Chart Technicians’ Manual (1934) by Owen Taylor

$150.00

A thorough and detailed overview of Technical Analysis circa 1934 by Owen Taylor.

In stock

Description

Chart Technicians’ Manual (1934) by Owen Taylor

Alanpuri Trading, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A., 2013. Reprint, Softcover, (Originally self-published by Owen Taylor in 1934), 248 pp., An exact facsimile of the Original 1934 Edition, publisher has added a table of contents not present in the original. Extremely Rare Content.

Contents: CHAPTER I: What are Line Charts?, A Simple Method, Widely Used, Applicable to Many Fields, Sound Technic Essential, Types of Charts CHAPTER II: Stock Price Charts, Arithmetic Charts, Logarithmic Charts, Square Root Charts, Time Interval Factors, Price Interval Factors, The Use of Vertical Line Charts, How to Make Charts, Arithmetic Recommended, Materials, High-Low-Close, Charting Volume, CHAPTER III: Terminology, Main Trend, Intermediate Cycle, Intermediate Trend, Secondary Correction, Trend Lines, Trend Channel, Bull Trend, Bear Trend, Rally, Reaction, Line Move, Resistance Point, Trading Range, Accumulation, Shake-Out, Mark-Up, Distribution, Swing Trade, Gaps, Blow-Off – Climax, Congestion Area, Consolidation Area, Technical Condition – Technical Position, Composite-Average-Index, Average, Index, Oscillator, CHAPTER IV: The Technical Approach, The Active Trader, The Daily Swings, Trading Range Trading, Intermediate Swing Trading, The Investor, Investment Components, Long Pull Positions, An Important Principle, CHAPTER V: What Constitutes the Securities Market?, Functions of the Market, Market Affords Easy Convertibility, The Function of Appraisal, The Mechanics of the Market, The Commodity Markets, The Causes of Market Movements, Intermediate Trends and Minor Swings, What Makes the Market Move?, How Does the Market Move?, Why Does the Market Move?, CHAPTER VI: The Composites, Illustration of the Method Involved in Creating A Composite, The Index, The Standard Stock Price Indexes, Make Up, The Formulae – Base Weighted Aggregates, Weighting, Base Value, Base Year, Stock Dividends and Split-Ups, Rights to Common Stock, Changes in the Standard Stock Price Indexes, Peculiarities of the Standard Stock Price Index, Conclusion, CHAPTER VII: The Use of Composites for Main Trend Analysis, What to Chart, Guides to the Main Trend, The Dow Theory, Dow’s Original Principles, Study Past Action, Dow Signals, The Line, Main Trend Reversals, Trend Lines, The Trend Channel, Parallel Trend Lines, Fringe Zones, Bull Trends, Bear Trends, The Intermediate Cycle, The First Cycle in a Bull Market, Bull Continuation Cycles, The Final Bull Market Intermediate Cycle, Bear Market Cycles, Trend Outline Technic, Making Trend Outline Charts, What Trend Outline Charts to Chart, Judging the Trend, , CHAPTER VIII: Moving Averages – Trend Gauges, Basic Principles, The Law of Probability, The Method of Least Squares, Example of Moving Average, Price Movements and the Law of Probability, Supply Versus Demand, Selecting the Time Factor, Illustrating the Theory, Probability and the Major Movements, Limiting the Problem, Selecting the Base Data, Compiling the Base Data, Practical Applications, Determining the Longer Movements, How to Prepare Base Data, The Seven Week Probability Curve, The Ten Week Probability Curve, Comparing the Curves, Standard Statistics 90 Stock Index, A Seven Years’ Record, Adjusting the Curves, Testing the Curves, Short Curves on the Market, Probability and the Daily Market, Probability and the Individual Issue, CHAPTER IX: Compar-O-Graphs, CHAPTER X: Market Logs, CHAPTER XI: CHAPTER XII: Theoretical Approach, CHAPTER XIII: Vertical Line Chart Diagnosis, CHAPTER XIV: Progression, CHAPTER XV: Distribution — 248 pages. EXTREMELY SCARCE and IMPORTANT TITLE on Technical Analysis by Point and Figure Pioneer Owen Taylor, Highly Collectible.

Chart Technicians’ Manual (1934) by Owen Taylor