Seasonal Stock Market Trends: The Definitive Guide to Calendar-Based Stock Market Trading

CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Seasonality in the Stock Market.

The Concept of Seasons and Seasonality.

What Is Seasonality?

The Pioneers of Stock Market Seasonality.

Measuring Market Performance throughout This Book.

How to Trade the Dow.

Seasonal Trends to Consider.

Summing Up.

CHAPTER 2 The Month of January.

The First Five Days of January.

The Last Five Days of January.

The January Barometer.

The January Barometer as a Stand-Alone System.

The JayNewary Barometer.

The Ultimate January Barometer System.

The Effect of Compounding.

A Few Words of Warning.

Summing Up.

CHAPTER 3 Holiday Seasonal Trends.

The Holidays.

The Trading Day before Each Holiday.

Two Days before Each Holiday.

Three Days before and after Each Holiday.

The Best Holiday Trading Days.

The Ultimate Holiday System.

The Most Wonderful Week of the Year (Usually).

Summing Up.

CHAPTER 4 Monthly Seasonal Trends.

The Best Day of the Month.

The Trading Days of the Month.

The Worst Trading Days of the Month.

The Best Trading Days of the Month (Part 1).

The Best Trading Days of the Month (Part 2): The Month-End/New-Month Pattern.

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.

Monthly 10 Combined with the Santa Claus Rally.

The Ultimate Monthly Days System.

One Last Tweak.

Summing Up.

CHAPTER 5 Yearly Seasonal Trends.

Decennial Patterns (Part 1: Ranking the Years).

Decennial Patterns (Part 2: The Best and Worst Years).

Decennial Patterns (Part 3: The Decennial Road Map).

Decennial Tendencies.

Decade-by-Decade Performance.

Intradecade Trends of Note.

Intradecade Cycles Combined.

Summing Up.

CHAPTER 6 Repetitive Time Cycles of Note.

The 212-Week Cycle.

The 40-Week Cycle.

The 53-Day Cycle.

Combining Cycles.

The Ultimate Time Cycles Model.

Summing Up.

CHAPTER 7 Election Cycle Investing.

The Election Cycle: By the Years.

The Election Cycle: By the Months.

Two Other Patterns in the Election Cycle.

The Ultimate Election Cycle System.

Summing Up.

CHAPTER 8 Sell in May and Go Away.

November to May.

What Is MACD?

Using MACD as a Filter.

October through June for the Nasdaq.

The Dead Zones.

The Easiest Market-Beating Strategy in the World.

October of Year 7.

Summing Up.

CHAPTER 9 Putting It All Together.

Building Seasonal Trading Models.

Building the KTI.

Comparing Extreme KTI Readings.

Model 1: The Long-Only Method.

Model 2: The Long-Only Plus Leverage (LOPL) Method.

Model 3: Jay’s Ultimate Seasonal Barometer.

Summing Up.

Index.