Learn to trade using technical analysis, market indicators, simple portfolio analysis, generally successful trading techniques, and common sense with this straightforward, accessible book. Essentially a course in making money, A Short Course in Technical Trading teaches proven long- and short-term trading techniques (with an emphasis on short-term), covering basic indicators and how you can best use them to your advantage.
The book includes a trading game so you can trade along with the lessons, posing likely problems that you'll encounter once trading begins. As trading becomes more complicated, so do the problems..
You'll get a running start as a trader with usage tips on the most popular trading tools. A Short Course in Technical Trading is unlike any other book on the market and is available at a convenient low price.
Table of Contents
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Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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| 1 |
Timing Is Everything |
1 |
| 2 |
Charting the Trend |
18 |
| 3 |
Breakout Trends |
36 |
| 4 |
Calculating the Trend |
51 |
| 5 |
The Trading Game |
78 |
| 6 |
Channels and Bands |
91 |
| 7 |
Event-Driven Trends |
107 |
| 8 |
Controlling the Risk of a Trade |
118 |
| 9 |
One-Day Chart Patterns and Reversals |
130 |
| 10 |
Continuation Patterns |
145 |
| 11 |
Top and Bottom Formations |
153 |
| 12 |
Retracements, Reversals, Fibonacci Numbers, and Gann |
167 |
| 13 |
Volume, Breadth, and Open Interest |
180 |
| 14 |
Momentum and MACD |
199 |
| 15 |
Overbought/Oversold Indicators and Double Smoothing |
213 |
| 16 |
Managing Your Entry and Exit |
235 |
| 17 |
Volatility and Portfolio Management |
243 |
| 18 |
Dow Theory |
262 |
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Review Questions |
275 |
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Answers to Chapter Questions |
287 |
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Review Answers |
307 |
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Index |
317 |