Index
numerically based, 236, 238, 249–250, 263–265
static and dynamic, 239–240
Overlay to overlay indicator divergence, 346–349
Over-reaction, 310–311
Oversold, 21, 186, 193, 202. See also OBOS
overextended levels
Parabolic SAR indicator, 240
Pattern/sequence-based entries, 149
Peak and trough analysis, 126–127, 269–275
Pending order analytics, 787–788
Pennant formations, 525–527
Percent B indicator, 479–480
Percentage risk, 886
Percentage volume oscillator (PVO), 179
Perpetual contracts, 97
Phase-related volume action, 112–115
Phi, 359
Piercing line, 549, 574–575
Pin bars, 227–228
Pivot points, 263–265, 397–400
PLdot line, 169
POC. See Point of control (POC)
Point and figure charts, 76
Point of control (POC), 656, 669
Point of entry determination, 25–28
Point-and-figure charts, 77, 589–625
annotating time in, 596
basic chart patterns, 600–619
box reversals, 593–595, 597
box scaling, 599–600
box sizes, 592–593, 597–598
broadening formations, 612–615
bullish and bearish catapults, 611–612, 613
bullish and bearish fulcrum formation, 616
bullish and bearish triangles, 607–611
bullish percent index, 623–624
bullish support and bearish resistance lines, 615,
616
continuations and reversals, 593
double tops and bottoms, 600–602
filtering, 597–599
high pole/extended column warning, 616–617, 619
horizontal counts, 620–621
minimum price objectives, 620–623
moving averages and bollinger bands, 619, 620
price sensitivity, 597
relative strength analysis, 624
reversal of bullish and bearish signals, 615–616,
617
rising double tops and declining double bottoms,
602–603
stoploss placement, 617–618
triple tops and bottoms, 603–607
unit moves, 591–592
vertical counts, 621–622
volume by time vs. volume by price, 590
Popular markets and derivatives, 42
Positional risk, 886
Positive feedback loops, 814–815
Positive roll yields, 92
Prechter, Robert, 673–674, 679, 684
Predominant trend, 148, 400, 549, 608
Price averaging, 629–633
Price barriers:
moving averages as, 460–462
strength and reliability of, 187–188
Price bars. See Bar charts
Price channels, 486–491
disadvantages of, 487
lookback period, 489–490
and multicolinearity, 490–491
Price clusters. See Clusters
Price confirmation, 273
in candlesticks, 556–558
degree of, in slope divergence, 288–290
in divergence analysis, 273–275, 323–337
Price containment, 466–493. See also Bands;
Envelopes
adjusting bands for, 475–477
bullish vs. bearish sentiment, 467
central value, 468–469
functions of bands and envelopes, 465–467
gauging volatility, 467–468
methods of, 477–492
price channels, 486–491
and volatility about a central value, 465–475
Price cycles, 714–718. See also Cycle analysis
Price envelopes. See Envelopes
Price exhaustion, 143, 166, 226
Price expansions, 364–367, 412–414
Price extensions, 364
Price filters, 501. See also Filters
Price gaps, 539–540. See also Gaps
Price objectives, 840–841
Price oscillators, 730–731. See also Oscillators
Price persistence, 135
Price projections, 367–368
Price quantization, 67–70
Price spikes, 227
Price to market breadth divergence, 352–354
Price to moving average divergence, 346
Price to net commercial divergence, 343–344
Price to overlay indicator divergence, 346–349
Price to price divergence, 338–345
Price to seasonal divergence, 344
Price to volume and open interest divergence,
349–350
Price-based filters, 144–145
Price-based indicators, 783
Price-based volume oscillators, 178–180
Price-oscillator agreements, 870–872
Price-oscillator divergence, 246–247
Pricing in information, 46–47
Primary bear market, 48, 52, 103
Primary bull market, 48, 53, 62, 103