Volatility-Based Technical Analysis: Strategies for Trading the Invisible

Name: Volatility-Based Technical Analysis: Strategies for Trading the Invisible
Rating: 4.333333492279053 (3 reviews)

Kirk Northington

Aug 2009 · John Wiley & Sons

4.3

3 reviews

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480

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A framework for creating volatility-based technical analysis and trading it for profit

Volatility-Based Technical Analysis bridges the advantage gap between resource rich institutions and individual traders. It is a no-calculus, plain-English text that reveals original, highly technical, mathematical-based volatility indicators, complete with MetaStock® and TradeStation® code. With this in hand, any trader can "trade the invisible" by seeing a hidden mathematical structure on the price chart. Author Kirk Northington reveals his proprietary volatility indicators that serve as a market early warning system. Northington extensively teaches you how to build your own indicators, test them, and incorporate your original components into your specific trading methods.

Walks traders through the mathematical techniques needed to create indicators that fit their own style
Illustrates volatility-based entries and exits with over 170 descriptive chart examples
Introduces two new concepts in technical analysis: Volatility Shift and PIV

Written with the serious trader in mind, Volatility-Based Technical Analysis has what you need to successfully trade today's institutionally dominated markets.

Ratings and reviews

4.3

3 reviews

A Google user

April 5, 2010

This book is largely about “illuminating the invisible and exploiting it with volatility measurement”. What does that mean? Simply the book provides a framework as well as vehicles ( in the form of Metastock / Tradestation code and the Metaswing complete add in) for identifying momentum, support, resistance, overbought / oversold as well as trend detection through volatility (how far the price is likely to vary from its current position). The book explains well, why certain framework tools are used and in my experience, predicts entries and exits in stocks, earlier and with greater effect than many traditional tools. This book certainly inspired and coached me to create my own trading system from which, I now live from the profits. I highly recommend this book to beginners and intermediates entering technical analysis in stocks. Understanding and trading volatility is certainly key to markets today and moving forward. This book will help you understand and trade volatility and may also inspire you to create your own trading system.

About the author

KIRK NORTHINGTON is the President of Northington Trading, LLC, a developer of technical analysis systems based on adaptive volatility for swing trading. The company's flagship software product, MetaSwing, is an add-on toolkit for users of MetaStock technical analysis software. In addition to system design, Northington Trading trades stocks on the NYSE and NASDAQ exchanges. Kirk has previously held positions in several Fortune 500 companies, with experience in engineering, digital control system design, and project management.

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