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Book Analyzing Stock Price Behavior in Stock Market

Download or read book Analyzing Stock Price Behavior in Stock Market written by Anusha Bardia and published by Ary Publisher. This book was released on 2023-06-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This critical analysis delves into the intricate dynamics of stock price behavior in the Indian stock market, with a specific emphasis on banking companies. By employing meticulous research and comprehensive data analysis, this study aims to uncover the underlying factors influencing the stock prices of banking companies in India. The analysis incorporates a wide range of quantitative and qualitative methodologies to gain a deeper understanding of the stock market behavior. It examines key variables such as market trends, economic indicators, regulatory policies, and financial performance metrics specific to the banking sector. By scrutinizing these factors, the study aims to identify patterns, correlations, and anomalies in stock price movements. Furthermore, this analysis emphasizes the significance of banking companies within the Indian stock market. Given their integral role in the economy, the performance and behavior of banking stocks can have profound implications for investors, financial institutions, and the overall market stability. By examining this sector, the analysis sheds light on the broader trends and characteristics of the Indian stock market as a whole. Overall, this critical analysis aims to provide valuable insights into the stock price behavior of banking companies in the Indian stock market. By critically evaluating the underlying factors and conducting a thorough examination, this study contributes to the understanding of the dynamics and trends within the banking sector, enabling investors and market participants to make informed decisions.

Book Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets

Download or read book Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets written by John J. Murphy and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John J. Murphy has updated his landmark bestseller Technical Analysis of the Futures Markets, to include all of the financial markets. This outstanding reference has already taught thousands of traders the concepts of technical analysis and their application in the futures and stock markets. Covering the latest developments in computer technology, technical tools, and indicators, the second edition features new material on candlestick charting, intermarket relationships, stocks and stock rotation, plus state-of-the-art examples and figures. From how to read charts to understanding indicators and the crucial role technical analysis plays in investing, readers gain a thorough and accessible overview of the field of technical analysis, with a special emphasis on futures markets. Revised and expanded for the demands of today's financial world, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in tracking and analyzing market behavior.

Book Fundamental Analysis  Behavioral Finance and Technical Analysis on the Stock Market

Download or read book Fundamental Analysis Behavioral Finance and Technical Analysis on the Stock Market written by Timo Schlichting and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2009-07-31 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diploma Thesis from the year 2008 in the subject Business economics - Investment and Finance, grade: 2,0, University of Applied Sciences Essen, language: English, abstract: Historically considered, fundamental and technical analyses have always competed, often leading to advocates that ideologically judge either a fundamental analysis or technical analysis to be the one and only analyzing concept. Behavioral finance is a relatively new scientific approach to explain psychological anomalies on the stock market, but is also more and more often considered to be able to compete with both fundamental and technical analyses. Still, do these analysis concepts really compete in practice or could they actually supplement each other with their respective strengths? Taking the turbulent stock market phases as well as these unanswered questions about fundamental analysis, behavioral finance and the technical analysis into consideration, this thesis ultimately pursues two general objectives: Firstly, fundamental analysis, behavioral finance and technical analysis should be scientifically examined in terms of their premises, analysis approaches, empirical evidences as well as strengths and weaknesses. Secondly, it should be examined as to whether the fundamental analysis, behavioral finance and technical analysis have theoretical and practical synthesis capabilities that could be used for developing a synthesis concept. The synthesis concept should combine the respective strengths and eliminate the respective weaknesses of each of the three analysis concepts. Fundamental analysis, behavioral finance and technical analysis are examined in detail. Empirical studies should prove if, and by which approaches, the analysis concept is able to predict future stock prices. In order to be able to develop a synthesis concept, each analysis concept is evaluated by a SWOT analysis, pursuing the objective of determining the respective strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the

Book Stock Analysis in the Twenty First Century and Beyond

Download or read book Stock Analysis in the Twenty First Century and Beyond written by Thomas E. Berghage and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-07-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stock Analysis in the Twenty-First Century and Beyond For years, financial analysts have struggled with the fact that practically all the financial measures used to analyze corporate performance lack predictive power when it comes to forecasting the market performance of the company’s stock. Numerous academic studies have documented and reported this lack of predictability. Correlation coefficients close to zero have been reported for the relationship between stock market performance and such critical financial measures as earnings growth, sales growth, price/earnings ratio, return on equity, intrinsic value (models based on discounted cash flow or dividends), and many more. It is this disconnect between traditional financial measures and the performance of stocks in the marketplace that has led to the now-famous efficient market hypothesis, the cornerstone of modern portfolio theory. To accept the idea that the future performance of stocks is unpredictable is to say that nothing a company does will affect the future performance of its stock in the market, and that is absurd. It would be more accurate to say that everything a company does will affect the future performance of its stock in the market. The problem with this statement is that it makes the forecasting of future stock performance so complex that it removes it from the realm of human solution. Confident in the belief that something other than chance and irrational investors determine future stock prices, several research groups around the world have started exploring the use of intelligent computer programs (programs that self-organize based on environmental feedback). Early results are very promising and have provided a glimpse of the economic forces described by Adam Smith as the invisible hand that guides economic activity. Stock Analysis in the Twenty-First Century and Beyond describes the stock analysis problem and explores one of the more successful efforts to harness the new intelligent computer technology. Many people mistakenly classify Artificially Intelligent (AI) computer systems as a form of quantitative analysis. There are two distinct differences between advanced AI systems and traditional quantitative analysis. They are (1) who makes up the selection rules and weighting and (2) what information is used to discriminate between good- and poor-performing securities. In most quantitative systems, even in an advanced expert system form, humans make up the investment rules and mathematically derive the weightings associated with the rules. Computer systems that depend on outside human intelligence to program their actions are not inherently intelligent. In advanced AI systems, the computer makes up its own rules and weightings. The computer learns from examples of good- and poor-performing stocks and determines its own ways for discriminating between them. The procedures that are derived by the computer are often so complex that they defy human understanding. In addition to making up its own rules, advanced AI systems look at corporate financial data differently. Just like in the human brain, where information is not stored in the brain cells but rather in the connections and relationships between cells, so too is corporate performance information stored in the relationships between financial numbers. Assessing the performance of companies is not so much in the numbers as it is in the connections between the numbers. Financial analysts recognized this early on and have used first-order relational information in the form of financial ratios for many years (price/book, debt/equity, current assets / current liabilities, price/earnings, etc.). Now with advanced AI systems, we are finally able to look at and evaluate high-order interrelationships in financial data that have been far too complex to analyze with less sophisticated systems. These then are the fundamental differences between what has been used in the past and what will be used in the future. Cdr. Thomas E. Berghage

Book A Random Walk Down Wall Street  The Time Tested Strategy for Successful Investing  Ninth Edition

Download or read book A Random Walk Down Wall Street The Time Tested Strategy for Successful Investing Ninth Edition written by Burton G. Malkiel and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2007-12-17 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated with a new chapter that draws on behavioral finance, the field that studies the psychology of investment decisions, the bestselling guide to investing evaluates the full range of financial opportunities.

Book Getting Started in Stock Analysis  Illustrated Edition

Download or read book Getting Started in Stock Analysis Illustrated Edition written by Michael Thomsett and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robust analysis shows a more complete picture of market behavior Getting Started in Stock Analysis is an exciting visual guide to both technical and fundamental analysis for the private investor. Rather than addressing the benefits of fundamental or technical analysis, author and trader Michael C. Thomsett draws upon three decades' experience in the stock market to demonstrate why traders need to employ both. Readers will learn how both methods are different aspects of the same cause and effect within the market, and how exploiting one method at the expense of the other results in an incomplete picture of the true market behavior. Coverage includes a full explanation of the range of indicators necessary to create a working system of analysis that anyone can perform on their own, helping long- and short-term investors alike improve selection and confirm investment decisions. Charts of actual listed companies demonstrate how these techniques are applied in a real trading environment. Investors and traders are constantly seeking the "magic bullet" for identifying profitable trades and timing both entry and exit. Since the 1940s, the average holding period has fallen from eight years to eight weeks - making fundamental and technical analysis more challenging. This book describes how combining these approaches can compensate for the modern market environment to produce a more accurate - and profitable - analysis. Choose better stocks and other securities Improve entry and exit while managing risk Develop more robust analysis skills Blend fundamental and technical analysis techniques The reduced cost of trading, ease of access via the Internet, and changes in the overall culture of the stock market have increased the pace and volume of trading more than ever before. In this environment, sharp analysis becomes ever more critical. Getting Started in Stock Analysis is the visual guide to more confident investing.

Book Wealth Forever  The Analytics Of Stock Markets

Download or read book Wealth Forever The Analytics Of Stock Markets written by Sarkis J Khoury and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2003-09-11 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first of its kind in providing, simultaneously and comprehensively, historical, institutional and theoretical foundations for developments in the stock market. It debunks many a myth about stock price behavior and the valuation of stocks. The traditional valuation models are tested and shown to be often weak and unreliable, especially when applied to the valuation of technology stocks. New paradigms are suggested.The authors seek to answer many questions about the stock market: Why invest in stocks, how to invest in stocks, how to value stocks, how to change the risk profile of portfolios, how to analyze the results of stock investing, and how to minimize estate taxes and maximize control, even after death.All aspects of the stock market are covered, including the basic tools that will enable the reader to understand the stock market basics, the history of stock market performance in the US and overseas, the various ways to value stocks and to assess their risk, and the various methods that have been proposed to capitalize on the inefficiencies of the stock market, be they temporary or permanent. The book also deals with the derivative markets for stocks.

Book 501 Stock Market Tips and Guidelines

Download or read book 501 Stock Market Tips and Guidelines written by Arshad Khan and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-06-12 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains 501 stock market lessons, guidelines and tips, which are grouped by various topics such as buying, selling, planning and research, picking winning characteristics, company analysis, valuation, price/earnings ratio, price performance, market behavior, technical analysis, monitoring the economy, miscellaneous tips and common mistakes to avoid. Novice as well as experienced investors will find this book useful, which is easy to read and follow because each tip is short, to the point, and grouped together with other tips that address the same topic. Therefore, an investor desirous of looking up tips on a specific subject, such as market behavior, will be able to find them in one place-in one chapter. The tips in this book provide a high level, summarized, overview. Therefore, it is ideally suited for refreshing the basic principles and rules of stock market investing. Hence, investors who desire to gain an in-depth knowledge of stock market investing are referred to the author's previously published book, "Stock investing for everyone: Tools for investing like the pros".

Book Fundamental Analysis  Behavioral Finance and Technical Analysis on the Stock Market

Download or read book Fundamental Analysis Behavioral Finance and Technical Analysis on the Stock Market written by Timo Schlichting and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2009-07-20 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diploma Thesis from the year 2008 in the subject Business economics - Investment and Finance, grade: 2,0, University of Applied Sciences Essen, language: English, abstract: Historically considered, fundamental and technical analyses have always competed, often leading to advocates that ideologically judge either a fundamental analysis or technical analysis to be the one and only analyzing concept. Behavioral finance is a relatively new scientific approach to explain psychological anomalies on the stock market, but is also more and more often considered to be able to compete with both fundamental and technical analyses. Still, do these analysis concepts really compete in practice or could they actually supplement each other with their respective strengths? Taking the turbulent stock market phases as well as these unanswered questions about fundamental analysis, behavioral finance and the technical analysis into consideration, this thesis ultimately pursues two general objectives: Firstly, fundamental analysis, behavioral finance and technical analysis should be scientifically examined in terms of their premises, analysis approaches, empirical evidences as well as strengths and weaknesses. Secondly, it should be examined as to whether the fundamental analysis, behavioral finance and technical analysis have theoretical and practical synthesis capabilities that could be used for developing a synthesis concept. The synthesis concept should combine the respective strengths and eliminate the respective weaknesses of each of the three analysis concepts. Fundamental analysis, behavioral finance and technical analysis are examined in detail. Empirical studies should prove if, and by which approaches, the analysis concept is able to predict future stock prices. In order to be able to develop a synthesis concept, each analysis concept is evaluated by a SWOT analysis, pursuing the objective of determining the respective strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the analysis concept being considered. Based on the previous SWOT analyses, the sixth chapter examines the synthesis capabilities of the fundamental analysis, behavioral finance and technical analysis. In a first step, the synthesis capabilities are theoretically analyzed. Based on the theoretical consideration the synthesis capabilities are also practically examined in a second step. A broad empirical study using the example of the DAX performance index analyzes the predictive capabilities of the three analysis concepts. By evaluating the theoretical as well as the practical synthesis capabilities, a general conclusion is drawn about the synthesis capabilities.

Book Stock price analysis through Statistical and Data Science tools  An Overview

Download or read book Stock price analysis through Statistical and Data Science tools An Overview written by Vinaitheerthan Renganathan and published by Vinaitheerthan Renganathan. This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stock price analysis involves different methods such as fundamental analysis and technical analysis which is based on data related to price movement of the stock in the past. Price of the stock is affected by various factors such as company’s performance, current status of economy and political factor. These factors play an important role in supply and demand of the stock which makes the price to be volatile in the short term. Investors and stock traders aim to book profit through buying and selling the stocks. There are different statistical and data science tools are being used to predict the stock price. Data Science and Statistical tools assume only the stock price’s historical data in predicting the future stock price. Statistical tools include measures such as Graph and Charts which depicts the general trend and time series tools such as Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Averages (ARIMA) and regression analysis. Data Science tools include models like Decision Tree, Support Vector Machine (SVM), Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Long Term and Short Term Memory (LSTM) Models. Current methods include carrying out sentiment analysis of tweets, comments and other social media discussion to extract the hidden sentiment expressed by the users which indicate the positive or negative sentiment towards the stock price and the company. The book provides an overview of the analyzing and predicting stock price movements using statistical and data science tools using R open source software with hypothetical stock data sets. It provides a short introduction to R software to enable the user to understand analysis part in the later part. The book will not go into details of suggesting when to purchase a stock or what at price. The tools presented in the book can be used as a guiding tool in decision making while buying or selling the stock. Vinaitheerthan Renganathan www.vinaitheerthan.com/book.php

Book Analysis Of The Korean Stock Market  Behavioral Finance Approaches

Download or read book Analysis Of The Korean Stock Market Behavioral Finance Approaches written by Keunsoo Kim and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2018-05-21 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Korean stock market, ranked 11th in the world in terms of market capitalization of stocks in 2017, is a globalized market. Foreign investors hold close to one-third of stocks listed on the Korea Exchange (KRX) as of May 2017 (in terms of market capitalization). The US and the UK alone account for almost 50% of foreign ownership in the KRX.Research or information on the Korean stock market, however, is not well known to the domestic or the global investment communities. There are minimal investment studies that deal with practical issues from the perspective of investment analysts. This volume bridges the academic and investment communities by providing analyses of the Korean stock market that contain practical values.This book comprehensively analyzes anomalies in the Korean stock market, including time series anomalies such as the January effect, cross-sectional anomalies such as the size effect and book-to-market effect, and anomalies related to corporate events. The authors also investigate sales revenue, profitability, valuation (M/B ratio), and the financial risk of listed companies in the Korean stock market at both the sectoral level and industrial level.As the study uses a comprehensive data set and long-term sample period, readers can benefit from consistent and comparable empirical results.

Book Technical Analysis Of Stock Market For Beginners

Download or read book Technical Analysis Of Stock Market For Beginners written by Stock Market Guru and published by Stock Market Guru. This book was released on with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technical Analysis Of Stock Market For Beginners : This outstanding reference has already taught thousands of traders the concepts of technical analysis and their application in the futures and stock markets. Covering the latest developments in computer technology, technical tools, and indicators, the second edition features new material on candlestick charting, intermarket relationships, stocks and stock rotation, plus state-of-the-art examples and figures. From how to read charts to understanding indicators and the crucial role technical analysis plays in investing, readers gain a thorough and accessible overview of the field of technical analysis, with a special emphasis on futures markets. Revised and expanded for the demands of today's financial world, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in tracking and analyzing market behavior. This book contains the following topics that will guide you through the path of Technical Analysis Of Stock Market. Table of Contents Chapter 1 A Good Trader Chapter 2 Traders vs. Investors Chapter 3 Types of Traders Market Participants. Retail Investors: HNIs: Institutional Investors: Arbitrageurs: Speculators: Jobbers: Traders Type (Time basis). Scalpers Day Traders Swing Traders Position Traders – Chapter 4 Trading Styles Trend Trading. What is a Trend? What are types of Trends? Advantages of Trend Trading: Swing Trading What is Swing Trading? How does Swing Trading work? What are the advantages of Swing Trading? Chapter 5 The How, When and What of a Trade What Kind of a Trader Are You? The Novice The Student The Sceptic The Oracle The Trader How to Trade Like a Master Trading Only High Probability Opportunities Never Over-Trade. Find a Shoe That Fits Your Size. Timing the Markets. Your Trade Should Fit the Type of Stock You are Trading Fundamental Stocks Technical Stocks Supply Choke or 'Punting' Markets How Many Open Trades at a Time? Chapter 6 Risk Control: How to Stop Losses and Protect Your Gains Why Some Traders Don't Use Stop Losses Stop Loss General Rule Trailing Stop Loss Stop Losses for Volatile Stocks Using Stop Losses to Protect Your Profits Stop Losses When Markets Open with Gaps Stop Losses When a Stock is Being Manipulated Chapter 7 The Art Of Reading Charts Candlestick Charts Overbought/ Oversold Overload Gaps in Candlestick Charts Breakaway Gaps: Continuation Gaps: Exhaustion Gap: Weekly Charts-- For a Longer Trading Position Using Hourly Charts 41 Be With the Stock On the 'West Side' and Let it Go On the 'East Side'. Chapter 8 Trading Strategies Never Fight the Market Don't Trade When You Don't Have Any Edge Trading Pitfalls-- and How to Avoid Them How much should you trade? Buy High, Sell Higher Going for the Jugular Trade Trade With What You Can Afford to Lose When Day Trading, Be a Fruit Vendor. Winning the Game of Odds Secrets of Open Interest Riding the Longer Cycle Consensus Indicators Channel Trading Systems Improving Your Odds Trading the Different Types of Rallies Short Covering Rally Long Term Rally Sectoral Rally The Successful Trader's Psychology Trading Replicates the Behaviour of Fish Stop Blaming Others Don't Have Preconceived Notions About the Market's Direction Reading the Mind of Others Who are Trading Your Stocks Beware the Trading Minefields Trading Secrets from the Masters

Book An Analysis of the Price Behavior of Initial Common Stock Offerings

Download or read book An Analysis of the Price Behavior of Initial Common Stock Offerings written by James Dean Blum and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book EQUITY MANAGEMENT QUANTITIVE ANALYSIS

Download or read book EQUITY MANAGEMENT QUANTITIVE ANALYSIS written by Bruce I. Jacobs and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2000 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two pioneers and innovators in the money management field present their choice of groundbreaking, peer-reviewed articles on subjects including portfolio engineering and long-short investment strategy. More than just a collection of classic review pieces, however, Equity Management provides new material to introduce, interpret, and integrate the pieces, with an introduction that provides an authoritative overview of the chapters. Important and innovative, it is destined to become the "Graham and Dodd" of quantitative equity investing. About the Authors: Bruce I. Jacobs and Kenneth N. Levy are Principals of Jacobs Levy Equity Management. Based in Florham Park, New Jersey, Jacobs Levy Equity Management is widely recognized as a leading provider of quantitative equity strategies for institutional clients. Jacobs Levy currently manages over $15 billion in various strategies for a prestigious global roster of 50 corporate pension plans, public retirement systems, multi-employer funds, endowments, and foundations, including over 25 of Pensions & Investments' "Top 200 Pension Funds/Sponsors." Bruce I. Jacobs holds a PhD in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Capital Ideas and Market Realities: Option Replication, Investor Behavior, and Stock Market Crashes and co-editor, with Ken Levy, of Market Neutral Strategies. He serves on the advisory board of the Journal of Portfolio Management. Kenneth N. Levy holds an MBA and an MA in applied economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is co-editor, with Bruce Jacobs, of Market Neutral Strategies. A Chartered Financial Analyst, he has served on the CFA Institute's candidate curriculum committee and on the advisory board of POSIT.

Book Data Analysis  Machine Learning and Applications

Download or read book Data Analysis Machine Learning and Applications written by Christine Preisach and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-04-13 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Data analysis and machine learning are research areas at the intersection of computer science, artificial intelligence, mathematics and statistics. They cover general methods and techniques that can be applied to a vast set of applications such as web and text mining, marketing, medical science, bioinformatics and business intelligence. This volume contains the revised versions of selected papers in the field of data analysis, machine learning and applications presented during the 31st Annual Conference of the German Classification Society (Gesellschaft für Klassifikation - GfKl). The conference was held at the Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg, Germany, in March 2007.

Book Far from Random

Download or read book Far from Random written by Richard Lehman and published by John Wiley and Sons. This book was released on 2010-05-13 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since Burton Malkiel’s seminal work A Random Walk Down Wall Street was published, the financial world has swallowed whole the idea that market movement is chaotic and random. In Far from Random, Richard Lehman uses behavior-based trend analysis to debunk Malkiel’s random walk theory. Lehman demonstrates that the market has discernible trends that are foreseeable. By learning to spot these trends, investors and traders can predict market movement to boost returns in anything from equities to 401(k) accounts. Richard Lehman has been a financial professional for more than thirty years. He studied the first iterations of behavioral finance back in the 1970s as a financial marketer and has since worked in various facets of the financial industry. His early introduction to behavioral finance and the more recent introduction to trend analysis led him to this important discovery.

Book Technical Analysis and Stock Market Profits

Download or read book Technical Analysis and Stock Market Profits written by R. Schabacker and published by Harriman House Limited. This book was released on 2021-02-15 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard W. Schabacker's great work, Technical Analysis and Stock Market Profits, is a worthy addition to any technical analyst's personal library or any market library. His "pioneering research" represents one of the finest works ever produced on technical analysis, and this book remains an example of the highest order of analytical quality and incisive trading wisdom. Originally devised as a practical course for investors, it is as alive, vital and instructional today as the day it was written. It paved the way for Robert Edwards and John Magee's best-selling Technical Analysis of Stock Trends - a debt which is acknowledged in their foreword: 'Part One is based in large part on the pioneer researches and writings of the late Richard Schabacker.'Schabacker presents technical analysis as a totally organized subject and comprehensively lays out the various important patterns, formations, trends, support and resistance areas, and associated supporting technical detail. He presents factors that can be confidently relied on, and gives equal attention to the blemishes and weaknesses that can upset the best of analytical forecasts: Factors which investors would do well to absorb and apply when undertaking the fascinating game of price, time and volume analysis.