ISBN: 978-0-470-11873-3
Hardcover
386 pages
June 2008

Wiley List Price:

US $70.00

The “decimalization” of financial markets, has killed market visibility and, some believe, encouraged price manipulation. The only way investors and traders can now avoid becoming victims of insiders and manipulators is to use techniques that detect their moves. In Value in Time, Pascal Willain provides breakthrough new technical analysis tools that show you how to see through market manipulations and become a better, smarter trader. This unique guide contains insights that will take your trading to the next level.

Foreword.
Acknowledgments.

Introduction: Revolution is at Your Doorstep.

Part One. The Set of Tools that Will Change Technical Analysis.

Chapter 1. Effective Volume: An Open Window into the Market.

Traders Get a Secret New Tool: A Brief Introduction to the Trading Mechanisms and the Market Players.

Volume That Moves the Markets.

Effective Volume.

Practical Examples of Effective Volume Calculations.

Technical Section: How to Calculate the Separation Volume.

Improve Your Trading: Decide on the Big Picture.

A Comparison with Traditional Tools.

What We Learned Regarding Effective Volume.

Chapter 2. Price and Value: The Active Boundaries Indicator .

Buy Low.

Traditional Measure of “Cheap”.

Why Do Trends Exist?

Grandmothers Are Always Right!

For Math Lovers: How to Calculate the Active Boundaries.

What We Learned Regarding Active Boundaries.

Chapter 3. When Volume Diverges from Price.

Effective Volume: Two Arrows from One Bow.

Price and Effective Volume Trends.

Price-Volume Divergence Analysis.

Examples of Divergence Analysis.

How to Set the Optimal Analysis Window.

Empty Trading Minutes.

What We Learned Regarding Divergence Analysis.

Chapter 4. Supply and Demand: The Key to Trading.

Supply/Demand Equilibrium.

Funds' Strategies.

Funds and Market Manipulation.

What We Learned Regarding the Supply Analysis.

Part Two: Trading Strategies.

Chapter 5: Performance: The Risk/Return Balance.

The Trading Strategy.

Optimizing Profits.

Minimizing Risks.

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance: The Sharpe and Burke Ratios.

What We Learned in This Chapter.

Chapter 6. Automated Trading Systems.

Production of Trading Signals.

Trading Strategies.

What We Learned in This Chapter.

Part Three: The Bonus Section.

Chapter 7. The Market Is a Two-Way Street: Shorting Strategies.

The Short Sale “Tick Test” Rule.

How to Use This Book's Tools for Short-Trading.

What We Learned in This Chapter.

Chapter 8. Market and Sector Analysis.

When Is the Market Becoming Expensive?

Sector Analysis.

What We Learned in This Chapter.

Conclusion.

Data Providers.

Sources.

About the Author.

Index.

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Author Infomation:

Pascal Willain is a Belgian entrepreneur with a background in mathematics and software engineering. He was a featured trader in Dr. Alexander Elder's book, Entries & Exits, also published by Wiley. You can visit the author at www.willain.com.