Volatility-Based Technical Analysis: Strategies for Trading the Invisible

Preface. Intended Audience. What's Inside? Acknowledgments. Part One Are You Prepared? Chapter 1 The Challenges. The Brain Power. The Horse Power. Options and VaR Ascendancy. Rain Clouds or Urine? News Folly. Eyes on the Goal. Chapter 2 The Opportunities. Choose Your Battles. Take the Offensive. Prepare and Perform. Quiet the Noise. Opportunities Outnumber Challenges. Chapter 3 The Foundation: Preparations for Exploring Volatility-Based Technical Analysis. The Preparations Needed. Trading the Invisible Indicators: Original Development. Tenets of Volatility-Based Technical Analysis. Component Testing. MetaSwing QuickStart. Discover by Doing. Part Two Seeing the Invisible. Chapter 4 New Volatility Indicator Design. Volatility Unmasked. Standard Deviation. Example: Volatility-Based Support and Resistance. Average True Range. Molding a Volatility-Based Indicator. The Whole Picture. Building Blocks. Chapter 5 Integrated Volatility Indicator Design. Volatility Pointed Forward. Projected Implied Volatility. More from the Math Toolbox. Using Tools to Leverage TTI ATR Extreme. Development Efficiency. Inventing Wheels: You're Not Alone. Onward. Chapter 6 The Framework: A Structural Approach for Cross-Verification. Adopting a Structure. Think and See Volatility. The Framework Components. Constructing a Compound Derivative. The Framework. Going Forward. Chapter 7 Traditional Technical Analysis: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why. Line Studies. Chart Patterns. Oscillators. Choose the Best. Part Three Trading the Invisible. Chapter 8 Bull Bear Phase Prediction: The Intermediate and Short Term Market Swing. Why Swing With the Market? Intermediate-Term Market Direction. Short-Term Market Swing. Seek the Advantage. Chapter 9 Trading the Short-Term Reversal with Volatility-Based Technical Analysis - The Adeo. The Adeo Point. The Adeo Trend Rally. The Meandering Adeo. The Adeo Short. Adeo and FOREX. The Fractal Adeo. Open Your Can of Spinach. Chapter 10 Trading the Trend With the 1-2-3. Rectangles Everywhere. The Traditional Approach. The 1-2-3 Construct. The Daily 1-2-3. The Weekly 1-2-3. The 1-2-3: Inside and Outside. As Simple as 1-2-3. Chapter 11 Hidden Momentum with Adeo High Slope. We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties, Please Stand By. Momentum Hide and Go Seek. Momentum Found. The Quick and the Broke. Chapter 12 Designing the Exit. The Objective: Optimize the Profit Target. Using Time Slicing to Understand Your Time Frame. First-Grade Arithmetic. Exit Tactics. Achieving the Objective. Chapter 13 Correction and Surge: An Early Warning System. Market Breadth. The Correction Event. The Surge Event. The Best Free Advice. Chapter 14 Trading System Design: Detecting the Invisible. Seeing Through the Fog of War. Nail It Down: Recognize the Specifics. The Importance of Believing. System Design Structure. System Design Tactics. Ask the Questions and Use the Advantages. Appendix A: TradeStation Examples and EasyLanguage Code. Average True Range. The TTI ATR Extreme. The TTI Stochastic Extreme. The TTI Fabric LR. The TTI Trend Strength. The TTI RSIV. The TTI Composite. The Relative Exit. Correction and Surge. MetaSwing for TradeStation. Appendix B: The PIV Options Advantages: Using Projected Implied Volatility to Trade the Butterfly, Coondor, Strangle, and Straddle. Appendix C: About the Companion Website. Notes. About the Author. A Special Offer from MetaStock Index.