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9781601383266

The Complete Guide to Selling Stocks Short: Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply

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    9781601383266

  • ISBN10:

    1601383266

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-11-30
  • Publisher: Atlantic Pub Co
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Summary

This book is written for you, the new or beginning investor and with the right combination of new insights and developed investment strategies; even you can overcome the complexities of this problematic economy. You will learn how to start selling stocks short and what the concept entails. You will learn how to read the market and what it means when they go up and down, plus how to read those fluctuations before you even start making trades. You will learn what you need to do with a rally and which stocks should be sold short and which ones should not. You will learn the fundamental aspects of how cycles work and how to time your short sales. The basics of overhead supply will be discussed alone with head and shoulders taps. You will be shown the process of setting your price limits and knowing how to read and maintain those limits.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Selling Short as a Regular Trading Practicep. 13
Famous short sellersp. 20
Who Should Sell Short?p. 22
An Introduction to the Stock Marketp. 23
Stocks, Bonds, and Optionsp. 25
Types of Stockholdersp. 33
Beginning Tradingp. 36
A Word Regarding Taxesp. 49
Market Overview Conclusionp. 52
An Introduction to Selling Stocks Shortp. 55
An Inexact Sciencep. 57
Risks of Selling Shortp. 59
Margin Accountsp. 63
Reserves and Preservation of Capitalp. 66
What it Takes to be Successfulp. 70
What You Need to Beginp. 73
Select a Broker and Trading Platformp. 74
Technologyp. 75
Paper Tradingp. 77
Bankrollp. 78
Researchp. 80
Strategyp. 81
Tracking Your Tradesp. 84
When to Short a Positionp. 89
What to Take into Account When Opening a Positionp. 90
Selecting a Stockp. 97
Fundamental and Technical Analysisp. 107
Fundamental Analysisp. 108
What Does it All Mean?p. 120
Technical Analysisp. 121
Which Indicators Should You Use?p. 134
Charts Made Simplep. 137
Line Chartsp. 139
Bar Chartsp. 140
Candlestick Chartsp. 147
Entry Strategiesp. 151
Moving Averagesp. 153
Bearish Candlestick Indicatorsp. 161
Fundamental Indicatorsp. 165
Where to Lookp. 171
Common Mistakesp. 174
Other Types of Short Sellingp. 177
Naked Shortsp. 177
Foreign Exchangep. 179
Shorting a Nation's Marketp. 184
Inverse Exchange-traded Fundsp. 190
Hedge Fundsp. 191
Commodity Futuresp. 193
Short Selling Real Estatep. 196
Put Optionsp. 199
Trading at an Inflated Pricep. 200
Types of Put Optionsp. 205
The Mechanics of Writing Optionsp. 207
Factors that Influence Feesp. 209
Measuring Volatilityp. 213
Keys to a Successful Putp. 215
Exit Strategiesp. 221
Setting Safeguardsp. 222
Patterns for Exiting a Positionp. 231
Testing the Watersp. 235
Scouting Tradesp. 236
Plotting Your Next Movep. 240
When Stop-loss Points are Hitp. 243
Wrap-up and Analysisp. 246
The Rundown to Shorting a Positionp. 251
Conclusionp. 257
Appendixp. 259
Internet Sitesp. 259
Newspapersp. 260
Glossaryp. 261
Bibliographyp. 275
Biographyp. 277
Indexp. 279
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