A Short Course in Technical Trading
Wiley Trading Series
1. Edition July 2003
336 Pages, Softcover
Textbook
Short Description
A Short Course in Technical Tradingshows readers how to trade using technical analysis, market indicators, simple portfolio analysis, and common sense. In a straightforward and accessible style, it teaches both long-term and short-term trading, but emphasizes the short-term. Techniques that might be taught in a course on classic technical analysis are included, as well as basic indicators and how you can use them to the best of your advantage. A Short Course in Technical Tradingalso provides the skills necessary to choose a money manager or assess the competence of financial advisor.
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.
Acknowledgments
Timing Is Everything
Charting the trend
Breakout Trends
Calculating the Trend
The Trading Game
Channels and Bands
Event-Driven Trends
Controlling the Risk of a Trade
One-Day Chart Patterns and Reversals
Continuatiohn Patterns
Top and Bottom Formations
Retracements, Reversals, Fibonacci Numbers, and Gann
Volume, Breadth, and Open Interest
Momentum and MACD
Overbought/Oversold Indicators and Double Smoothing
Managing Your Entry and Exit
Volatility and Portfolio Management
Dow Theory