Swing and Day Trading
Evolution of a Trader
Published on 8. January 2013
320 pages
978-1-118-51699-7 (ISBN)
Description
Comprehensive coverage of the four major trading styles
Evolution of a Trader explores the four trading styles thatpeople 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 workswell until the trend ends or a bear market begins. Then theytry
* Position trading. This is the same as buy-and-hold, except thetechnique sells positions before a significant trend changeoccurs.
* Swing trading follows when traders increase their frequency oftrading, trying to catch the short-term up and down swings.Finally, people try
* Day trading by completing their trades in a single day.
This series provides comprehensive coverage of the four tradingstyles by offering numerous tips, sharing discoveries, anddiscussing specific trading setups to help you become a successfultrader or investor as you journey through each style.
Trading Basics takes an in-depth look at moneymanagement, stops, support and resistance, and offers dozens oftips every trader should know.
Fundamental Analysis and Position Trading discusses whento sell a buy-and-hold position, uncovers which fundamentals workbest, and uses them to find stocks that become10-baggers--stocks that climb by 10 times their originalvalue.
Swing and Day Trading reveals methods to time the marketswings, including specific trading setups, but it covers the basicsas well, such as setting up a home trading office and how muchmoney you can make day trading.
Reviews / Votes
"The three books in this series were written for peopleunfamiliar with the inner workings of the stock market, but willstill curl the toes of professionals, too. Research is usedto prove the ideas discussed, but is presented in an easy tounderstand and light-hearted manner. You will find the booksto be as entertaining as they are informative and packed withmoneymaking tips and ideas. Use the ideas presented here tohone your trading style and improve your success. Whether youare a novice who has never purchased a stock but wants to, or aprofessional money manager who trades daily, these books are anecessary addition to any market enthusiast'sbookshelf." --Alan Battista, Stockineer.com Book ReviewMore details
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THOMAS N. BULKOWSKI is a successful investor with thirtyyears of experience in the stock market. He is also the author ofthe Wiley titles Encyclopedia of Candlestick Charts,Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns, Getting Started in Chart Patterns,Trading Classic Chart Patterns, and Visual Guide to ChartPatterns. Bulkowski is also a contributor to Active Trader,Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities, and otherpublications worldwide. Before earning enough from his investmentsto retire from his day job at age 36, Bulkowski was a hardwaredesign engineer with Raytheon and a senior software engineer forTandy Corporation.
Content
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xv
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO SWING TRADING 1
What Is Swing Trading? 1
Who Should Swing Trade? 2
A Swinging Example 3
Looking Ahead 5
CHAPTER 2 SWINGING TECHNIQUES 7
Quick Review: Support and Resistance 8
Trendline Trading 9
Trading Using Channels 15
The Three-Bar Net Line Setup 17
First Thrust Pattern for Swing Trading 26
CHAPTER 3 SWINGING CHART PATTERNS 31
Which Chart Patterns Work Best for Swingers? 32
Trading the High and Tight Flag 33
HTF Trade in Insteel Industries 40
Fishing for Inverted and Ascending Scallops 42
Scallop Trading Tips 43
Twice Is Nice: Eve & Eve Double Bottoms 44
Trading Eve & Eve 46
Top Seven Frequently Traded Chart Patterns 47
My Favorite Chart Patterns 53
Swinging Throwbacks and Pullbacks 56
Trading Example 59
CNO Throwback Entry 60
Measuring Swings 62
FTO Trade 64
CHAPTER 4 SWING SELLING 69
Selling Ideas 70
Top 20 Chart Pattern Performers 71
Diamond Tops and Bottoms 73
Complex Head-and-Shoulders Top 77
The Eight Best Exit Signs 80
Ten Favorite Sell Signals 84
Trading Example: The Teradyne Exit 90
Trading Example: Exiting Forest 92
Trading Example: Swinging CNO 94
CHAPTER 5 EVENT PATTERN SETUPS 97
Common Stock Offerings Setup 97
Surviving a Dead-Cat Bounce 102
The Inverted Dead-Cat Bounce Setup 106
Trading Dutch Auction Tender Offers 108
Earnings Surprise Setup 111
Earnings Flag Setup 118
Stock Upgrades and Downgrades 120
Stock Splits 125
Setup: Trading Reverse Splits 129
CHAPTER 6 SWINGING TOOLS AND SETUPS 133
The Chart Pattern Indicator 133
The Swing Rule 137
Pump Up the Volume or Not 142
Selecting Winners Using Index Relative Strength 145
Three Swing Trading Setups 147
Trading Setup: Simple Moving Average Tests 157
The Smile and Frown Setup 158
Trading Smiles and Frowns 160
Smile and Frown Trading Tips 162
CHAPTER 7 INTRODUCTION TO DAY TRADING 167
What Is Day Trading? 169
Why Day Trade? 169
Is Day Trading for You? 170
What Are the Problems of Day Trading? 172
CHAPTER 8 DAY TRADING BASICS 177
Managing Expectations: How Much Can You Really Make? 178
Building the Home Office 179
Office Setup Cost 184
Pattern Day Trading Rules 185
Wash Sale Rule 186
Eight Tips for Picking Stocks to Day Trade 187
Price Reversal Times Revealed! 191
What Time Sets Intraday High and Low? 193
Inside Level II Quotes 195
Heartbeat of the Market: Time-and-Sales Ticker 197
Pre-Market Checklist 198
After-Market Analysis 199
CHAPTER 9 OPENING GAP SETUP 203
Opening Gap Test Data 204
Setup: Fading the Opening Gap 204
Sample Trade 217
CHAPTER 10 DAY TRADING CHART PATTERNS 221
Day Trading Double Tops 221
Day Trading Triple Tops 225
Day Trading Symmetrical Triangles 226
Day Trading Head-and-Shoulders Tops 228
Day Trading Double Bottoms 229
Day Trading Head-and-Shoulders Bottoms 231
Day Trading Triple Bottoms 232
Other Trading Tips 233
CHAPTER 11 OPENING RANGE BREAKOUT 237
What Is Best Range Time? 238
The ORB Setup 241
Does the ORB Setup Work? 247
CHAPTER 12 TEN HORROR STORIES 251
This is a Winner, Mom. Buy it! 251
Three Newsletter Disasters 252
Three Option and Warrant Disasters 254
Two Missed Opportunities 257
The $1 Million Surprise 260
CHAPTER 13 CLOSING POSITION 263
CHAPTER 14 WHAT WE LEARNED 265
Visual Appendix of Chart Patterns 277
Bibliography 283
About the Author 287
Index 289
