- George Lane (technical analysis)
George Lane (
1939 -July 7 ,2004 ) was a trader, author, educator, speaker and technical analyst. He developed and popularized thestochastic oscillator , which is one of the core indicators in use today among technical analysts. [ [https://www.mta.org/eweb/Dynamicpage.aspx?webkey=282454aa-658f-46bb-9fc3-f05bc625ff8b Market Technicians Association Indicators] , retrieved on Nov. 23, 2007.] [John J. Murphy, "Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets" (New York Institute of Finance, 1999), page 264. ISBN 0735200661.] [Jack D. Schwager, "Technical Analysis" (New York, John Wiley and Sons, 1996), page 545. ISBN 0471020516.] Lane was also President of Investment Educators Inc. inWatseka, Illinois , where he taught investors and financial professionals basic and advanced technical analysis methods.cite web | publisher = INO.com, Inc. | date = 2007 | url = http://flix.ino.com/preview/author.html?authorid=106 | title = George Lane | accessdate = 2007-10-23]Education
A biography at ino.com says George Lane had “an extensive academic background,” having attended
Drake University ,Washington and Lee University ,Northwestern University ,The Academy ,The Citadel ,William and Mary , andThe New School .Career
Lane began his 50-year career in the financial markets with the
E.F. Hutton & Co. brokerage in the 1950s. His broker’s training included time spent under the tutelage ofJoseph Granville . Later, George Lane joined the research group at Investment Educators, the firm he would eventually own.Stochastics
A March 2007 article quoted George Lane’s description of his famous indicator: “Stochastics measures the momentum of price. If you visualize a rocket going up in the air — before it can turn down, it must slow down. Momentum always changes direction before price.” [Brecht, Kira [http://www.sfomag.com/departmentdetail.asp?ID=1678945485&MonthNameID=March&YearID=2007|Stocks, Futures and Options Magazine] , March, 2007, retrieved on Nov. 23, 2007.]
References
External links
* [http://www.lanestochastics.com Investment Educators website]
* [http://www.flix.ino.com/preview/author.html?authorid=106 Workbooks and MP3 training audio provided by InvestorFlix]
* [http://www.forexadvice.eu/forex-strategy-trading-with-stochastics/ Forex Trading with Stochastics]
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