Study Guide for Trading for a Living: Psychology, Trading Tactics, Money Management

Produktbeschreibung

To help readers profit even more from the ideas in Trading for a Living, Dr. Elder has prepared this Study Guide, packed with over 200 questions and charts to help traders master the essential trading skills--from psychology to technical analysis to risk management, and more. Eleven rating scales help readers measure their growth and progress. 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Partial table of contents:

Trading--The Last Frontier.

The Odds Against You.

INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGY.

Fantasy Versus Reality.

Self-Destructiveness.

Trading Lessons from AA.

Winners and Losers.

MASS PSYCHOLOGY.

What Is the Market?.

The Market Crowd and You.

Managing Versus Forecasting.

CLASSICAL CHART ANALYSIS.

Support and Resistance.

Trendlines.

Chart Patterns.

COMPUTERIZED TECHNICAL ANALYSIS.

Moving Averages.

The Directional System.

Williams %R.

Relative Strength Index.

THE NEGLECTED ESSENTIALS.

Volume-Based Indicators.

Herrick Payoff Index.

STOCK MARKET INDICATORS.

New High-New Low Index.

PSYCHOLOGICAL INDICATORS.

Consensus Indicators.

NEW INDICATORS.

Elder-Ray.

TRADING SYSTEMS.

Triple Screen Trading System.

Channel Trading Systems.

RISK MANAGEMENT.

Money Management.

Afterword.

Sources.

Index. 

Autoreninfo

ALEXANDER ELDER, MD, was born in Leningrad and grew up in Estonia where he entered medical school at the age of 16. At 23, while working as a ship's doctor, he escaped from a Soviet ship in Africa and received political asylum in the U.S.A. He continued to work as a psychiatrist in New York City, served as book editor of The Psychiatric Times, and taught at Columbia University. After becoming involved in financial trading, Dr. Elder published over 50 articles, software, and book reviews, and spoke at many conferences. In 1988 he founded Financial Trading Seminars, Inc., an educational firm for traders.