Technical Analyst's 2013 Book of the Year and Trader Planet's 1st Place STAR Award! In the continual pursuit for higher profits, investors and traders alike often assume significantly higher risks while chasing the next hot opportunity. Other more sophisticated investors attempt to employ complicated indicators while not fully understanding the information the indicator was designed to reveal. On the other hand, savvy investors employ analysis to gauge the market, positioning themselves to potentially earn higher profits with significantly less risk. Volume analysis attempts to delve deep inside the market trends to help identify shifts within the markets. Investing with Volume Analysis: Identify, Follow, and Profit from Trendspresents an enlightened perspective on the role of volume, not only in pragmatic terms but also in terms of apprehending the underlying rationale of how and why. Award-winning technical analyst Buff Pelz Dormeier teaches state-of-the-art methods for analyzing the relationship of volume to price movements and the evolution of market trends
Introduction 1 Chapter 1: Two Perspectives of Market Analysis 5 Chapter 2: The History of Technical Analysis 12 Chapter 3: Price Analysis 27 Chapter 4: Volume Analysis 32 Chapter 5: Volume: The Force of the Market 39 Chapter 6: How to Read the Market Like a Book 53 Chapter 7: Volume in Trends 73 Chapter 8: Volume in Patterns 93 Chapter 9: Measuring Volume Information 112 Chapter 10: Pure Volume Indicators 118 Chapter 11: Interday Volume Accumulation Indicators 127 Chapter 12: Intraday Volume Accumulation Oscillators 132 Chapter 13: Price Range Volume Indicators 140 Chapter 14: Price Accumulation Based on Volume Indicators 147 Chapter 15: Tick-Based Volume Indicators 151 Chapter 16: Volume-Weighted Price Indicators 157 Chapter 17: The Volume Price Confirmation Indicator 182 Chapter 18: A Compendium of Breadth Indicators 209 Chapter 19: Buff Up Your Volume: Introducing Capital Weighted Volume 226 Chapter 20: Risky Business 241 Chapter 21 Putting It All Together: Volume-Dictated Strategies 259 Chapter 22: Modern Day Volume Issues 281 Bibliography 306