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A Short Course in Technical Trading: (Wiley Trading)

A Short Course in Technical Trading: (Wiley Trading)


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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:
Preface vii Acknowledgments ix 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 Review Questions 275 Answers to Chapter Questions 287 Review Answers 307 Index 317

About the Author :
PERRY J. KAUFMAN is a leading expert in trading systems and the developer of successful investment programs for over thirty years. He is actively involved in the practical analysis needed to support international investment management. Kaufman is the author of Trading Systems and Methods, 3rd Edition (Wiley) as well as eight other books. He has published numerous articles in Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities, Futures Industry, and Futures magazine. This book is the result of a graduate course taught at Baruch College in the Spring of 2002. Mr. Kaufman can be reached at pjk@perrykaufman.com.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780471268482
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Height: 256 mm
  • No of Pages: 336
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 23 mm
  • Width: 178 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0471268488
  • Publisher Date: 04 Jul 2003
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Series Title: Wiley Trading
  • Weight: 578 gr


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