Swing and day trading : evolution of a trader / Thomas N. Bulkowski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bulkowski, Thomas N., 1957-

Series:

Wiley Trading

Wiley trading series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Investment analysis.

Portfolio management.

Electronic trading of securities.

Day trading (Securities).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Comprehensive coverage of the four major trading styles Evolution of a Trader explores the four trading styles that people use when learning to trade or invest in the stock market. Often, beginners enter the stock market by:Buying and holding onto a stock (value investing). That works well until the trend ends or a bear market begins. Then they tryPosition trading. This is the same as buy-and-hold, except the technique sells positions before a significant trend change occurs. Swing trading follows when traders increase their frequency of trading, trying to catch the short-term up and down swin

Contents:

Swing and Day Trading; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Swing Trading; WHAT IS SWING TRADING?; WHO SHOULD SWING TRADE?; A SWINGING EXAMPLE; LOOKING AHEAD; CHAPTER CHECKLIST; CHAPTER 2 Swinging Techniques; QUICK REVIEW: SUPPORT AND RESISTANCE; TRENDLINE TRADING; Trendline Trading Tips; TRADING USING CHANNELS; THE THREE-BAR NET LINE SETUP; Testing the Three-Bar Net Line; Three-Bar Net Line Example; The Monsanto Trade; The Guppy Variation; Step Summary; Position Size; FIRST THRUST PATTERN FOR SWING TRADING; First Thrust Testing; CHAPTER CHECKLIST

CHAPTER 3 Swinging Chart PatternsWHICH CHART PATTERNS WORK BEST FOR SWINGERS?; TRADING THE HIGH AND TIGHT FLAG; HTF Trading; HTF Trading Tips: What I Use; HTF TRADE IN INSTEEL INDUSTRIES; FISHING FOR INVERTED AND ASCENDING SCALLOPS; SCALLOP TRADING TIPS; TWICE IS NICE: EVE & EVE DOUBLE BOTTOMS; TRADING EVE & EVE; TOP SEVEN FREQUENTLY TRADED CHART PATTERNS; Symmetrical Triangle; Ascending Triangle; Head-and-Shoulders Bottom; Support or Congestion; Flag; Flat Base; Rounding Bottom; MY FAVORITE CHART PATTERNS; Busted Descending Triangle; Busted Symmetrical Triangle; Ugly Double Bottom

SWINGING THROWBACKS AND PULLBACKSTRADING EXAMPLE; CNO THROWBACK ENTRY; MEASURING SWINGS; FTO TRADE; CHAPTER CHECKLIST; CHAPTER 4 Swing Selling; SELLING IDEAS; TOP 20 CHART PATTERN PERFORMERS; DIAMOND TOPS AND BOTTOMS; Overshoot, Undershoot, and Identifying Diamonds; Diamond Price Behavior; Diamond Trading Tips; COMPLEX HEAD-AND-SHOULDERS TOP; Trading a Complex Head-and-Shoulders Top; THE EIGHT BEST EXIT SIGNS; 2B; Hit Target; The Scrolling Method; Overhead Resistance; Inverted Dead-Cat Bounce; Double Your Money; Chart Pattern Trend Change; Weinstein's Approach; TEN FAVORITE SELL SIGNALS

Hit StopWeakness; Fundamentals; Diversification; Support Pierced; Inverted Dead-Cat Bounce; Symmetrical Triangle; Dead-Cat Bounce; Resistance; Head-and-Shoulders Top; TRADING EXAMPLE: THE TERADYNE EXIT; TRADING EXAMPLE: EXITING FOREST; TRADING EXAMPLE: SWINGING CNO; CHAPTER CHECKLIST; CHAPTER 5 Event Pattern Setups; COMMON STOCK OFFERINGS SETUP; Atlas Air Example; Trading Offers; SURVIVING A DEAD-CAT BOUNCE; DCB Example; Trading the DCB; THE INVERTED DEAD-CAT BOUNCE SETUP; The YRC Worldwide Tour; TRADING DUTCH AUCTION TENDER OFFERS; After the Auction; EARNINGS SURPRISE SETUP

Good Earnings ExampleBad Earnings; Bad Earnings Example; EARNINGS FLAG SETUP; Earnings Flag Example; STOCK UPGRADES AND DOWNGRADES; Downgrades; An Example; STOCK SPLITS; Academic Research; My Results; Reverse Stock Splits; SETUP: TRADING REVERSE SPLITS; Trend Filter; Split Ratio Filter; Short Sell Trades; CHAPTER CHECKLIST; CHAPTER 6 Swinging Tools and Setups; THE CHART PATTERN INDICATOR; How Does It Work?; The NR7; The CPI Equation; THE SWING RULE; Swing Rule for Downtrends; PUMP UP THE VOLUME OR NOT; Failure Rates by Volume; Throwback and Pullback Rates by Volume

SELECTING WINNERS USING INDEX RELATIVE STRENGTH

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781119203933

1119203937

9781118516997

1118516990

9781283960403

1283960400

9781118516966

1118516966

OCLC:

809365741