Author(s): Weinstein, Stan
Publisher: McGraw-Hill, A Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies
Year: 1988
Language: English
Pages: 360
City: n/a, USA
Tags: advance-decline line, charting, contrarianism, futures & options, life story of a stock, limit orders, market averages, momentum, mutual funds, securities sectors, shorting, support and resistance, technical analysis
Stain Weinstein's Secrets for Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets - Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Printer's Imprint and Disclaimer......Page 3
Dedication......Page 4
Acknowledgments......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 8
CHAPTER 1. It All Starts Here!......Page 12
My Philosophy of Investing......Page 14
Why the Technical Approach......Page 16
Let's All Speak the Same Language......Page 22
Quiz......Page 30
Charts--They Come in All Forms......Page 31
Reading the Mansfield Chart......Page 36
CHAPTER 2. One Glance Is Worth a Thousand Earnings Forecasts......Page 42
Stage 1: The Basing Area......Page 43
Stage 2: Advancing Phase......Page 45
Stage 3: The Top Area......Page 47
Stage 4: The Declining Phase......Page 49
Buy the Numbers......Page 53
Quiz......Page 55
Answers......Page 59
The Real World......Page 60
How, When, and What......Page 69
The Investor's Way......Page 70
The Trader's Way......Page 72
Under the Microscope......Page 74
Using Buy-Stop Orders......Page 76
Buying within Limits......Page 77
Buying and Selling Patterns to Be Aware of......Page 79
What Not to Buy......Page 84
How to Implement the Strategy......Page 86
Selecting the Sector......Page 89
Here's How It Works......Page 92
Quiz......Page 102
Answers......Page 105
The Less Resistance the Better......Page 107
The Importance of Volume......Page 114
It's All Relative......Page 119
Quick Reference Guide on Buying......Page 126
Further Tips for Buying......Page 127
Double-Barreled Action......Page 134
Bigger Is Better......Page 138
Quiz......Page 140
Answers......Page 145
Don't Put All Your Eggs in One Basket......Page 147
CHAPTER 5. Uncovering Exceptional Winners......Page 150
The Triple Confirmation Pattern......Page 159
Quiz......Page 168
Answers......Page 172
CHAPTER 6. When to Sell......Page 175
Don'ts for Selling......Page 178
Selling Properly--The Investor's Way......Page 189
Sell-Stop Orders......Page 190
Sell-Stops in the Real World......Page 195
The Trader's Way......Page 203
Trending toward Profits......Page 209
Measuring the Move......Page 213
Learning How to Win by Learning How to Lose......Page 216
The Philosophy of Selling, or Don't Give Back Profits Needlessly......Page 220
Quiz......Page 222
Answers......Page 224
CHAPTER 7. Selling Short: The Less Traveled Road to Profits......Page 226
Why Is Short Selling So Feared?......Page 228
Common Mistakes When Shorting......Page 230
Other Short-Selling Errors......Page 237
Summary of Short-Selling Don'ts......Page 238
How to Do It Right......Page 239
When to Sell Short......Page 240
Taking Some Profitable Steps......Page 241
Placing the Order......Page 250
Never Too Late?......Page 251
Especially Profitable Formations......Page 252
Projecting a Target......Page 257
Protecting Your Short with a Buy-Stop......Page 260
Using Buy-Stops the Trader's Way......Page 265
Trendlines on the Downside......Page 268
Another Way of Reducing Risk......Page 270
Quiz......Page 271
Answers......Page 276
CHAPTER 8. Using the Best Long-Term Indicators to Spot Bull and Bear Markets......Page 279
Stage Analysis for the Market Averages......Page 281
The Advance-Decline Line......Page 286
Measuring the Market's Momentum......Page 294
Simple but Effective......Page 298
No Isolationism Here......Page 300
As GM Goes.........Page 307
Cheap or Dear......Page 312
Going Against the Crowd......Page 315
Fun with Funds......Page 321
Short-Term Fund Trading......Page 326
The Same Game with a Slight Twist......Page 330
Options: A Very Exciting but Risky Game......Page 331
Some Real-Life Examples......Page 340
It's No Different When Dealing with the Future(s)......Page 341
CHAPTER 10. Putting It All Together......Page 347
A Few Last Suggestions......Page 350
INDEX......Page 354
Rear Cover......Page 360