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Index
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Disclaimer
Introduction
APPLIED REALITY TRADING IS KNOWN AS ART
REVOLUTIONARY LEARNING EXPERIENCE
THE “ART PIE”
LAYOUT OF THIS BOOK AND DVD VIDEO
ALL CHARTS IN THIS BOOK WERE CREATED WITH THE eSIGNAL ART PLATFORM
A NOTE ABOUT DATA FEEDS AND YOUR 30-DAY FREE TRIAL OF THE ART SOFTWARE
Epigraph
PART I - Reality
CHAPTER 1 - It’s All About Reality
REALITY-BASED TRADING AND INVESTING
TAKE ART FOR A TEST DRIVE!
YOUR THOUGHTS CREATE YOUR REALITY
THE IMPORTANCE OF THOUGHTS
IT ALL STARTS WITH A THOUGHT!
LIVE MARKET DATA
CHAPTER 2 - The Reality of Price and Volume
WHY ARE PRICE AND VOLUME REALITY?
THE CASE FOR SIMPLICITY IN A TRADING SYSTEM
DANGEROUS OPINIONS AND INDICATORS: A WORD ABOUT MACD AND STOCHASTICS
OVERBOUGHT AND OVERSOLD CONDITIONS
INEFFICIENT MARKETS VERSUS EFFICIENT MARKETS
SUPPLY = DEMAND
CHAPTER 3 - Managing Risk Always Set a Stop-Loss Exit
THE NEED FOR MONEY MANAGEMENT
ACCEPTING RISK
SEVEN BASIC STOPS
NOT SETTING STOPS
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE A STOP-LOSS EXIT STRATEGY?
SETTING MENTAL STOPS
MOVING STOPS
CHAPTER 4 - If It Sounds Too Good to Be True . . .
SYSTEM RATES OF RETURN ARE MEANINGLESS
ART IS NOT A “BLACK BOX” SYSTEM
WHY DO 90 PERCENT OF ALL TRADERS LOSE MONEY?
CHAPTER 5 - Personal Methods to Increase Trading Success
WRITE IN YOUR “SUNRISE TRADING JOURNAL”
ENTER A “CONTRACT FOR SUCCESS”
FAX OR MAIL-IN “CONTRACT FOR SUCCESS”
GUIDELINES FOR COMPLETING YOUR “CONTRACT FOR SUCCESS”
CHAPTER 6 - Identify Your Personal ART Profile
EXPERIENCE LEVEL
TRADING STYLE
TRADING FREQUENCY
ART PROFILES—HOW THEY WORK
HOW TO VISUALIZE YOUR ART PROFILE
PART II - Art
CHAPTER 7 - Design Your Business Plan
RUNNING YOUR TRADING AND INVESTING AS A REAL BUSINESS
YES, TRADERS AND INVESTORS ARE ARTISTS
YOUR BUSINESS PLAN
CHAPTER 8 - Selecting a Financial Market
TABLE OF MARKETS
GREAT DAY TRADING MARKETS
ATTENTION OPTION TRADERS
USING STOCK SECTORS AND GROUPS TO BETTER YOUR ODDS
CHAPTER 9 - Selecting a Time Frame
CHAPTER 10 - Selecting an ART Platform, Broker, and Data Feed
CHAPTER 11 - Psychology and the Trader’s Mind-Set
100 TRADERS AND INVESTORS—EACH IS UNIQUE
SELF-AWARENESS
15 COMMON DESTRUCTIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL TRADING ISSUES AND THEIR CAUSES
HERE IS WHAT YOU’LL FEEL AFTER ACQUIRING THE TRADER’S MIND-SET
CHAPTER 12 - Artistic Simplicity
IT IS POSSIBLE TO RECEIVE TOO MUCH INFORMATION
SIMPLIFY AND FLOW WITH THE MARKET
GUIDELINES TO SIMPLIFY YOUR TRADING AND INVESTING
TRADING ERRORS, ARTISTIC BLOCKS, AND OVERCOMING THEM
CHAPTER 13 - The Art of Paper-Trading
EVERY FINANCIAL MARKET IS A CHAMPIONSHIP ARENA
FIGHTER PILOTS AND FLIGHT SIMULATORS
PART III - Science and Math
CHAPTER 14 - Calculating Proper Trade Size
THE 2 PERCENT RISK RULE
IMPORTANT NOTE
THE PSYCHOLOGY BEHIND TRADE SIZE
YOU’RE RIGHT 60 PERCENT OF THE TIME
GOING BUST!
TRADING DRAWDOWN
OVERTRADING
CHAPTER 15 - Other Formulas and Recipes
10 PERCENT RISK RULE
6 PERCENT RISK RULE
2 PERCENT PER SECTOR RISK RULE
SCALING OUT 33 PERCENT
CHAPTER 16 - The Human Brain
ANATOMY OF THE BRAIN
LEFT BRAIN AND RIGHT BRAIN
WHOLE BRAIN THINKING
NEUROPLASTICITY
NEURONS AND NEURONETS
YOU CAN REWIRE YOUR BRAIN AND YOUR TRADING
KEEP AN OPEN MIND
PART IV - ART System Basics
CHAPTER 17 - ART Is the Total Solution
THE FOUR ART SIGNALS
LOADING YOUR ART SOFTWARE
ART SIGNALS
EXACT ENTRIES AND EXITS GIVE YOU STRUCTURE AND DISCIPLINE
CHAPTER 18 - Pyramid Trading Points (P and MP)
PYRAMID TRADING POINT RULES
MOMENTUM AND NEW INFORMATION
PYRAMID TRADING POINT REQUIREMENTS
1. TREND DIRECTION
2. TREND-TRADE ENTRY POINTS
3. TREND-TRADE EXIT POINTS
4. TREND EXHAUSTION
5. MARKET TRUTHS
6. HOW TO IDENTIFY TREND CORRECTIONS USING THE MINOR PYRAMID TRADING POINT
7. HOW TO TRADE FROM A “BRACKETED MARKET”
CUSTOMIZING THE ART SOFTWARE TO TAILOR IT TO YOUR NEEDS
ADJUSTING THE MINSCORE FOR A PYRAMID TRADING POINT
ADJUSTING THE AUDIO TECHNOLOGY FOR YOUR PYRAMID TRADING POINT
IDENTIFYING TREND EXHAUSTION
GETTING AGGRESSIVE
PYRAMID TRADING POINT SUMMARY
CHAPTER 19 - Market Truths: Price Bars and Volume
THE FIRST MARKET TRUTH IS PRICE
ART PRICE BAR POSSIBILITIES
SEVEN ART PRICE BAR DEFINITIONS
ELONGATED PRICE BAR
THE SECOND MARKET TRUTH IS VOLUME
THE MEANING OF VOLUME
CHAPTER 20 - ART Reversal Bar Signals (1B and 2B)
THREE METHODS OF MONITORING AN ART ONE-BAR REVERSAL TRADE
UNEXPECTED TRADES IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION
USING THE INSIDE PRICE BAR TO GET AN EARLY ENTRY
ART TWO-BAR REVERSAL
ART REVERSALS TELL YOU WHEN THE TREND ENDS
CHAPTER 21 - Trend-Trading Rules
10 ART RULES FOR TREND TRADING
REMEMBER, THE TREND IS YOUR FRIEND; FEAR IS YOUR ENEMY!
CHAPTER 22 - Countertrend-Trading Rules
FIVE ART RULES FOR COUNTERTREND TRADING
CHAPTER 23 - Scalping Rules
SCALPING VARIATIONS
PART V - Advanced Techniques
CHAPTER 24 - When to Use Advanced Techniques
TWO DEFINITIONS
WHEN TRADING ART WITH UNGROUNDED ASSESSMENTS, FOLLOW GUIDELINES A AND B
USING TREND CHANNELS
CHAPTER 25 - Scaling Out and Scaling In
SCALING OUT OF POSITIONS
KEEP RISK WITHIN 2 PERCENT
SCALING OUT EXAMPLE
SCALING IN TO POSITIONS
CHAPTER 26 - How to Trade Bracketed Markets
WHAT’S ANOTHER NAME FOR A BRACKETED MARKET?
CONSOLIDATIONS: A TEXTBOOK DEFINITION
THE NATURE OR PSYCHOLOGY OF BRACKETED MARKETS
FINDING AND MONITORING BRACKETED MARKETS
MEASURING THE LENGTH OF BRACKETED MARKETS
USING BRACKETED MARKETS TO TREND TRADE
USING THE ART SOFTWARE TO DEFINE BRACKETED MARKETS
MANUALLY IDENTIFYING BRACKETED MARKETS
SCALPING BRACKETED MARKETS
USING OPTIONS ON BRACKETED MARKETS
CHAPTER 27 - Software Optimization and Average True Range (ATR)
DETERMINE VOLATILITY USING ATR
RULES FOR ART SOFTWARE OPTIMIZATION
CHAPTER 28 - Stop and Reverse (SAR)
REENTRY PATTERNS
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SARs AND REENTRY PATTERNS
TRADING BETWEEN ART REVERSAL BAR SIGNALS
CHAPTER 29 - Higher-Time-Frame Filter
TIME FRAMES TO TRACK THE TREND USING THE HIGHER-TIME-FRAME FILTER
USING TREND LINES AND THE HIGHER-TIME-FRAME FILTER
S&P E-MINI DAY-TRADING EXAMPLES USING THE HIGHER-TIME-FRAME FILTER
EXAMPLE A
EXAMPLE B
EXAMPLE C
CHAPTER 30 - Other Filter Techniques
FILTER FOR TRADING THE E-MINI
ACCUMULATION/DISTRIBUTION
USING ON-BALANCE VOLUME (OBV)
PRICE OSCILLATOR HISTOGRAM
TRADE ONLY AFTER THREE CONSECUTIVE LOSSES
TRADE IN THE DIRECTION OF YOUR FORECASTING METHOD
CHAPTER 31 - Elliott Wave—Ungrounded Assessment
ELLIOTT WAVE GUIDELINES
CHAPTER 32 - Other Ungrounded Assessments
PRICE OSCILLATOR HISTOGRAM
FIBONACCI STUDIES
RELATIVE STRENGTH INDICATOR (RSI)
Epilogue
About the DVD
APPENDIX A - ART Software Quick-Start
APPENDIX B - ART Tips
APPENDIX C - ART Software Technical Support
APPENDIX D - Resources
Glossary
About the Author
Index
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