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SKILLS & TECHNIQUES Swing Trading Anticipating Market Direction Modern markets shift gears constantly. Stay ahead of the curve, learn to act quickly and capitalize on fresh trading opportunities.   A Guide To The Trading Game Having trouble sleeping at night because those long-term holds have turned into short-term misery? Exploring Market Physics Price movement follows natural physical laws. Learn how to profit from these powerful hidden forces. 15 Steps to Get Ready for the Market Day Gather information, pick a few fights, and make the right moves while your competition is still in dreamland. 15 Ways To Manage Price Patterns Surprisingly many of us don't even know what a good trade looks like. Learn From Your Mistakes In reality, even market professionals make costly errors that could have been avoided. Pattern Cycles Syllabus from the live presentation at the National Online Trading Expo in New York City. Surviving Drawdowns Emotional extremes are difficult to manage during a drawdown, and they'll prolong the pain unless the trader gets control. 10 Ways To Turn Around Your Summer Trading Managing high volatility levels is a major challenge in summer markets. 10 Tips For The Remote Trader Most human beings have real lives away from the markets and can't watch every twist and turn of the ticker tape. Trading Execution Zone A pattern is only as good as the price action that follows it. Trading with Stage Analysis What if you could just glance at a chart, and find good trades immediately? 20 Golden Rules for Traders Add these simple rules to your daily trading and build consistent profits. 20 Rules for Effective Trade Execution It's easier to find good stocks than to trade them for a profit. 20 Rules for Effective Trade Management Managing open positions is the most difficult task the trader faces.   TREND REVERSALS Bottoms & Tops Fishing for Profits Trading bottoms and tops have the highest reward:risk ratios of all short-term trades. But it's still very easy to miss your opportunity. Use these informative strategies to locate outstanding entry points.   Adam & Eve & Adam Learn two variations of the double bottom that get you in at the lowest risk. Adam & Eve Tops Use this classic topping formation to identify profitable short sales. Hell's Triangle The development of three descending highs and a horizontal floor often sets the stage for a major selloff. Lowdown on Bottoms There are many variations on the theme, including rounded bottoms, triple bottoms and V-bottoms. The Big W Use the Big W to trade your way through major reversals.   PROFITING FROM DECLINE Corrections Effective Short Selling When markets break down, they display common characteristics over and over again. Identify the current phase of the decline and position yourself to capitalize on the panic of the crowd.   Anticipating a Selloff How You Could Have Seen ImClone's Implosion Coming. 5 Wave Declines Declines are not chaotic events. Look for the orderly 1-2-3-Drop-Up in corrective movements. Selling Declines The fearful crowd provides a rich source for profits on trades initiated during corrections and declines. Surviving Bear Markets Most players wrongly believe that profits will continue in a major decline as long as they just flip their long strategies upside down. Ten Roadblocks To Profitable Short Selling Short-selling has come back into vogue, with the major averages convulsing in response to the mortgage crisis.   MARKET MATHEMATICS Indicators Traders Toolbox The right technical tools will get you into good trades and keep you out of bad ones. Use these powerful indicators and tools to cross-verify the message of your chart pattern.   Bollinger Bands Tactics Use Bollinger Band strategy to pinpoint major swing reversals and breakouts. Context Is The Key In Candlestick Charting Popular candlestick patterns are vulnerable to misinterpretation because the colorful names sound really insightful. Cracking The Fibonacci Code Magic numbers, astrological dates and prayer wheels have all been enlisted in the search for that elusive trading edge. Five Fibonacci Tricks Add these Fib twists and turns to your toolbox, and apply them to your next trade. 15 Ways to Trade Moving Averages Reading a chart without moving averages is like baking a cake without butter or eggs. Moving Average Crossovers Add the Golden Cross and Death Cross to your trading arsenal. Scanning for Stocks Scans provide an efficient method to uncover subsets of the market universe. Trading the 50-Day MA This neutral ground between bulls and bears offers a perfect view of the market's playing field. Trading The Stochastics Indicator I used to think only price bars could predict the future.

FINDING THE EDGE Market Dynamics Trend-Range Mechanics When stock movement breaks the rules, it could be emitting a very strong signal. Here's what to look for when you're expecting the unexpected.   Effective Market Timing Folks believe chart-reading automatically leads to profitable trading. This isn't true. Exit Strategies Most traders don't have an exit plan, whether their positions are turning a profit or going down in flames. Exploiting Market Inefficiency Traders need to control time and information variables, and navigate shifting markets. Mastering Reward:Risk Most traders ignore reward/risk, hoping that luck will save them when things start to go bad. Measuring Reward:Risk Trading is an odds game, in which anything can happen at any time. Mastering The Art Of The Exit Is it really any harder to make money now than it was a year ago? Two years ago? Overbought/Oversold Overload Should we run for the hills because a market is overbought, or load up the boat because it's oversold? Playing Failed Failures Modern markets try to burn everyone through rinse jobs before they launch definable trends. Pulling The Trigger Q&A Greed and fear exert a powerful influence when the time comes to enter the trade. Rise & Shine With The Market Digesting pre-market news data isn't as hard as you think. Stop Loss Q&A What takes place at the end of a trade usually reflects decisions made at the beginning. Trade Entry Q&A Traders spend hours looking for new positions but get ten thumbs and make a thousand mistakes getting into the market. Trade Management Q&A We spend hours searching for the perfect pattern but fail miserably when its time to turn opportunity into profit. 10 Trading Pitfalls And How To Avoid Them Even the most successful traders do the dumbest things every single day the market is open for business. 10 Ways To Improve Your Market Timing Most folks speculating on the financial markets face major disappointment when they look at their year-end results. 10 Ways To Master The Trade Raw capital production may not be the best way to judge your progress. Trading The News The big money has already acted upon the news by the time you see it.   RIDING THE WAVE Breakouts Trend Following Systems Breakouts through key support or resistance signal price movement that will likely persist for some time. Use these key trend and breakout patterns to capture large pieces of the move.   Breakout Trading A market starts rising when it stops falling. Hidden in the final twists and turns of long bottoms, new uptrends go unnoticed by the crowd. Buying The Pullback The pullback is a great way to lose money if you jump in too early or too late. Catch The Dow and Elliott Waves Dow Theory hasn't missed a beat in over 100 years. So what does Charlie Dow have to offer modern traders? Morning Gap Management Gap hurl positions and assumptions into unknown territory. Morning Gap Strategies Having trouble with those irritating morning gaps? You're not alone. Recognizing False Breakouts and Whipsaws Common knowledge of price levels is being used against traders in a conscious and diabolical manner. The Gap Primer Old traders' wisdom advises that gaps get filled. However, some gaps never fill.   FAST FINGERS Day Trading Intraday Cycles and Tactics Day traders face intense competition and hidden traps set by insiders. Avoid common intraday pitfalls and make market cycles work in your favor.   3-D Trade Execution Use multiple time frame pattern analysis to identify profitable intraday trade setups. Bid-Ask The bid/ask spread reveals underlying supply and demand on the ticker tape. Extended Hour Trading The trading day doesn't begin at 9:30 a.m. New York time, nor does it end at 4 p.m. Pullback Day Trading Learn to step in front of other day traders on intraday pullbacks. Reading The Intraday Swing The intraday market weaves back and forth like a drunken sailor. Playing The Midday Swings The compulsion to overtrade the midday markets can ruin a perfectly good session. 10 Tips for Reading The Ticker Tape It can take a decade or more staring at the shifting numbers to decipher all the games played by Wall Street.   UNCHARTED TERRITORY New Highs Momentum Trading Stocks at new highs display unique momentum characteristics that can persist for months. Jump on the momentum bandwagon but minimize the considerable risks when you do.   Momentum Cycles Minimize the risks of momentum trading by tuning your positions to the hidden action-reaction cycles of dynamic trend. Uncharted Territory Use the Rule of Alternation to measure opportunity as stocks rally to new highs.