Forex Shockwave Analysis

Overview

More than $2 trillion is traded in the foreign exchange every day, and many experts believe this figure will double in the next five years. Fortunately for spot currency traders, the high-volume periods in this market are predictably moved by information released from government and informational agencies, typically on Wednesdays and Fridays at 8:30 a.m. Knowing this gives the Forex trader tremendous analytical advantage, and in Forex Shockwave Analysis, veteran online spot currency trader James Bickford offers reliable techniques and know-how to capitalize on the violent disruptions that happen at these times.

When a severe breakout up or down occurs in an otherwise well-behaved time series, it's called a shockwave, and Forex Shockwave Analysis offers unprecedented focus on identifying, analyzing, and categorizing this unique pattern in the foreign exchange market. It not only helps independent investors isolate and recognize recurring shockwave personality traits, but it also gives insight into the reactive phase immediately following the shockwave. Fundamental analysis is covered to provide complete coverage, but playing this market's action can be most highly profitable when the streaming data available today is used to reveal critical properties and characteristics about the underlying currency pair. This book equips you with the four most important methods of technical analysis:

• Pattern recognition
• Econometric models
• Crossover trading systems
• Wave theory

Forex Shockwave Analysis is packed with practical information for mastering shockwave trading, including a refined minimum reversal algorithm that converts raw security data (OHLC quotes) to swing data, numerous charts and diagnoses based on activity, range, and interaction, as well as fifteen case studies demonstrating how covered material works in the real world. This highly visual book is also outstandingly designed to serve as a computer-side reference that equips you with eleven appendices filled with all the tools you need to gain a distinct advantage while working online in your currency trading platform.

Shockwaves occur over the course of a few minutes, and with Forex Shockwave Analysis, you can effectively profit off them for a lifetime.

Biographical note

James L. Bickford began trading in commodity futures in the early 1980s. Since 2001, he has solely traded spot currency pairs via online Forex dealers. He's the author of numerous books, including Forex Wave Theory (McGraw-Hill 2007).

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Stay ahead of the shockwave

In Forex Shockwave Analysis, author James Bickford applies his mathematical and statistical expertise to a highly unique behavioral pattern in the foreign exchange market-shockwaves. These disruptions last only a few minutes, but the predictability of their occurrence offers informed traders a powerful analytical advantage for profit. Like clockwork, the release of information from such bodies as the Federal Reserve, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Census Bureau, cause violent outbreaks in otherwise well-behaved time series. Accurately predicting which way these spikes will run is the key to impressive earnings in the spot currency market.

Forex Shockwave Analysis is unmatched as both a comprehensive learning tool and a computer-side resource to use with any online trading platform by providing traders with such valuable features as:
Reliable strategies for identifying, analyzing, and categorizing shockwaves in the Forex
Coverage of the most significant forms of technical analysis
Eleven robust appendices packed with analytical and trading tools
A powerful algorithm for converting raw security data into swing data
Insight into the reactive phase following a shockwave
Fifteen real-world case studies
Definitions of critical terms