{"product_id":"the-evolution-of-technical-analysis-isbn-9781576603499","title":"The Evolution of Technical Analysis","description":"\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive history of the evolution of technical analysis from ancient times to the Internet age\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhether driven by mass psychology, fear or greed of investors, the forces of supply and demand, or a combination, technical analysis has flourished for thousands of years on the outskirts of the financial establishment. In \u003ci\u003eThe Evolution of Technical Analysis: Financial Prediction from Babylonian Tablets to Bloomberg Terminals\u003c\/i\u003e, MIT's Andrew W. Lo details how the charting of past stock prices for the purpose of identifying trends, patterns, strength, and cycles within market data has allowed traders to make informed investment decisions based in logic, rather than on luck. The book\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eReveals the origins of technical analysis\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCompares and contrasts the Eastern practices of China and Japan to Western methods\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDetails the contributions of pioneers such as Charles Dow, Munehisa Homma, Humphrey B. Neill, and William D. Gann\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Evolution of Technical Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e explores the fascinating history of technical analysis, tracing where technical analysts failed, how they succeeded, and what it all means for today's traders and investors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1: Ancient Roots 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Beginnings 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAncient Babylon 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAncient Greece 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAncient Rome 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNegative Attitudes toward Traders 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2: The Middle Ages and the Renaissance 21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWestern Europe 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnical Analysis 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocietal Attitudes 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3: Asia 43\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJapan 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChina 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4: The New World 59\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWall Street 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocietal Attitudes 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5: A New Age for Technical Analysis 81\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDow Theory 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelative Strength 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarket Cycles and Waves 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChart Patterns 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVolume of Trading 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarket Breadth 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNontechnical Analysis 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6: Technical Analysis Today 105\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrends 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePatterns 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrength 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCycles 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWall Street’s Reinterpretation of Technical Analysis 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7: A Brief History of Randomness and Efficient Markets 131\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrices As Objects of Study 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Emergence of Efficient Markets 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is Random? 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Academic Approaches to Technical Analysis 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheoretical Underpinnings 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmpirical Evaluation 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdaptive Markets and Technical Analysis 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 205\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"... makes clear [that] the past 20 years have seen the start of a serious re-evaluation.\" (FT.com, October 2010)    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eANDREW W. LO\u003c\/b\u003e is the Harris \u0026amp; Harris Group Professor of Finance at MIT Sloan School of Management and the director of MIT's Laboratory for Financial Engineering. He has published numerous papers in leading academic and practitioner journals, and his books include \u003ci\u003eThe Econometrics of Financial Markets, A Non-Random Walk Down Wall Street\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHedge Funds: An Analytic Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e. His awards include the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship, the Paul A. Samuelson Award, the Graham and Dodd Award, the James R. Vertin Award, and the American Association of Individual Investors Award. He is also Chairman and Chief Investment Strategist of AlphaSimplex Group, LLC. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJASMINA HASANHODZIC\u003c\/b\u003e is a research scientist at Alpha-Simplex Group, LLC, where she develops quantitative investment strategies and benchmarks. She received her PhD from MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Her works on alternative market betas and technical analysis have appeared in leading publications, such as the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Investment Management\u003c\/i\u003e, and she is the coauthor with Andrew Lo of the book \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHeretics of Finance\u003c\/i\u003e. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Market Technicians Association Educational Foundation.   “A movement is over when the news is out,” so goes the Wall Street maxim. For thousands of years, technical analysis—marred with common misconceptions likening it to gambling or magic and dismissed by many as “voodoo finance”—has sought methods for spotting trends in what the market’s done and what it’s going to do. After all, if you don’t learn from history, how can you profit from it?  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Evolution of Technical Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e, the director of MIT’s Laboratory for Financial Engineering, Andrew Lo, and coauthor Jasmina Hasanhodzic present an engaging account of the origins and development of this mysterious “black art,” tracing its evolution from ancient Babylon to the rise of Wall Street as the world’s financial center. Along the way, the practices of Eastern technical analysts like Munehisa Homma (“the god of the markets”) are compared and contrasted with those of their Western counterparts, such as Humphrey Neill, William Gann, and Charles Dow (“the father of technical analysis”).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith deep roots in antiquity, technical analysis is part art and part science, seeking to divine trends, reversals, cycles, and other predictable patterns in historical market prices. While the techniques for capturing such regularities have evolved considerably over the centuries, the all-too-human predilection to extrapolate into the future using the past has been a constant driving force throughout history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe authors chronicle the fascinating and unexpected path of charting that likely began with simple superstitions and coincidences, and has developed into widespread practices in many markets and instruments, involving sophisticated computational algorithms and visualization techniques. \u003ci\u003eThe Evolution of Technical Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of how some early technicians failed miserably, how others succeeded beyond their wildest dreams, and what it means for traders today.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"A movement is over when the news is out,\" so goes the Wall Street maxim. For thousands of years, technical analysis—marred with common misconceptions likening it to gambling or magic and dismissed by many as \"voodoo finance\"—has sought methods for spotting trends in what the market's done and what it's going to do. After all, if you don't learn from history, how can you profit from it? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Evolution of Technical Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e, the director of MIT's Laboratory for Financial Engineering, Andrew Lo, and coauthor Jasmina Hasanhodzic present an engaging account of the origins and development of this mysterious \"black art,\" tracing its evolution from ancient Babylon to the rise of Wall Street as the world's financial center. Along the way, the practices of Eastern technical analysts like Munehisa Homma (\"the god of the markets\") are compared and contrasted with those of their Western counterparts, such as Humphrey Neill, William Gann, and Charles Dow (\"the father of technical analysis\"). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith deep roots in antiquity, technical analysis is part art and part science, seeking to divine trends, reversals, cycles, and other predictable patterns in historical market prices. 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