Swing and day trading : evolution of a trader / / Thomas N. Bulkowski

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910822570103321
• Autore: Bulkowski Thomas N. <1957->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2013
• ISBN: 1-119-20393-7; 1-118-51699-0; 1-283-96040-0; 1-118-51696-6
• Edizione: [1st edition]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (319 p.)
• Collana: Wiley trading series
• Disciplina: 332.64
• Soggetti: Investment analysis; Portfolio management; Electronic trading of securities; Day trading (Securities)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Swing and Day Trading; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Swing Trading; WHAT IS SWING TRADING?; WHO SHOULD SWING TRADE?; A SWINGING EXAMPLE; LOOKING AHEAD; CHAPTER CHECKLIST; CHAPTER 2 Swinging Techniques; QUICK REVIEW: SUPPORT AND RESISTANCE; TRENDLINE TRADING; Trendline Trading Tips; TRADING USING CHANNELS; THE THREE-BAR NET LINE SETUP; Testing the Three-Bar Net Line; Three-Bar Net Line Example; The Monsanto Trade; The Guppy Variation; Step Summary; Position Size; FIRST THRUST PATTERN FOR SWING TRADING; First Thrust Testing; CHAPTER CHECKLIST; CHAPTER 3 Swinging Chart PatternsWHICH CHART PATTERNS WORK BEST FOR SWINGERS?; TRADING THE HIGH AND TIGHT FLAG; HTF Trading; HTF Trading Tips: What I Use; HTF TRADE IN INSTEEL INDUSTRIES; FISHING FOR INVERTED AND ASCENDING SCALLOPS; SCALLOP TRADING TIPS; TWICE IS NICE: EVE & EVE DOUBLE BOTTOMS; TRADING EVE & EVE; TOP SEVEN FREQUENTLY TRADED CHART PATTERNS; Symmetrical Triangle; Ascending Triangle; Head-and-Shoulders Bottom; Support or Congestion; Flag; Flat Base; Rounding ; Bottom; MY FAVORITE CHART PATTERNS; Busted Descending Triangle; Busted Symmetrical Triangle; Ugly Double Bottom; SWINGING THROWBACKS AND PULLBACKSTRADING EXAMPLE; CNO THROWBACK ENTRY; MEASURING SWINGS; FTO TRADE; CHAPTER CHECKLIST; CHAPTER 4 Swing Selling; SELLING IDEAS; TOP 20 CHART PATTERN PERFORMERS; DIAMOND TOPS AND BOTTOMS; Overshoot, Undershoot, and Identifying Diamonds; Diamond Price Behavior; Diamond Trading Tips; COMPLEX HEAD-AND-SHOULDERS TOP; Trading a Complex Head-and-Shoulders Top; THE EIGHT BEST EXIT SIGNS; 2B; Hit Target; The Scrolling Method; Overhead Resistance; Inverted Dead-Cat Bounce; Double Your Money; Chart Pattern Trend Change; Weinstein's Approach; TEN FAVORITE SELL SIGNALS; Hit StopWeakness; Fundamentals; Diversification; Support Pierced; Inverted Dead-Cat Bounce; Symmetrical Triangle; Dead-Cat Bounce; Resistance; Head-and-Shoulders Top; TRADING EXAMPLE: THE TERADYNE EXIT; TRADING EXAMPLE: EXITING FOREST; TRADING EXAMPLE: SWINGING CNO; CHAPTER CHECKLIST; CHAPTER 5 Event Pattern Setups; COMMON STOCK OFFERINGS SETUP; Atlas Air Example; Trading Offers; SURVIVING A DEAD-CAT BOUNCE; DCB Example; Trading the DCB; THE INVERTED DEAD-CAT BOUNCE SETUP; The YRC Worldwide Tour; TRADING DUTCH AUCTION TENDER OFFERS; After the Auction; EARNINGS SURPRISE SETUP; Good Earnings ExampleBad Earnings; Bad Earnings Example; EARNINGS FLAG SETUP; Earnings Flag Example; STOCK UPGRADES AND DOWNGRADES; Downgrades; An Example; STOCK SPLITS; Academic Research; My Results; Reverse Stock Splits; SETUP: TRADING REVERSE SPLITS; Trend Filter; Split Ratio Filter; Short Sell Trades; CHAPTER CHECKLIST; CHAPTER 6 Swinging Tools and Setups; THE CHART PATTERN INDICATOR; How Does It Work?; The NR7; The CPI Equation; THE SWING RULE; Swing Rule for Downtrends; PUMP UP THE VOLUME OR NOT; Failure Rates by Volume; Throwback and Pullback Rates by Volume; SELECTING WINNERS USING INDEX RELATIVE STRENGTH
• Sommario/riassunto: Comprehensive coverage of the four major trading styles Evolution of a Trader explores the four trading styles that people use when learning to trade or invest in the stock market. Often, beginners enter the stock market by:Buying and holding onto a stock (value investing). That works well until the trend ends or a bear market begins. Then they tryPosition trading. This is the same as buy-and-hold, except the technique sells positions before a significant trend change occurs. Swing trading follows when traders increase their frequency of trading, trying to catch the short-term up and down swin