Download or read book Give Your Trading the Edge written by Chelsea Reid and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-04-30 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Give Your Trading the Edge is a compilation of key insights from well-known contributors to YourTradingEdge Magazine. Trading experts Louise Bedford, Jim Berg, Dawn Bolton-Smith, Kel Butcher, Kerry johnston, Gary Norden and Tom Scollon share their experiences and understanding of what it takes to succeed as a trader, without using the confusing jargon found in many trading publications. Give Your Trading the Edge is ideal for anyone who is serious about trading - whether a novice of a seasoned trader. It will assist traders who are facing challenges to their trading success and give them the knowledge and tools required to profit from the market. Give Your Trading the Edge covers: short- and long-term trading - the best approach for you technical analysis - how to get the most from it fundamental and technical analysis - how to combine the two to achieve optimal results money management for trading success - the steps to enjoying your trading and investing trading plans - how to build one that suits your lifestyle thinking like a trader - an insight into the thought process and lessons essential for trading success contracts for difference (CFDs) - key trading strategies. Discover how to give your trading the edge!

Download or read book Optimize Your Trading Edge Increase Profits Reduce Draw Downs and Eliminate Leaks in Your Trading Strategy written by Bo Yoder and published by McGraw-Hill Education. This book was released on 2007-12-12 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can't profit without an edge Without an edge, the costs of trading will cause you to lose money over the long haul. In order to gain an edge in trading, you must find a statistical advantage within a market. And the best edges come from market shifts fueled by a trader’s psychology. In Optimize Your Trading Edge, investing expert Bo Yoder provides traders in every market with the insight needed to hone their current trading strategies with edge analysis. Optimize Your Trading Edge explains the important dynamics of statistical probability and how it applies to the unpredictability of the financial markets caused by human behavior—that is, cognitive biases. This essential guide shows you how to evaluate the profit expectations of a specific trading strategy and fine-tune that plan to best exploit its market edge. Discover what successful traders have achieved through edge analysis: Increased earnings Reduced draw downs resulting in greater,low-risk leveraging A keener eye for finding and ending profit leaks Precision timing for trading a setup Bo Yoder has taught thousands of traders worldwide in equities, futures, and foreign exchange markets how to increase profitability and optimize their edge regardless of the market environment. By making trading decisions based on statistical probability, you can trade with more confidence, control, and aptitude. Through clear explanations and real-world examples, you’ll learn the valued secret of “trading smarter, not harder,” and with the wealth of practical worksheets inside, you’ll have all the tools you need to incorporate this proven method into your trading strategy. Understanding market movement and the cognitive biases driving them is a critical skill of the profitable investor. To gain a real edge, traders must determine their probability of success in any given market. Optimize Your Trading Edge delivers the methods and tools that will become an essential part of your trading arsenal.

Download or read book The Trading Edge written by Rickey Cheung and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-10-13 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE TRADING EDGE How to trade Like a Winner "Rickey Cheung work is outstanding. His book is highly recommended not only for the logic of his systematic approach in developing a trading edge but primarily for the approach he presents in becoming a successful trader. His systems have been tracked for over two years now (without benefit of hindsight) and the results speak for themselves: No. 1 in the SP'S systems in current issue." - John Hill, Futures Truth magazine "Rickey Cheung lays out in plain-language a step-by-step detailed trading plan for anyone who has the thirst and discipline to become a truly successful trader. After reviewing literally hundreds of trading systems and methods each year I can say that he has succeeded in producing what seems to be his life's masterpiece. His method and style are inspiringly different, innovative and unique." - James R. Casper, Founder, Olive Tree capital "Rickey Cheung has created a masterpiece that provides a practical and comprehensive perspective of today's market trading. Without the promise of a "Get rich quick scheme." , it is truly a great way to make money. I am currently using most of the RC systems and will be happy to add more as they become available. In my 29 years in this business, I have seen virtually every indicator and trading system available. Nothing, however, compares to the exceptional work of Rickey Cheung. Bravo! - Mike Meisner, Founder & Fund Manager, Phoenix Diversified Investment Corp "In this book, Rickey Cheung demonstrates that to be a successful trader, you must hone the skills of your craft by constantly reviewing the data and your performance to find your edge... He not only explains what this edge is, and how to use it, but he also shows you how he discovered it. It is this later point that I found most interesting." - William H. Gibbs, Former President, University of Phoenix

Download or read book 10 ways to Trade with an Edge written by Shadow Trader and published by . This book was released on with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone has to start somewhere in the business of making money with money. You must have the right information from the very first day if you want to become successful in this business. You don’t need to know everything all at one time nor could you, and you certainly don’t have to learn how to trade every asset class there is, you don’t need to become an expert in every conceivable aspect of trading, only the trading you are doing, you should concentrate on becoming a specialist versus being a generalist. 10 ways to Trade with an Edge cuts right to the core and lays out a progressive foundation of principles on which you can begin building a trading edge to work in any of the financial markets and make high profit as long as you have done the education and training the right way from the first day. 10 ways to Trade with an Edge will give any brand new investor, swing trader or position trader some tips and tools to begin building an edge based trading plan. 10 ways to Trade with an Edge is short; it takes the complexities of trading and pares it down to the essentials. It does not have to be long to give you the basic information you need to actually make money trading the financial markets. It is all up to you though, to take the information provided here and act on it with a vengeance if you want to make money right away once you begin trading live with real money, you will be a better and more prepared trader after reading 10 ways to Trade with an Edge and be able to work in any asset class on any time frame with an edge over your competition.

Download or read book Trade the Markets with an Edge written by Larry Jacobs and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an important book discussing the use of different strategies methods about trading. It was written by over 30 expert traders. The book was designed to help you develop your own trading edge in the markets to put you above others who don't have an edge and just trade by the seat of their pants. 90% of traders actually lose in the markets and the main reason is simply that they don't have an edge. All of the writers in this book are very experienced and knowledgeable of different ways. Each of them has their own expertise in trading the markets. What sets these traders apart from other traders? Many think that beating the markets has something to do with discovering and using some secret formula. The traders in this book have the right attitude and many employ a combination of fundamental analysis, technical analysis principles and formulas in their best trading strategies. This gives them a trading edge over other traders. If you want to be successful at trading, you too must have your edge. One needs to find successful trading strategies and implement them in their own trading method. The purpose of this book is to present to you the best trading strategies of these traders so that you might be able to select those that fit you best and then implement them into your own trading style. I wish to express my appreciation to all the writers in this book who made the book possible. They have spent many hours of their time and hard work in writing their section of the book and the putting together their video presentation for the online expo.

Download or read book Trading the Hard Right Edge written by G. Picciuli and published by . This book was released on with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trading is challenging for most people because they simply don't have information, tools or confidence to become successful and trading the hard right edge can be downright scary without it. Trading the Hard Right Edge is important for especially for beginners because it tells it like it is and gives an inside look at trading the financial markets giving you the reality on what the live market is really like, the way they are really run and also tells you who runs them and what you need to do as a self-directed trader to survive in them. Let’s face it, it’s a well-known fact that 97% of self-directed investors and traders fail and lose all of their money, why does this happen? It happens because brand new self-directed traders enter into this business with a bunch of misguided grandiose ideas of making a million dollars from trading and while you can surely make millions of dollars from trading however you would need to be using hundreds of millions of dollars of capital to do so, no joke. As a brand new self-directed trader you have no idea of the brutality and volatility that goes on in the live markets on a daily basis and that there are people in the live markets like the smart money who will walk over dead bodies to get paid so make no mistake as a retail trader and think you can go in the live market and beat them, you can’t. What you can do though is properly prepare yourself to trade with the best traders in the world and get paid right along with them instead of paying them. Once you have completed reading Trading the Hard Right Edge you will have a chance at competing with the best professional traders on the planet. The techniques in Trading the Hard Right Edge will put you on the fast track to being able to make an unlimited income for yourself and becoming consistently profitable enough from trading the financial markets to perhaps even making a living from doing it, isn’t that the reason you’re doing it?

Download or read book Trade Like a Casino written by Richard L. Weissman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-02 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed look at the common characteristics found in most successful traders While there are a variety of approaches to trading in the financial markets, profitable traders tend to share similar underlying characteristics. Most have a methodology that they believe will prove profitable over the long run and are willing to endure short-term setbacks. If you're looking to make the most of your time in today's markets, you need to understand what separates the best from the rest. And with Trade Like a Casino, you'll gain the knowledge needed to excel at this challenging endeavor. Engaging and informative, this reliable guide identifies and explains the key techniques and mental processes characteristic of successful traders. It reveals that successful traders operate very much like a casino in that they develop a method that gives them "positive expectancy" and they unflappably implement the method in the face of changing, and oftentimes volatile, market conditions. Page by page, the book explores the intricacies of methodology, mental control, and flexibility that allow traders to develop and maintain the casino-like edge. Reveals how many successful traders tend to follow the same general principles, even if their approach to trading may differ Explores how to account for the risk of being wrong and the market moving against you Discusses how to develop an approach that combines trade selection with sound risk management, avoids emotional attachment to positions, exploits volatility cycles, and focuses on market action Regardless of how you approach markets, the insights found here will help improve the way you trade by putting you in a better position to distinguish the differences between successful and unsuccessful traders.

Download or read book Trading on the Edge written by Guido J. Deboeck and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1994-04-18 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experts from the world's major financial institutions contributed to this work and have already used the newest technologies. Gives proven strategies for using neural networks, algorithms, fuzzy logic and nonlinear data analysis techniques to enhance profitability. The latest analytical breakthroughs, the impact on modern finance theory and practice, including the best ways for profitably applying them to any trading and portfolio management system, are all covered.

Download or read book How to Develop an Edge as a Beginner Trader written by Joe Chavos and published by . This book was released on with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Develop an Edge as a Beginner Trader is for all beginning aspiring investors and traders who are just getting their head around doing the financial market trading business. Everyone has their own ideas of what they think investing and trading are and what it can do for them and How to Develop an Edge as a Beginner Trader details many of the things that a brand new trader must learn to do to build an edge before they can become consistently profitable in the live financial markets and make a consistent income from them. You absolutely need to have a competitive edge in the live financial markets and you certainly need one as a beginner trader. You must have and develop your trading edge before you do anything in the live financial markets with real money. How to Develop an Edge as a Beginner Trader details how to develop your edge for making money in today’s live financial markets, I encourage you to read every single page if you are brand new and getting into this business to make money because if you run with the ‘sheeple of the herd’ you can be assured to not have any edge. How to Develop an Edge as a Beginner Trader is for new traders who want to start their own business and become investors and traders in today’s financial markets, but have zero experience and are looking for the best quality information to get them started so they can make money right away. If you pay attention to the information in this book you can avoid becoming a statistic and also one of the ‘sheeple of the herd.’ Don’t get yourself FUBAR! My hope from you reading How to Develop an Edge as a Beginner Trader is that you understand how important it is to develop and have a competitive edge when putting your hard earned money at risk in the live markets. Each day, the wealth from new traders trading accounts is transferred from those without a money making edge into the accounts of the professionals who have developed that needed important winning edge, which one do you want to be? How to Develop an Edge as a Beginner Trader is short, sweet and gets right to the point and tells you the basics of what you need to know right away to let you start building your winning edge and also gives you some easy to learn techniques to get you in the driver’s seat of your own money train and tells you how you can begin trading the live markets on as little as $500.

Download or read book Trading for a Living written by Alexander Elder and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1993-03-22 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trading for a Living Successful trading is based on three M's: Mind, Method, and Money. Trading for a Living helps you master all of those three areas: * How to become a cool, calm, and collected trader * How to profit from reading the behavior of the market crowd * How to use a computer to find good trades * How to develop a powerful trading system * How to find the trades with the best odds of success * How to find entry and exit points, set stops, and take profits Trading for a Living helps you discipline your Mind, shows you the Methods for trading the markets, and shows you how to manage Money in your trading accounts so that no string of losses can kick you out of the game. To help you profit even more from the ideas in Trading for a Living, look for the companion volume--Study Guide for Trading for a Living. It asks over 200 multiple-choice questions, with answers and 11 rating scales for sharpening your trading skills. For example: Question Markets rise when * there are more buyers than sellers * buyers are more aggressive than sellers * sellers are afraid and demand a premium * more shares or contracts are bought than sold * I and II * II and III * II and IV * III and IV Answer B. II and III. Every change in price reflects what happens in the battle between bulls and bears. Markets rise when bulls feel more strongly than bears. They rally when buyers are confident and sellers demand a premium for participating in the game that is going against them. There is a buyer and a seller behind every transaction. The number of stocks or futures bought and sold is equal by definition.

Download or read book The Psychology of Trading written by Brett N. Steenbarger and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-01-30 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The one, only, and by far the best book synthesizing psychology and investing. In addition to providing modern, scientific knowledge about psychology, this book provides a mirror into the mind and wide breadth of knowledge of one of the leading practitioners of brief and effectual cures. Will help to cure your trading and your life." -Victor Niederhoffer, Chief Speculator, Manchester Investments Author, The Education of a Speculator and Practical Speculation "How refreshing! A book that rises above the old NLP model of the 80's and provides insights on how our relationship with the market is indeed a very personal one. Not only has Steenbarger provided some fantastic tools for the trader to transform his mindset, but he has contributed unique trading ideas as well. Brilliant!" -Linda Raschke, President, LBRGroup, Inc. "'Investigate, before you invest' was for many years the slogan of the New York Stock Exchange. I always thought a better one would be, 'Investigate YOURSELF, before you invest.' The Psychology of Trading should help you increase your annual investment rate of return. Mandatory reading for anyone intending to earn a livelihood through trading. " -Yale Hirsch, The Hirsch Organization Inc., Editor, The Stock Trader's Almanac "This highly readable, highly educational, and highly entertaining book will teach you as much about yourself as about trading. It's Oliver Sacks meets Mr. Market-extraordinary tales of ordinary professionals and individuals with investment disorders, and how they successfully overcame them. It is a must-read both for private investors who have been shell-shocked in the bear market and want to learn how to start again, as well as for pros who seek an extra edge from extra inner knowledge. Steenbarger's personal voyage into the mind of the market is destined to become a classic." -Jon Markman, Managing Editor, CNBC on MSN Money Author, Online Investing and Swing Trading "Dr. Steenbarger's fascinating, highly readable blend of practical insights from his dual careers as a brilliant psychologist and trader will benefit every investor; knowing oneself is as important as knowing the market." -Laurel Kenner, CNBC.com Columnist, Author, Practical Speculation

Download or read book How to Master Trading Performance written by J. Thune and published by . This book was released on with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I wrote How to Master Trading Performance to give beginners some simple actionable easy to use investment and trading ideas for writing their own rule based trading plan which will give them an edge to their performance over the competition in the live financial markets. All of the techniques presented in How to Master Trading Performance are simple enough for total beginners with zero experience to use in order to begin making money right away. If you’re already ready investing and trading live and are struggling or losing money the techniques in How to Master Trading Performance can help you to turn your trading around. The live markets are a harsh and challenging environment to work in to say the least and the better tools you have the more money you will make. The simple strategies in How to Master Trading Performance are not for the weak minded or inexperienced and will perhaps challenge you to go against everything you may have studied thus far in your trading career. The methods in How to Master Trading Performance can be used as a baseline and if employed properly will give any trader some ideas on how to build their own rule based trading plan which is unique to their style of investing and trading. How to Master Trading Performance will be a valuable resource for beginner investors and traders who wish to expedite their learning curve and begin making money from investing and trading right away versus spending a lot of valuable education time and perhaps losing a lot of hard earned money from not having composed a rule based trading plan, the idea is to start small and build on success. The concepts presented in How to Master Trading Performance work on any market in any time frame and are not hard to employ and build into a working rule based plan that makes money consistently and will also help you to avoid the stress as well as the fear and greed which are inherent of working in this business and is a must read for any brand new self-directed investor and trader. The only thing you are in control of in the live market is how much money you don’t lose and investing and trading with a rule based plan is the edge you’ll need to compete with the top traders in the world.

Download or read book Mastering Tennis Trading written by Daniel Weston and published by Harriman House Limited. This book was released on 2014-11-24 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tennis is the second biggest sport for in-play turnover in the betting markets. It offers fantastic potential for educated, professional traders to achieve high levels of profits. Mastering Tennis Trading gives you the tools to take a calm, strategic approach to tennis trading - in contrast to the emotional, impulsive trading style of many - and this will give you an edge in the markets. You will learn tennis trading strategies for the in-play markets on the online betting exchanges - the largest of which are Betfair and Betdaq. The strategies presented will open your eyes to the possibilities in the in-play tennis markets and help you to add statistically-proven techniques to your trading armoury. This will give you a professional, organised trading script and prevent you from taking a haphazard, impulsive and purely gambling trading approach. Strategies featured include: - Backing the favourite when losing - Backing the server - Laying bad servers - Tiebreak trading - At the end of the first set - The deciding set - And many more! Guidance is given on basic areas such as a trading set-up and how to avoid technological issues, through to more advanced subjects such as assessing which trading strategies work best and which entry points provide the best risk/reward ratios, as well as avoiding specific danger points which will help to eradicate costly losses. There are also statistics, compiled over many hours, that reveal high-odds trading opportunities. With the help of Dan Weston, you will be able to improve your tennis enough to earn you a part-time income, or to eventually allow you to turn full-time once you have gained enough experience. You'll soon be on course to master tennis trading.

Download or read book Black Edge written by Sheelah Kolhatkar and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The rise over the last two decades of a powerful new class of billionaire financiers marks a singular shift in the American economic and political landscape. Their vast reserves of concentrated wealth have allowed a small group of big winners to write their own rules of capitalism and public policy. How did we get here? ... Kolhatkar shows how Steve Cohen became one of the richest and most influential figures in finance--and what happened when the Justice Department put him in its crosshairs"--Amazon.com.

Download or read book Trade the Trader written by Quint Tatro and published by FT Press. This book was released on 2010-10-04 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you trade, you're not just trading companies that deliver goods or services. You're trading against other traders who care about only one thing: taking your money. That's the #1 hard reality of trading - and most traders either don't know it, or don't act as if they do. In this book, top trader and hedge fund manager Quint Tatro shows how to win consistently in the "zero sum" game of trading, where there's a loser for every winner. You'll learn how to reflect your trading competition in every facet of trading and investing: choosing companies to invest in, knowing when to jump in and out of the market, and mastering the psychology and gamesmanship of trading. Coverage includes: Understanding the "other side of the trade": the thousands of pros you're trading against. Finding a technical edge with technical analysis you can exploit over and over again. Understanding sentiment and overcoming the human emotions and biases that cost you dearly. Utilizing the most essential strategies of fundamental analysis. Playing positions and probabilities, not P+Ls. Recognizing and capturing huge opportunities in down markets.

Download or read book Quantitative Trading Systems Second Edition written by Howard Bandy and published by . This book was released on 2011-06-02 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Mental Edge in Trading PB written by Jason Williams and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2012-10-19 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LEVERAGE YOUR MOST POWERFUL TRADING ASSET: YOUR PERSONALITY The Mental Edge in Trading explains the critical link between successful trading and personality traits--and it gives you the tools to use this information to make smarter trades. A highly trained psychiatrist, Dr. Jason Williams, son of legendary trader Larry Williams, explains how to assess and measure your innate personality traits and align them with your trading style for more profitable trading on a more consistent basis. Dr. Williams tested proven winning traders who were managing billions of dollars to see what the great winning traders had in common, what personality traits made them so successful. The results are in this groundbreaking book that will help you become like these winning traders. His conclusions are based on hard science, the latest brain research, and the careful study of successful traders, not on psychobabble meanderings. Dr. Williams provides: A comprehensive overview of how personality/emotions affect every trading decision The information you need to determine the emotions that dominate your decision making Proven methods for adapting your trading plan--and your behavior--to make more money than ever With The Mental Edge in Trading, you have everything you need to apply your cluster of personality traits to become a better, wiser, and more consistently successful market trader. Solid trading strategies and accurate market indicators are crucial. But when push comes to shove, the glue that binds them is your emotional state at any given time. When things go south, the best trading system will collapse like a house of cards--if you allow it to. The Mental Edge in Trading provides the tools you need to ensure this never happens to you by helping you understand and use your emotions when it counts most. It's the key to long-term trading success. Until now, no other book has provided a practical, detailed method for achieving the mental edge in trading. What you'll find inside is based on intensive research into the minds of today’s most profitable traders. The Mental Edge in Trading explains the immutable relationship of human thought, emotion, and behavior and reveals how to: Determine if you should be a systems or discretionary trader Conquer you underlying fear of risk by understanding where it comes from Calm innate anxieties before you start your trading day Use optimism as a "tool" for profitability Remain vigilant as to why you are placing each and every trade This complete trading-improvement tool gives you the information you need to determine and improve your personality traits, discover your dominant emotions, and use this information to adapt your behavior for more successful trading.