Kaufman A Short Course in Technical Trading

1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-471-47341-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Trading Series

Learn to trade using technical analysis, market indicators, simpleportfolio analysis, generally successful trading techniques, andcommon sense with this straightforward, accessible book.Essentially a course in making money, A Short Course in TechnicalTrading teaches proven long- and short-term trading techniques(with an emphasis on short-term), covering basic indicators and howyou can best use them to your advantage.
The book includes a trading game so you can trade along with thelessons, posing likely problems that you'll encounter once tradingbegins. As trading becomes more complicated, so do theproblems..
You'll get a running start as a trader with usage tips on themost popular trading tools. A Short Course in Technical Trading isunlike any other book on the market and is available at aconvenient low price.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kaufman, Perry J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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 [e-mail].