After a sell out first and second edition, Dr. Samir Elias added significant new material to the third edition - the main focus of which is making money in multiple ways. You can make money by purely trading stocks using numerous combinations of technical indicators described in several chapters and supported by practical market examples. You can also make money by raising cash on your long term holdings using effective and simple option strategies. In addition, you can make money by increasing your return on profitable trades while significantly reducing losses on unprofitable ones by using risk control strategies described in a special chapter. Learn also how to find stocks that have the potential to deliver explosive profits by incorporating ideas from the author's own stock scanning system that is presented in the book. Make the most of your trades by using specific techniques to determine the approximate best exit time and price using methods in the book applied in detail to the author's own trades. Whatever kind of trader you may be, this book will show you practical ways to increase your profits. If you are a swing trader, you can use candlestick charts combined with two specific technical signals to enter profitable trades. If you are an intermediate term trader, you can use profitable chart patterns described in one of the chapters in combination with technical signals to increase your return. Long term investors can use CD charts described in an especially dedicated chapter to determine the long term direction of a stock as well as entry and exit points. ....read more

There are fifteen major breakthroughs in technical analysis! SEVEN of these breakthroughs are new, never-before-revealed material! - George Lane, Stochastics Originator. As professional traders approach the 21st century, accelerating technological change threatens to make conventional technical studies and indicators ineffective. To compete in this changing environment, these professionals need radical new uses and combinations of indicators and formulas to keep their competitive edge. Not a primer for the novice, TECHNICAL ANALYSIS FOR THE TRADING PROFESSIONAL resets the scales, arming today's professional trader with new, unique, and never-before-seen formulas and uses of key market indicators and techniques. ....read more

This book is a gold mine of information for systems-oriented traders and should be regarded as a major contribution to the body of literature on the topic.

Most books on systems deal primarily with the steps and procedures involved in developing your own system, such as data selection, issues of optimization and curve-fitting, testing procedures, and evaluation of performance.

In contrast to others, this book is a collection of 82 systems already developed, with precise entry and exit rules already established.

The editors provide a short, detailed summary for each system. They leave no ambiguity whatsoever: Every step of the process for calculating signals is shown with exact mathematical precision and clarity. Many of the systems discussed come from well-known system developers and authors, amont them Larry williams, Don Worden, Richard Arms, Benjamin Crocker and Welles Wilder.

Of special note are eight systems developed by the late Richard Donchian, who never published his methods in any formal fashion and on whose work there is no reference material available in any form. I believe the systems detailed in this work encapsulate most of the technical work that Donchian developed, with the exception of such moving-average methods as his well-known 5-and 20-day system.

Many of the systems described herein were actually developed years ago, but in most cases, the original publications are no longer available in print. These would include such examples as William Dunnigan's Thurst Method, George Cole's Method, the Midian-line Method popularized by Dr. Alan Andrews and Gerald Appel, and the volume-based methods of Joseph Granville. ....read more

The definitive book on this critical sector, updated for today's markets. The most thorough, most practical book on small-cap stocks has now been revised and expanded. Stocks with a market capitalization of less than $1 billion are some of the best long-term investments on Wall Street. A dollar invested in small caps in 1926 would be worth $2,843 today, versus $811 if invested in large caps. Top Bloomberg editors Christopher Graja and Elizabeth Ungar explain why adding a small percentage of small-cap stocks to a portfolio helps investors boost returns without increasing their risk. Many investors have heard the raves about how lucrative small-cap stocks can be. Graja and Ungar show the individual investor how to spot the top performers, explain how these stocks behave, and demonstrate how to incorporate them into a portfolio. This new edition also features and exclusive interview with top stockpicker Peter Lynch, plus valuable tips from other experts on how to identify which small-cap mutual funds are the strongest. Investing in Small-Cap Stocks is packed with essential contact information, including Web sites, addresses, and phone numbers of the S&P 600 SmallCap companies. It's the jumpstart investors need to take advantage of this exciting asset class.

Every aspect covered, including:
Exclusive interview with Peter Lynch
Ways to analyze high-tech and international investments
Expanded sections on indexing and on net current asset valuation
New resources for the year 2000 and beyond
How to pick small-cap mutual funds and individual stocks
Indicators to watch (earnings surprises, interest rates, dollar exchange rates)
Trading techniques, including momentum investing, technical analysis, and paired trading ....read more

Your Guide to Earning Consistent Profits on Short-Term Investments

Fine-tune your trading skills to the point that you’ll know where the market will go and when it will get there–with Sniper Trading: Essential Short-Term Money-Making Secrets for Trading Stocks, Options, and Futures. Renowned trader George Angell shows you how to spot the best opportunities, capitalize on them, and get out of the market in one quick shot–just like other sniper traders.

Sniper Trading offers three specific approaches to the market: support and resistance, time and price, and day of the week–then shows you how to utilize this information to:

• Create buying and selling zones
• Measure market symmetry
• Take a macro view of the market
• Develop an array of short-term trading techniques

. . . all of which will help improve the bottom line of your short-term trades.

Filled with numerous examples, helpful charts, and proven trading strategies and systems, Sniper Trading is your complete guide to short-term trading whether you’re interested in stocks, options, or futures. From the basics of short-term trading to the psychology behind it, Sniper Trading gives you the ability to understand market patterns, master the discipline needed to utilize this hard-won knowledge, and come out with measurable profits. ....read more

Take advantage of price swings in strongly trending securities and pump up your portfolio!

Want to know the strategies of successful swing trading? This friendly guide covers the ins and outs of this risky but profitable investing approach, explaining all the basics in plain English. You'll see how to use the two investment approaches - technical and fundamental analysis - to indentify promising securities in strongly trending markets. In addition, this guide covers how to calculate investment returns and, most important, how to manage your portfolio's risk.

• Learn from a highly experienced trader, analyst, and portfolio manager - the author shares his insider knowledge
• Understand often overlooked topics such as money management, journal keeping, and strategy planning - key areas that will largely determine your success
• Focus on the fundamentals - often overlooked by swing traders, fundamental analysis can increase your chance of success
• Determine your entry and exit points with technical analysis - read charts, apply indicators, and compare markets
• Evaluate companies with fundamental analysis - grasp the basics of financial statements and the criteria to screen for undervalued or overvalued stocks
• Develop and implement your trading plan - outline what you trade and how often, decide your risk tolerance, and calculate your performance

Open the book and find:

• The differences among swing trading, day trading, and buy-and-hold investing
• The pros and cons of technical and fundamental analysis
• A step-by-step anatomy of a trade
• A wealth of charts and screenshots
• Real-world examples of swing trading successes
• The 10 deadly sins of swing trading - avoid at all costs!
• Sample trading plans
• Useful resources for navigating data

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