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Output: Signal
Input: OHLC price structure and chart scale
Horizon: From intraday to several weeks
Best use: Turn a repeatable chart condition into a falsifiable trade hypothesis.

Input: OHLC price structure and chart scale.
Output: signal.
Use boundary: Turn a repeatable chart condition into a falsifiable trade hypothesis.

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How the method is built, and where it has been read

Depends on

Often reviewed together

Support and resistance4 readings

Often reviewed together

Gann angles4 readings

Read in the archive24 of 40 readings

1982Swing charts, stop-loss orders, and good-till-cancelled covers in a bond-market coilEntry and exit rules 1982Constructing range resistance from harmonic swing divisionsWaves and ratios 1984Gold swing chart: failed highs, wash-out, and a boxed pivot rangeTrend and channels 1988Remaining life on a percent-filtered swing chartTrend and channels 1991Ranking turning points with percentage swing filtersTrend and channels 1991Five-count swing-chart construction and break rulesTrend and channels 1991Constructing price objectives from measured moves and swingsTrend and channels 1992Constructing the Gann quarterly swing from the prior quarter's intraday rangeTrend and channels 1992Audit quarterly swing breakouts with a slower average crossEntry and exit rules 1992Weekly swing invalidation and the trailing stopTrend and channels 1992Quarterly swing chart construction and trend durationTrend and channels 1998A two-bar swing is unfinished until it names the stopEntry and exit rules 1999Multiple time-frame swing-channel trade setupsWaves and ratios 1999Separate two-bar swing direction from peak-valley trendTrend and channels 2000Constructing peak-trough swing reversalsTrend and channels 2002Swing charts as shared grammar for trading mentorshipTrend and channels 2002Constructing trend swings from confirmed pivotsTrend and channels 2002Confirming the last leg of a zigzag trend filterIndicators and filters 2004Stacking heikin-ashi, swing charts, and a moving average in strong trendsTrend and channels 2004When a late trend bends: test the pause before sizing a reversalTrend and mean reversion 2004Constructing flags, pennants, and triangles from swing pivotsChart patterns 2006Crude oil swing counts and cycle clustersCycles and spectral analysis 2006The swing rule as a measured move beyond a broken barrierTrend and channels 2006Relocating trading certainty to the decision processDecision process

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