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The Trading Methodologies of W. D. Gann: A Guide to Building Your Technical Analysis Toolbox

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W.D. Gann’s works helped to pioneer the discipline of technical analysis, and they still offer immense potential value to investors and traders. However, Gann’s original publications are esoteric and can be challenging to read and use. In this book, long-time trader and expert technical analyst Hima Reddy brings these works to life for modern traders and investors. She distills Gann’s tenets into crystal-clear, bite-size explanations, and illuminates them with exceptionally intuitive charts and illustrations. Drawing on extensive personal experience, Reddy explains how Gann’s insights into price, pattern and time can be applied in all types of markets and market conditions. Using this book, any experienced trader can discover the value of Gann’s approach, and start utilizing it in his or her own trades. Then, with Reddy’s discussion as a foundation, traders and investors can delve even more deeply into all of Gann’s works, identifying even greater opportunities for profit.

Introduction:

Over the years, many questions have been asked about W.D. Gann and his trading system. Does it work? How much time do I have to spend before I trade? Can I make money? Where do I begin? I believe the best question of all is, “Which one of Gann’s books can I read that will teach me how to trade?” The answer is, they all will. However, never has a more worthy book exploring Gann’s been written for beginners or intermediate traders as this one. To be a successful trader, you need to know the rules that have stood the test of time, a bit about the man who created them, and about the author who wrote this book.

Hima Reddy has provided us with the “missing link” to W.D. Gann’s trading methods. In this book, she has laid out the basic plans step by step, along with examples, which can be easily followed by anyone with an interest in learning the potential profit areas in trading. Reddy is an extremely talented and determined person. She is well-qualified, with several years working as a professional in the financial world. I first met her at the W.D. Gann Experience Trading Seminar in 2003. I could see that she possessed the knowledge and determination it takes to be a successful market trader.

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In the trading world, it seems as if everyone has heard of W.D. Gann, one of the most successful traders and market forecasters of all time. For more than 50 years, the accuracy of his forecasts and his trading successes stunned the commodities and securities world. He became one of the mystic traders of his time, which earned him the title “Guru of Wall Street.” A prolific chartist, analyst, and writer, Gann recorded his methods and systems of trading in books and courses that are today among the most well-known and sought-after books on market trading.


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The Trading Methodologies of W.D. Gann: A Guide to Building Your Technical Analysis Tool Box is a solid, beginning stepping stone you can count on. This book will open your mind to new ideas that can be extremely valuable to you financially.

Reddy has openly shared her goals and the path you must take to achieve yours. She is more than willing to share with those who are receptive. Her answers are always words of encouragement: “Keep going.”

Author Hima Reddy
Pages 223
Published Date 2013

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Table of Contents:

  • Chapter 1 The Work of W.D. Gann
  • Chapter 2 Elements of the Market
  • Chapter 3 Interpreting the Market
  • Chapter 4 Trading the Market
  • Chapter 5 Application of Gann’s Principles
  • Chapter 6 Trade and Capital Management
  • Chapter 7 Bringing It All Together
  • Chapter 8 Beyond Trading Basics
  • Appendix A Gann’s 28 Trading Rules
  • Appendix B Affirmative Versions of Gann’s 28 Rules
  • Appendix C Gann’s Buying and Selling Points
  • Appendix D Gann’s Soybean Chart
  • Appendix E Google, Inc. (GOOG) Highs and Lows by Calendar Month

Hima Reddy, CMT, was first introduced to technical analysis, and to the works of W.D. Gann, during her high school years by her father, who has had a passion for trading and the markets since the early 1980s. However, it wasn’t until after she completed an undergraduate Finance degree at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, and returned to her home state of New York in 2001, that she immersed herself in the markets. She simultaneously volunteered as a sponsorship coordinator for several Market Technicians Association conferences, traded equity and commodity futures under the tutelage and guidance of her father, and completed the Chartered Market Technician certification.

In 2006, she joined Informa Global Markets, an independent financial research firm providing live, 24-hour market analysis. As Senior Technical Analyst, she was responsible for producing timely and accurate short-term technical analysis and trading strategies for fixed income and FX markets. With analysis ranging through multiple timeframes, her team also prepared written updates covering longer-term trends. Hima’s “guru” has always been Gann—the first market analysis book she ever studied in-depth was How to Make Profits in Commodities—and to this day that is her go-to guide to the markets. Since 2011 she has returned to trading independently and continues to write about the financial markets. Her primary methods of technical analysis include pattern recognition and time duration relationships within markets based on Gann’s methodology, momentum assessment through the use of the Relative Strength Index (RSI), Fibonacci relationships, and moving average systems including the use of channels for trade management.

The Trading Methodologies of W. D. Gann: A Guide to Building Your Technical Analysis Toolbox By Hima Reddy
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The Gann Course Blog Team consists of seasoned traders, financial analysts, and Gann method experts dedicated to demystifying W.D. Gann's powerful trading techniques. With decades of combined experience in applying Gann's principles to various markets, our authors bring a wealth of practical knowledge and insights to every article.

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