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Section I: Risk Management
• Chapter 1: System Design and Testing
• Chapter 1: System Design and Testing
• Chapter 2: Money and Portfolio Risk Management
• Chapter 2: Money and Portfolio Risk Management
• Chapter 3: System Evaluation and Testing
• Chapter 3: System Evaluation and Testing
• Chapter 4: Practical Considerations
• Chapter 4: Practical Considerations
• Chapter 5: Risk Control
• Chapter 5: Risk Control
• Chapter 6: Statistical Analysis
• Chapter 6: Statistical Analysis
• Chapter 7: Hypothesis Tests and Confidence Intervals
• Chapter 7: Hypothesis Tests and Confidence Intervals
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Section II: Asset Relationships
• Chapter 8: Regression
• Chapter 8: Regression
• Chapter 9: International Indices and Commodities
• Chapter 9: International Indices and Commodities
• Chapter 10: The S&P 500
• Chapter 10: The S&P 500
• Chapter 11: European Indices
• Chapter 11: European Indices
• Chapter 12: Gold
• Chapter 12: Gold
• Chapter 13: Intraday Correlations
• Chapter 13: Intraday Correlations
• Chapter 14: Intermarket Indicators
• Chapter 14: Intermarket Indicators
• Chapter 15: A Unique Way to Visualize Relative Strength
• Chapter 15: A Unique Way to Visualize Relative Strength
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Section III: Portfolio Management
• Chapter 16: Fact, Fiction and Momentum Investing
• Chapter 16: Fact, Fiction and Momentum Investing
• Chapter 17: Analyzing the Macro-Finance Environment
• Chapter 17: Analyzing the Macro-Finance Environment
• Chapter 18: Portfolio Risk and Performance Attribution
• Chapter 18: Portfolio Risk and Performance Attribution
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Section IV: Behavioral Finance
• Chapter 19: Behavioral Biases
• Chapter 19: Behavioral Biases
• Chapter 20: Investor Psychology
• Chapter 20: Investor Psychology
• Chapter 21: Are Two Heads Better than One?
• Chapter 21: Are Two Heads Better than One?
• Chapter 22: The Anatomy of a Bubble
• Chapter 22: The Anatomy of a Bubble
• Chapter 23: De-Bubbling: Alpha Generation
• Chapter 23: De-Bubbling: Alpha Generation
• Chapter 24: Behavioral Techniques
• Chapter 24: Behavioral Techniques
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Section V: Volatility Analysis
• Chapter 25: The VIX as a Stock Market Indicator
• Chapter 25: The VIX as a Stock Market Indicator
• Chapter 26: Hedging with VIX Derivatives
• Chapter 26: Hedging with VIX Derivatives
• Chapter 27: Advanced Techniques
• Chapter 27: Advanced Techniques
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Section VI: Classical Methods
• Chapter 28: Pattern Recognition
• Chapter 28: Pattern Recognition
• Chapter 29: Multiple Time Frames
• Chapter 29: Multiple Time Frames
• Chapter 30: Candlestick Analysis
• Chapter 30: Candlestick Analysis
• Chapter 31: Progressive Charting
• Chapter 31: Progressive Charting
• Chapter 32: Bringing it all together: Real world charts
• Chapter 32: Bringing it all together: Real world charts
• Chapter 33: Conclusions
• Chapter 33: Conclusions