Author(s): Linda Bradford Raschke
Year: 2012
Language: English
Pages: 135
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Introduction
The Nature of The Game
Trading With The Edge
Principles of Price Behavior
Principle One: A Trend Has a Higher Probability of Continuation than Reversal
Principle Two: Momentum Precedes Price
Principle Three: Trends End in a Climax
Principle Four: The Market Alternates between Range Expansion and Range Contraction!
BASIC MARKET STRUCTURE
Defining the Trend
Technical Indicators
20-PERIOD EXPONENTIAL MOVING AVERAGE
KELTNER CHANNELS
OSCILLATORS
The 3/10 OSCILLATOR
THE PRICE PULSE
TRADING PATTERNS USING THE 3/10 OSCILLATOR
FIRST CROSS BUY/SELL
INTERMEDIATE BUY/SELL
3/10 ANTI
10-BAR DIVERGENCE SIGNAL
ADX
Charts for Basic Market Structure
Charts for Technical Indicators
Tape Reading
PIVOT POINTS
OPENING PRICE
PREVIOUS DAY’S HIGH AND LOW
LAST HOUR HIGH AND LOW
FIRST HOUR HIGH AND LOW
THE CLOSING HOUR
Charts for Tape Reading and Pivot Points
SWING TRADING CONCEPTS AND TRADING STRATEGIES
SHORT-TERM TENDENCIES AND RHYTHMN
TRADE EXECUTION
TRADE MANAGEMENT and EXITING A POSITION
STOPS
RISK and MONEY MANAGEMENT
BASIC BUSINESS PLAN
PSYCHOLOGY
CONCENTRATION
SLUMP BUSTING
STAYING IN THE GAME MENTALLY
MENTAL TOUGHNESS
WHEN THINGS GO BAD
Putting it all together
Nightly Preparation
The Trading Day
Appendices
Appendix A - CONCENTRATION
Appendix B - DAYTRADING S&P FUTURES
Appendix C - The Forefathers of Swing Trading
Appendix D - Notes from a Swing Trader
Appendix E - SWING TRADING: RULES AND PHILOSOPHY
Appendix F - THE MENTAL ASPECT OF TRADING
Appendix G - Tape Reading
Appendix H - TREND DAYS
Appendix I - Time Tested Classic Trading Rules for the Modern Trader
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