In The Secret Science of Price and Volume, leading market timer Tim Ord outlines a top-down approach to trading—identifying the trend, picking the strongest sectors, and focusing on the best stocks within those sectors—that will allow you to excel in a variety of markets. With this book as your guide, you’ll quickly become familiar with Ord’s proven method and discover how it can be used to make more profitable trading decisions.
Table of Contents:
Preface vii
Dedication ix
Acknowledgments x
About the Author xi
Chapter 1 My Path to Successful Trading 1
Becoming a Broker 2
First Foray into Technical Analysis 3
A “Student” of the Market 5
An Incomplete Picture 6
Understanding Market Time Frames 7
“Discovering” Wyckoff 8
Price and Volume Relationships 8
My Trading Methodology 9
Chapter 2 Overview of My Method 11
Time Frames and Trading 11
Taking a Top-Down Approach 12
Aligning with the Market 30
Chapter 3 Physics of Price and Volume Analysis 33
Determining Buy and Sell Signals Using Ord-Volume 39
The Bullish Setup 54
Conclusion 56
Chapter 4 Price and Volume Relationships 59
Volume Analysis at Swings 60
Trading Gaps with Volume Comparisons 79
Chapter 5 Combining Ord-Volume with Swing Price and Volume Relationships 87
Combining Ord-Volume and Volume Relationships 88
Understanding Volume Pushing Price and Time Frames 95
Using Longer and Shorter Chart Time Frames 103
Summing It Up: Swing Price, Volume and Ord-Volume 104
Chapter 6 The “Wind at Your Back” Method 107
Finding Market Direction 107
Breadth Analysis 109
Volume Analysis 120
Momentum Analysis 125
Chapter 7 Sector Analysis and Stock Analysis: The Importance of Sentiment 135
Sector and Stock Analysis 136
Investor Sentiment Helps Pick Market Turns 145
Summing It Up: The Consensus of Indicators 154
Chapter 8 Gold Stocks: The Big Picture 157
Reading the Price Relative to Gold Ratio (PRTG) 158
Elliott Wave Analysis in Gold 160
Using “Third Time Up” and Volume Analysis 162
Applying Breakout Analysis 163
What Lies Ahead for Gold 165
Concluding the Gold Discussion 165
Chapter 9 Putting it All Together 167
Step 1: Reading Market Sentiment 168
Step 2: Evaluating Breadth, Volume, and Momentum 172
Step 3: Picking the Strongest Sectors 183
Step 4: Selecting the Strongest Stocks 185
Putting It All Together 190
Index 193
