Market-timing analyst behind the DeMARK Indicators
Tom DeMark
Thomas R. (Tom) DeMark is an American market-timing analyst and the founder and CEO of DeMARK Analytics, which licenses the DeMARK Indicators including TD Sequential. He began his career more than 50 years ago at a large pension and profit-sharing fund, later held executive roles at Tudor Investment Corporation and with bond manager Van Hoisington, and has been a long-time special advisor to Steven A. Cohen (SAC Capital, now Point72). He has consulted for firms including Goldman Sachs, Soros Fund Management, Steinhardt Partners and IBM.
What they argue
- Price trends can be timed by objectively anticipating trend exhaustion rather than by following the trend.
- Market-timing techniques should be mechanical and objective rather than subjective chart reading.
- A completed price sequence (setup followed by countdown) marks where buying or selling pressure is likely spent.
Sources
Summaries are Be The Puck's paraphrase of public material. Be The Puck has no affiliation with the people listed.
Books and papers
- The New Science of Technical Analysis (1994)
- New Market Timing Techniques: Innovative Studies in Market Rhythm & Price Exhaustion (1997)
- DeMark on Day Trading Options (1999)
DeMark 9-count setup
Rule and full recordMean reversion · daily
Count closes below the close four days earlier. Nine in a row marks a selling streak that is likely spent.
Best risk-adjusted results against buy and hold: