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Index
Cover
Dedication
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1—This Ain’t No Dress Rehearsal!
Benefits of Day Trading: The Good News
The Flip Side: Wall Street Takes No Prisoners
What Does a Day Trader Look Like?
To Trade or Not to Trade?
Author’s Note
Center Point: The Power of Commitment
Chapter 2—Wall Street: A View from the Top of the Skyscraper
The First Traders
The Birth of Wall Street
Who Are Wall Street’s Biggest Party Animals? The Bulls and the Bears
The Land of Greed and Fear
Supply and Demand or How Much Will You Pay for That Cookie?
Price: The Bottom Line
The New York Stock Exchange
The NASDAQ Stock Market
The American Stock Exchange, or Amex
Where You Come In
The Bid and Ask, or Offer: What They Mean
NASDAQ Level II System
The Ringmaster, CNBC
Center Point: Empower Your Personal Beliefs
Chapter 3—Day Trading Is Your Business: Let’s Set It Up That Way
Your Day Trading Stash: A Reality Check
Choose Your Weapon
What Type of Trader Are You: Part-time or Full-time?
Trading with an Online Broker: Which One Is Right for You?
Advantages of Using a Direct-access Trading Platform
Should You Open Two Trading Accounts?
Slippage and Commissions: How They Affect Your Wallet
Trading On Margin: How to Do It and Still Sleep at Night
Develop a Simple Business Plan
Create a Success-oriented Environment
Paper Trading: Should You Do It?
Center Point: Your Vision: Life’s Invitation to Greatness
Chapter 4—The Winning Market Mentality That Leads to Profits
Rule One: Protect Your Principal
Rule Two: Trade to Trade Well, Not to Make Money
Why the Stock Market Is Always Right
The Trader’s Most Formidable Foe
Why Faith and Hope Should Be Left in a Basket by the Door
Why “The Devil” Made You Lose All That Money
Celebrate Your Positive Trading Characteristics
Reality Check: What Color Is the Stock Market?
Don’t Push the River: Swim with It and the Money Will Flow to You
Responsibility and Respect: How They Play Leading Roles in Your Success
Center Point: Extend Your Reach
Chapter 5—Trading Fundamentals You’ll Build On
The Market Has No Price or Time Limits
Fundamental Versus Technical Analysis
Different Trading Time Frames: What They Mean to You
Trading with the Clock for Profits
Introduction to Charting Techniques
Center Point: The Miracle of Giving
Chapter 6—Technical Analysis 101: The Trend Is Your Friend
Stock Cycles: How They Help You Plan Your Trades
Support and Resistance: What They Are, How to Recognize Them
Money-making Breakouts and Breakdowns: How to Identify Them
How to Draw Trendlines or Where to Connect the Dots
Center Point: Coincidence or Synchronicity?
Chapter 7—Choose a Stock to Trade
Volume: A Simple Indicator That Says a Lot
Moving Averages: What They Are, How to Use Them
The Final Touch: Momentum Indicators
Center Point: Detachment—Pathway to Freedom
Chapter 8—When the Tough Get Going: Beginning Trader’s Boot Camp
Beginner’s Boot Camp: Week One
Beginner’s Boot Camp: Week Two
Order Types and Definitions
Center Point: The Power of Intuition
Chapter 9—Plan Your Trade and Trade Your Plan
How to Design Your Trading Log
Viewpoint: Top Down Versus Bottom Up Approach
Plan Your Trade with Risk-reward Analysis
Money-making Chart Patterns for Position Trades
The Basics: Continuation and Reversal Patterns
Double-bottom Pattern
Cup-with-handle Pattern
Reverse Head-and-shoulders
Plain Vanilla Breakout
Know Your Stop Before You Shop
Center Point: Practice Healthy Selfishness
Chapter 10—The Swinging Day Trader
Fibonacci Numbers
Money-making Setups for Swing Trades and Day Trades
Gap Openings: How to Manage Them
To Hold Overnight, or Not to Hold Overnight
Nitty-gritty Stuff about Day Trading
Does Your Stock Waltz or Jitterbug?
Where to Place Your Stop-loss Orders
Day Trading Setups: What You’re Looking For
Quick Level II Review and Intraday Trading Tactics
Pre-market and After-hours Trading Scene
The Ultimate Day Trading Scene
Center Point: Release the Past
Chapter 11—Scalps and Shorts, or the Quick and the Dead
What Is Scalping?
Basic Scalping Tactics
Price Behavior at Whole and Half Numbers
Scalping Technique: Early Entries
Level II Review and Scalping Strategies
Additions to Your Intraday Toolbox
Tick Charts
Scalping Setups
Boost Your Scalping Profit Potential
Scalping Checklist
Selling Short: Don’t Sell It Short!
The Shorting Process: How It Works
Chart Patterns for Selling Short: What to Look For
Bottom Line Shorting Strategies
Center Point: Create a Prosperity Mindset
Chapter 12—Love Your Losses: They’re a Trader’s Best Friend!
Seven “Suicide Scenes”: How to Avoid Them, Protect Your Principal, and Live to Trade Another Day
Scene One: Stuff Happens
Scene Two: The Good News, Bad News Roller-coaster Ride
Scene Three: Drop the Stop Game
Scene Four: How Not To Catch a Falling Knife
Scene Five: Hey, Wait for Me!
Scene Six: The Whipsaw Club
Scene Seven: Going Ballistic
Center Point: The Truth about Fear
Chapter 13—Trading Survival Techniques
The “If, Then” Mentality: How It Boosts You to the Ranks of Professionals
Stay Aware of Big Picture Dynamics
The Advance-decline Line as a Superb Storyteller
Meet Another Storyteller: U.S. Thirty-year Treasury Bonds
Other “If, Then” Settings
Too Much Chocolate?
Watch Out! It’s Options Expiration Week
Program Trading: A Jolt Out of the Blue
Learn How to Change Gears
Trading Day In a Capsule
Where to Find Stocks to Trade
Trading Fitness: Your Body, Your Mind
Trading Rules to Prosper By
Center Point: Live Consciously and Succeed!
Chapter 14—The Future Is Now!
Trading from the State of Overwhelm
Microlist of High-caliber Financial Web Sites
Pump and Dump
Should You Take a Trading Course?
In Conclusion
Center Point: We Are All Connected
Recommended Reading List
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index
Copyright
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