How to Use This Study Guide 1 1 The Definition and Interaction of Trends 3 2 Financial Markets and the Business Cycle 9 3 Dow Theory 15 4 Typical Parameters for Intermediate Trends 21 5 How to Identify Support and Resistance Zones 27 6 Trendlines 33 7 Basic Characteristics of Volume 41 8 Classic Price Patterns 49 9 Smaller Price Patterns and Gaps 59 10 One- and Two-Bar Price Patterns 65 11 Moving Averages 71 12 Envelopes and Bollinger Bands 77 13 Momentum I: Basic Principles 83 14 Momentum II: Individual Indicators 91 15 Momentum III: Individual Indicators 97 16 Candlestick Charting 107 17 Point and Figure Charting 115 18 Miscellaneous Techniques for Determining Trends 119 19 The Concept of Relative Strength 127 21 Price: The Major Averages 133 22 Price: Sector Rotation 139 23 Time: Analyzing Secular Trends for Stocks,Bonds, and Commodities 145 24 Time: Cycles and Seasonal Patterns 151 25 Practical Identification of Cycles 157 26 Volume II: Volume Indicators 161 27 Market Breadth 169 28 Indicators and Relationships That Measure Confidence 175 29 The Importance of Sentiment 181 30 Integrating Contrary Opinion and Technical Analysis 187 31 Why Interest Rates Affect the Stock Market 193 32 Using Technical Analysis to Select Individual Stocks 197 33 Technical Analysis of International Stock Markets 203 34 Automated Trading Systems 209 Index 214.