John J. Murphy is an American

financial market A financial market is a market in which people trade financial securities and derivatives at low transaction costs. Some of the securities include stocks and bonds, raw materials and precious metals, which are known in the financial markets ...

analyst, and is considered a proponent of inter-market

technical analysis In finance, technical analysis is an analysis methodology for analysing and forecasting the direction of prices through the study of past market data, primarily price and volume. Behavioral economics and quantitative analysis use many of the sam ...

, a field pioneered by Michael E.S. Gayed in his 1990 book. He has authored several books including ''Technical Analysis of the Futures Markets''. He later revised and broadened this book into ''Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets''."John Murphy to MC Vegas Money Show", ''Business Wire'', June 2 1999
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Life

After having graduated in the late 1960s with a liberal arts degree, Murphy searched for a position in a Wall Street firm. His first job was with CIT Financial Corporation, where he worked as an assistant to the portfolio manager and charted stocks. In the early 1970s he worked for Merrill Lynch in their commodity department where he, later on, was promoted to the post of director of technical analysis. In the 1980s, Murphy started off on his own working as a consultant and teaching evening courses at the New York Institute of Finance. During his time as a teacher he also wrote his very first book named Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets. ''Technical Analysis of the Futures Markets'' is regarded as a standard reference of technical analysis and is still popular today. ''Intermarket Analysis: Profiting From Global Market Relationships'' was a primary source for the Chartered Market Technicians Association Chartered Market Technician Level 3 exam. He emphasizes the use of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to implement asset allocation and sector rotation strategies as well as global trading. He is Chief Technical Analyst, at StockCharts.com. His investment opinion has appeared in ''Barron's''. He has appeared on ''Bloomberg TV'', ''CNN Moneyline'', ''Nightly Business Report'', ''Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser'' and 7 years on ''CNBC''.

Awards

* 1992 outstanding contribution to global technical analysis by the International Federation of Technical Analysts. * 2002 Market Technicians Association Annual Award. *Fellow of the Society of Technical Analysts

Works

* * * * * Trade Secrets – Charting Made Easy. John J. Murphy.

References

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