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Introduction. <p>CHAPTER 1: The Fisher Transform.</p> <p>CHAPTER 2: Trends and Cycles.</p> <p>CHAPTER 3: Trading the Trend.</p> <p>CHAPTER 4: Trading the Cycle.</p> <p>CHAPTER 5: The CG Oscillator.</p> <p>CHAPTER 6: Relative Vigor Index.</p> <p>CHAPTER 7: Oscillator Comparison.</p> <p>CHAPTER 8: Stochasticization and Fisherization of Indicators.</p> <p>CHAPTER 9: Measuring Cycles.</p> <p>CHAPTER 10: Adaptive Cycle Indicators.</p> <p>CHAPTER 11: The Sinewave Indicator.</p> <p>CHAPTER 12: Adapting to the Trend.</p> <p>CHAPTER 13: Super Smoothers.</p> <p>CHAPTER 14: Time Warp—Without Space Travel.</p> <p>CHAPTER 15: Evaluating Trading Systems.</p> <p>CHAPTER 16: Leading Indicators.</p> <p>CHAPTER 17: Simplifying Simple Moving Average Computations.</p> <p>Conclusion.</p> <p>For More Information.</p> <p>Notes.</p> <p>Index.</p>

<b>John F. Ehlers</b> received his BSEE and MSEE from the University of Missouri and did his doctoral work at the George Washington University, majoring in fields and waves and minoring in information theory. A private trader since 1976, he is currently President of MESA Software (www.mesasoftware.com) and author of Rocket Science for Traders (Wiley) as well as numerous articles for Futures and Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities magazines. He has now expanded the scope of his contributions to technical analysis through the application of scientific digital signal processing techniques.

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