Abraham The Trend Following Bible

How Professional Traders Compound Wealth and Manage Risk
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-42186-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Trading Series

A proven approach to trading success based on the best commoditytrading advisors
Profiting from long-term trends is the most common path tosuccess for traders. The challenge is recognizing the emergence ofa trend and determining where to enter and exit the market. TheTrend Following Bible shows individual traders and investorshow to profit from this approach by trading like today's topcommodity trading advisors.
In this book, author Andrew Abraham stresses the importance of adisciplined, consistent methodology, with stringent risk controls,that allows you to catch big trends, while limiting losses onunprofitable trades. By trading in this manner, he shows you how tosuccessfully achieve market-beating returns over the long term andmultiple your trading capital along the way.
* Reveals exactly how top commodity trading advisors operate andhow individuals can incorporate these methods into their everydaytrading endeavors
* Addresses key issues like position sizing and risk control,which are critical to trading success, but often underemphasized inother trading literature
* Highlights how to effectively execute the trading strategiesoutlined
Engaging and accessible, The Trend Following Bible willput you in a better position to profit as you make more informedtrading decisions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abraham, Andrew

Weitere Mitwirkende

Druz, David

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword ix
Preface xiii
Introduction My Journey as a Trend Follower 1
Chapter 1 Get a Savvy Start 9
Can You Really Make a Living as a Trend Follower?
Chapter 2 Getting the Most Out of This Method 25
Chapter 3 Why Trend Following? 35
Chapter 4 How Successful Trend Followers Trade 49
Chapter 5 Managing the Risks when Trend Following 81
Chapter 6 Your Complete Robust Trading Plan 95
Chapter 7 Trend Breakouts 107
Chapter 8 Trend Retracements 121
Chapter 9 The Trend Follower Mindset 137
Chapter 10 My Trading Journal 161
Conclusion 193
Disclosure 195
Index 197

Über Autor(innen)

ANDREW ABRAHAM is a commodity trading advisor at the firmhe founded, Abraham Investment Management. He specializes in trendfollowing, utilizing stringent risk management techniques to limitlosses, and capturing a small number of major trends to drivereturns. Abraham has been trading for his account and with otherCTAs since the mid-1990s. He has written for a number of industrypublications including Technical Analysis of Stocks &Commodities, Investment Advisor magazine, and SeekingAlpha.com.Abraham speaks regularly at Traders Expo and other trading industryconferences and has done webinars for MetaStock and Reuters.