IndexBear market, 48, 49–52, 54
Bear rallies, 151
Bear setup, 301–303, 313
Bearish divergence, 292–306, 760
Bearish engulfing pattern, 563–564
Bearish harami, 566–567
Bearish resistance line, 155, 615
Behavioral analysis, 12. See also Investor psychology
Behavioral finance, 8, 496. See also Investor
psychology
Behavioral profile:
effects of high leverage on, 831–832
for entries and exits, 827–833
price and time of entry, 833
and stop losses, 834–835
Bias types, 817–823
Bid-ask spread, 85–89
Bid-based charts, 85–89
Bidirectional entries, 168
Blau, William, 285
Blow offs, 19, 103, 138, 183–184, 321, 342,
502, 822
Bollinger bands, 474, 478–483
Bollinger bandwidth, 479
Percent B indicator, 479–480
in point-and-figure charts, 619, 620
setups, 480–483
squeeze, 479
Bollinger bandwidth, 479
Bollinger bandwidth divergence, 347–349
Bottom reversals, 57, 149–150
Bottom-up investing approach, 5
Bounded vs. unbounded oscillators, 236–237,
241–242, 244
Box Reversals, 593–595
Breadth. See Market breadth
Breakaway gaps, 166
Breakout entries, 153, 471–474
Breakouts, 218–230
Broad market action, 759–760. See also Market
breadth
Broadening formations, 523, 524, 612–615. See also
Expanding triangles
Brokerages, 787, 791
Bull and bear flag formations, 523–525, 526
Bull and bear pennant formations, 525–527
Bull setups, 297–299
Bullish consensus, 790–791
Bullish divergence, 292–306, 760
reverse, 297–306
standard, 294–306
Bullish engulfing, 573–574
Bullish harami, 569–570
Bullish percent index, 623–624, 775, 776
Bullish support line, 74, 155, 615
Business cycles, 719
Buy limit orders, 147
Buy low, sell high principle, 2, 9–10
Buying the rumor, 31
Buystop orders, 147Candlestick formations, 74, 170, 541–588
bearish engulfing, 563–564
bearish harami, 566–567
bearish reversals, 558–568
bullish engulfing, 573–574
bullish harami, 569–570
bullish reversals, 569–575
color influence, 551–552
composite candlestick, 542–543
construction and classification of, 541–542
continuation patterns, 546, 575–578
correspondence with bar chart patterns, 547
cyclic barrier confluences, 584
dark cloud cover, 549, 560–561
dojis, 587
double patterns, 545
engulfing formations, 549
evening star, 565–566
FOREX candlesticks, 587
hammer, 549, 551, 570–571
hangman, 551, 587
Haramis, 225–226, 549, 551–552, 566–567
Heikin Ashi, 583–584
with Ichimoku overlays, 643
integrating with chart patterns, 578–579
integrating with cycle analysis, 579
integrating with Fibonacci retracements, 580, 582
integrating with Ichimoku Kinko Hyu analysis,
580, 581
integrating with moving averages, 583
integrating with oscillator analysis, 580, 581
integrating with support and resistance, 580
integrating with volume analysis, 582
internal proportions influence, 554–555
location influence, 553
Marubozu candlestick, 550–551
mulitple patterns, 546
piercing line, 549, 574–575
preceding price activity, 553
pre-entry conditions, 555
price action elements, 547–555
price confirmation in, 556–558
price-error analysis, 584–586
relative proportion influence, 553
reversal patterns, 546
rising three method, 575–576
sentiment bias influence, 547–549
shooting stars, 549, 551, 558–559, 586
single patterns, 545
size influence, 550–551
spinning tops and bottoms, 551
strengths and weaknesses, 543–545
three black crows, 568
three white soldiers, 571–572
timeframes/intervals, 542–544