Winning Spread Betting Strategies : How to Make Money in the Medium Term in up, down and Sideways Markets

by Pryor, Malcolm

• ISBN13: 9781906659103
• ISBN10: 1906659109
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-01
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services

Summary

Malcolm Pryor, who has already written a bestseller on financial spread betting has now written a brand new book for investors. Winning spread betting strategies has a punchy and economical text, presenting much of its teaching through carefully chosen examples of charts. The focus is on practical trading techniques which are relevant to investors aiming to enjoy the advantages of price movement in the markets, both up and down, rather than adopting the more traditional 'buy and hold' strategy. The book is set to be a must-have for anyone looking to hedge their long-term holds and make money in these turbulent times.

Table of Contents

About the author	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xv
Risk warning	p. xvii
Introduction	p. xix
The Spread Betting Investor	p. 1
A Tale of Three Investors	p. 3
Investor #1: buy and hold	p. 5
Investor #2: sitting out the down-trends	p. 6
Investor #3: capitalising on up and down-trends	p. 7
The Spread Betting Investor	p. 9
Definition	p. 11
Profile	p. 11
Objectives	p. 11
Resources	p. 11
The Rules	p. 13
About rules	p. 15
7 investing rules that really count	p. 17
The Spread Betting Investor Mind Set	p. 21
Objectives	p. 23
Acquiring skills	p. 25
Winning attitudes	p. 30
7 Spread Betting Investor Strategies	p. 31
Technical Tools Used in the Spread Betting Investor Strategies	p. 35
Tools to define up, down and sideways	p. 37
Tools to define short-term dips and rallies	p. 44
Other technical analysis tools	p. 46
Trading concepts	p. 47
Important note on the strategy examples	p. 48
Buying Dips	p. 49
Introduction to the strategy	p. 51
Strategy methodology	p. 51
Advantages and disadvantages of the strategy	p. 52
Technical challenges of the strategy	p. 52
Buying Relative Strength	p. 71
Introduction to the strategy	p. 73
Strategy methodology	p. 73
Advantages and disadvantages of the strategy	p. 73
Technical challenges of the strategy	p. 74
Solutions to the technical challenges of the strategy	p. 74
Selling Rallies	p. 95
Introduction to the strategy	p. 97
Strategy methodology	p. 97
Advantages and disadvantages of the strategy	p. 98
Technical challenges of the strategy	p. 98
Selling Relative Weakness	p. 115
Introduction to the strategy	p. 117
Strategy methodology	p. 117
Advantages and disadvantages of the strategy	p. 118
Technical challenges of the strategy	p. 118
Buying Support and Selling Resistance	p. 137
Introduction to the strategy	p. 139
Strategy methodology	p. 139
Advantages and disadvantages of the strategy	p. 140
Technical challenges of the strategy	p. 140
Solutions to the technical challenges of the strategy	p. 141
Long / Short Portfolio	p. 157
Introduction to the strategy	p. 159
Strategy methodology	p. 159
Advantages and disadvantages of the strategy	p. 159
Technical challenges of the strategy	p. 160
Solutions to the technical challenges of the strategy	p. 161
Early Bird	p. 183
Introduction to the strategy	p. 185
Strategy methodology	p. 185
Advantages and disadvantages of the strategy	p. 185
Technical challenges of the strategy	p. 186
Solutions to the technical challenges of the strategy	p. 186
Appendix - brief notes on some trading concepts used in this book	p. 203
Exit methodology	p. 205
Bet size	p. 205
Shorting	p. 206
Diversification	p. 206
Drawdown	p. 207
Index	p. 209
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