Timing Solutions for Swing Traders
Successful Trading Using Technical Analysis and Financial Astrology
Wiley Trading Series

Timing Solutions for Swing Traders: Successful Trading Using Technical Analysis and Financial Astrology is a remarkable new book that introduces a revolutionary approach to non-day trading that combines the four basic dimensions of trend analysis?price patterns, volume, price momentum, and price moving averages?with a little financial astrology. Focusing on the essentials of technical analysis, the book is filled with examples of reliable indicators and formulas that traders can use to help develop their own styles of trading, specially tailored to their individual needs and interests.

Filled with real-life market examples to help you understand how to use the matrix of moving averages, how to apply different sets of time frame moving averages to form a trading decision, and how to determine the intermediate state of the market using the Queuing Theory (QMAC)?which dissects the interplay of long-term moving averages and helps anticipate major support and resistance levels?this book is packed with the information you need to maximize your trading potential.

• A dedicated trading guide for non-day traders
• Incorporates examples and formulas to bring ideas to life
• Presents an innovative new approach to trading that draws on the four core dimensions?price patterns, volume, price momentum, and price moving averages?for analyzing trends

Innovative and practical, Timing Solutions for Swing Traders is a hands-on guide to applying a remarkable new approach to trading.

Foreword by Ananda Bhaumik ix

Preface xi

Disclaimer xiv

CHAPTER 1 Be Prepared 1

Fundamental and Technical Analysis 2

Conclusion 8

CHAPTER 2 Let’s Get Started 9

Patterns 10

Volume 12

Price Momentum 13

Price and Moving Averages 14

Combining the Four Dimensions 17

Beyond Technical Analysis 18

Financial Astrology 18

Keeping Count 24

Conclusion 26

CHAPTER 3 Essential Patterns 29

Open 30

High 30

Low 31

Close 32

Candlestick Patterns 32

Divergence Patterns 35

Diagonal Patterns 38

Patterns Continued 40

“M” and “W” Patterns 41

Head and Shoulders Patterns 42

Rectangle Patterns 45

Saucer Patterns 47

AB=CD Patterns 48

Gaps 51

Conclusion 54

CHAPTER 4 Elliott Waves 55

Wave 1 56

Wave 2 58

Wave 3 58

Wave 4 59

Wave 5 59

Extended Waves 59

Three-Wave Structures 60

Corrective 3-3-5 Patterns 63

Corrective 5-3-5 Patterns 66

Rule of Alternation 71

Fibonacci Retracement and Projection 71

Application of Elliott Wave Analysis 75

Conclusion 77

Appendix: Ratios and Wave Relationship 80

CHAPTER 5 Volume 81

Basic Volume Plots 82

Reading Volume 83

Money-Flow Indicator 86

Deciphering Trend with Volume 87

Conclusion 88

CHAPTER 6 Key Indicators91

Momentum Oscillator 93

Queuing Theory of Moving Average Crossovers (QMAC) 96

MACD 105

Average Direction Index 107

Protective Stops 108

Conclusion 109

CHAPTER 7 Applied Systems 113

Catching That Trend 114

Built-In Color Trend Indicator 115

Supporting Moving Averages 117

Trade on Daily Signals 120

Trading with Ichimoku 126

Conclusion 128

CHAPTER 8 Formulating Your Trading Plan 131

Determining Your Time Frame 131

Selecting Stocks 132

Risk Management 133

Determine Entry Points 133

Determine Exit Strategies 134

Reality Check 134

CHAPTER 9 Financial Astrology 137

Using Lunar Cycles in Trading 137

How to Pick Winning Stocks 141

Choosing the Best Periods for Trading 151

Market Projection 163

Conclusion 169

APPENDIX 1 Ruling Planets of the Natural Horoscope 171

APPENDIX 2 Effects of Various Aspects 173

APPENDIX 3 Characteristics of the Twelve Zodiac Signs 175

APPENDIX 4 Formulas in MetaStock Format 177

Momentum Timing Oscillator as Used in Figure 2.3 177

Volume Zone Oscillator as Referred to in Figure 2.10 and Figure 5.8 178

Volume Ratio Compressed Indicator as Referred to in Figure 5.3 178

Moving Average Line with Upper and Lower Mirror Lines as Referred to in Figure 7.8 179

Mid-Term Period Moving Average Lines as R eferred to in Figure 2.5 179

Glossary 181

Astrological Terms 183

Bibliography 185

Suggested Reading 185

Astrological Books 185

Charting Software Programs 186

Astrology Software Programs 186

Financial Astrology Software Programs 186

Other Resources 186

About the Authors 187

Index 189

ROBERT T.H. LEE has over fifty years of experience in the financial industry and over thirty-five years of experience in securities and investment banking. Currently, he is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holdings Corp., a publicly listed company on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. Lee is also a Senior Business Consultant of Henny Wee & Co, Certified Public Accountants, Hong Kong, in corporate governance, mergers, and acquisitions. He is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, London, a member of The Hong Kong Institute of Bankers, and a member of the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute.

PETER A. TRYDE joined Merrill Lynch, Hong Kong, in 1981 and has spent over twenty years in the investment industry, becoming a securities and futures senior dealing director. In recent years, he has been engaged in the raising of capital for various "green" projects, as well as trading the markets based on the advanced neural network projection features of Timing Solution software program. His interest in astrology arose because a senior colleague used these forecasts in his trading back in the nineties and since then Tryde has been studying astro-harmonics with the main focus on how planetary cycles correlate with the trends in the financial and commodities markets.