Unlike most technical analysis books‎,‎ Gerald Appel‎'‎s Practical Power Tools‎!‎ offers step‎-by‎-step instructions virtually any investor can use to achieve breakthrough success in the market‎.‎ Appel illuminates a wide range of strategies and timing models‎,‎ demystifying even advanced technical analysis the first time‎.‎ Among the models he covers‎:‎ NASDAQ/NYSE Relative Strength‎,‎ 3‎-5 Year Treasury Notes‎,‎ Triple Momentum‎,‎ Seasonality‎,‎ Breadth‎-Thrust Impulse‎,‎ and models based on the revolutionary MACD techniques he personally invented‎.‎ Appel covers momentum and trend of price movement‎,‎ time and calendar cycles‎,‎ predictive chart patterns‎,‎ relative strength‎,‎ analysis of internal vs‎.‎ external markets‎,‎ market breadth‎,‎ moving averages‎,‎ trading channels‎,‎ overbought/oversold indicators‎,‎ Trin‎,‎ VIX‎,‎ major term buy signals‎,‎ major term sell signals‎,‎ moving average trading channels‎,‎ stock market synergy‎,‎ and much more‎.‎ He presents techniques for short‎-‎,‎ intermediate‎-‎,‎ and long‎-term investors‎,‎ and even for mutual fund investors‎.‎