A Complete Guide to Technical Trading Tactics How to Profit Using Pivot Points, Candlesticks & Other Indicators

by Person, John L.

• ISBN13: 9780471584551
• ISBN10: 047158455X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-21
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

A thorough trading guide from a professional trader The Complete Guide to Technical Trading Tactics can help the new individual investor understand the mechanics of the markets. Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, this book details what it takes to trade and shows readers how they can broaden their horizons by investing in the futures and options markets. The Complete Guide to Technical Trading Tactics outlines a variety of proven methodologies-pivot points, candlesticks, and other top indicators-so readers may use those that work best for them as well as make their own trading decisions without a second thought. Author John Person also shares his insights on a variety of trading technologies that will allow readers to gain a competitive edge in the market. John L. Person (Palm Beach, FL) publishes The Bottom-Line Financial and Futures Newsletter, a weekly commodity publication that incorporates fundamental new developments as well as technical analysis using his trading system.

Author Biography

JOHN L. PERSON is a registered Commodity Trading Advisor who publishes The Bottom Line Financial and Futures Newsletter, a weekly publication.John hosts his own financial radio show where he interviews some of the country’s top analysts and traders. These interviews are archived on his Web site www.nationalfutures.com. He is widely quoted by CBS Market Watch,Reuters, Dow Jones Newswires, Bloomberg, the BBC, Futures magazine,and appears as a guest onCNBC. He teaches these techniques atsome of the country’s leading investment expos andconducts seminars from coast to coast. He was invited by the Chicago Board of Trade to contribute his daily market commentaries, which can be found at www.cbot.com/dow.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.

Foreword.

Chapter 1. Introduction to Futures and Options: Understanding the Mechanics.

Chapter 2. Fundamentals: The Market Driver.

Chapter 3. Technical Analysis: The Art of Charts.

Chapter 4. Candle Charts: Lighting the Path.

Chapter 5. Chart Analysis: Volume, Open Interest, Patterns.

Chapter 6. Pivot Point Analysis: A Powerful Weapon.

Chapter 7. Day-Trading, Swing Trading: Acting on Analysis.

Chapter 8. Technical Indicators: Confirming Evidence.

Chapter 9. Market Sentiment: What Traders are Thinking.

Chapter 10. Order Placement: Executing the Plan.

Chapter 11. The Mental Game: Inside the Trader.

Chapter 12. The Tactical Trader: Tips and Techniques that Work.

Chapter 13. Options: A Primer.

Chapter 14. Closing: Bell: My 'Top 10'.

Bibliography.

Glossary and Definitions.

Index.