoms, head and
shoulders (top and bottom), and ascending and descending triangles.
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- Point-and-Figure
Analysis
Robin R. Riley and Lynn H. Lutgen, University of Nebraska Cooperative
Extension, December 1991
The point-and-figure chart is one kind of chart commonly used by people tracking
prices in the futures market.
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- Using
Moving Averages to Effectively Analyze Trends
Robin R. Riley and Lynn H. Lutgen, University of Nebraska Cooperative
Extension, December 1991
Technical analysts construct a moving average of price to provide a better market
timing indicator than the traditional straight-line method.
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- Using the RSI and
Other Oscillators to Analyze the Market
Robin R. Riley and Lynn H. Lutgen, University of Nebraska Cooperative
Extension, December 1991
Oscillators rarely are used alone as a market analysis tool. Each trader should
develop a personalized combination of marketing tools that may well include oscillators.
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