Description:

Learn to trade using technical analysis, market indicators, simple portfolio analysis, generally successful trading techniques, and common sense with this straightforward, accessible book. Essentially a course in making money, A Short Course in Technical Trading teaches proven long- and short-term trading techniques (with an emphasis on short-term), covering basic indicators and how you can best use them to your advantage.
 
The book includes a trading game so you can trade along with the lessons, posing likely problems that you'll encounter once trading begins. As trading becomes more complicated, so do the problems.

You'll get a running start as a trader with usage tips on the most popular trading tools. A Short Course in Technical Trading is unlike any other book on the market and is available at a convenient low price.

Table of Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgments

Timing Is Everything

Charting the trend

Breakout Trends

Calculating the Trend

The Trading Game

Channels and Bands

Event-Driven Trends

Controlling the Risk of a Trade

One-Day Chart Patterns and Reversals

Continuation Patterns

Top and Bottom Formations

Retracements, Reversals, Fibonacci Numbers, and Gann

Volume, Breadth, and Open Interest

Momentum and MACD

Overbought/Oversold Indicators and Double Smoothing

Managing Your Entry and Exit

Volatility and Portfolio Management

Dow Theory