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A complete guide to Forex, a market appropriate for short-term trading which also gives the opportunity to take advantage of the medium-term trends that occur in the most important exchange rates that are fuelled by the macroeconomic situations present in the various geographical areas (Eurozone, America, Asia and China).

This book describes in detail the various fundamental factors that affect the behaviour of the reference currencies (Euro, Dollar, Yen, Sterling), the key role played by interest rates and the consequences of expansive monetary policies (in particular, Quantitative Easing) adopted in recent years by the various central banks (FED, BCE, BOJ, BOE). Among the various aspects analyzed there are also the consequences of the expansive decisions taken by the central banks in order to provide liquidity to the entire financial system.

After describing intermarket connections between the various financial assets (shares, currencies, commodities and bonds) and the correlations existing between the various exchange rates, the author deals with some specific issues such as the analysis of economic cycles and the study of CoT report.

The final part focuses on some operating themes with the typical signals provided by Japanese candlesticks, the Ichimoku analysis and the study of prices carried out with the multi-time frame method.

Coding tools to design successful strategies. Python, now at the peak of its popularity, is a language within everybody’s reach. Simple to learn, powerful and open source, it is used in a wide variety of professional and industrial sectors, from engineering to medical research to finance.

This book is a Python programming manual, for beginners and the more expert, and a quantitative analysis design manual. The very practical approach aims to make readers independent in their analyses, whether short term with a view to trading, or the medium-to-long term for investing.

After learning the basics of the language and the use of the main libraries, the statistical analysis of price data is carried out, seeking out inefficiencies that can be profitably used when making intraday and multiday trading systems. Readers are then led to the creation of an entire backtest engine and to further analyse classical and unconventional validation techniques. After comparing various systems operating on shares and commodities, the themes of multi-parametric optimization and risk management are further investigated, with a specific focus on Montecarlo Analysis and Equity & Performance Control.

In short, a book that describes in detail all the project, implementation and validation stages of ideas serving investors.

This practical book provides hundreds of real-life examples and statistical data to effectively assess the reliability, the pros & cons and the outcomes of all the tools described within.

Oscillators are extremely valuable tools in the trading sector. They provide further support to the graphic analysis of prices. Written to maximise efficiency, the book is a practical guide for anyone working daily in the field of financial markets. It explores the several dozens of different indicators and oscillators that a trader is bound to come across while using the main chart analysis software packages. You will also find a number of operational techniques, concepts and notions exclusive to this book – for example directions for editing or creating indicators.

This book describes many strategies that can be used on a daily basis to operate on the different financial markets (Forex, stocks, Futures).

The trading techniques described can be used by expert traders, looking for new operational ideas to improve their results, and by novice traders who want to acquire a complete technical analysis method instead.

The book shows some operating setups obtained by putting together graph analysis (for example, the Heiken Ashi technique) with the signals provided by the various technical oscillators (Bollinger Bands, Stochastic Oscillator) and has plenty of examples of graphs for fairly easily learning about operating strategies and to be able to assess their effectiveness.

The final chapter is highly interesting, where some transactions made with real money are analysed in detail: this gives readers a chance to understand the principles that govern the decisions taken by the author and to get into his mindset for his operations.

Recognizing the dynamics of financial markets to invest successfully. This book is a must-have guide to understand the operative and psychological behaviours of financial markets.

The author describes various emotional situations (apprehension, fear, anxiety, caution, optimism, euphoria, excitement) in which every investor may find themselves and which may affect their operating decisions. The first part of the book shows how the human mind relates to money and investments in general. In particular, the various psychological steps which take place before, during and after every transaction are described.

It then describes in detail some mental strategies that can be adopted to start a profitable trading activity. The main operating techniques provided by Technical Analysis are investigated in the central part of the book, from a psychological and technical point of view.

A detailed analysis is made of graph patterns obtained by means of Japanese candlesticks, of market movements identified by means of Elliott waves and of the indications provided by the main quantitative indicators. The objective is to highlight the dynamics and market forces that generated a specific situation and how investors can use it to their benefit.

With the help of volume analysis and of some practical patterns, many real-world cases are also described, taken from the author’s personal experience.