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The Internet as we know it has changed many things for stocks, markets, and finance in general. The "social web" and advances in technology have helped create tools and platforms that are empowering traders and investors, and allowing them to capture consistent profits along the way.
StockTwits® has emerged as the leading stock market social network, providing individuals with a vehicle to exchange ideas and receive real-time market insights. Made up of over 100,000 people from all corners of the world, trading thousands of instruments, StockTwits is all about crowdsourcing the best ideas and talent, and that's exactly what you'll find here in this new book.
Created by StockTwits cofounder and CEO Howard Lindzon and his colleagues Philip Pearlman and Ivaylo Ivanhoff, this unique guide is comprised of over forty contributed chapters from both well-known professional traders and individual traders who have attracted a following on StockTwits. While some of the people you'll meet have been trading for years, others have been in the business for just a short timebut each has an amazing focus and belief that if you can master one thing well in the markets you can succeed.
In The StockTwits Edge, each trader and investor presents his/her favorite setup in detail, highlighting
the underlying psychology and real examples for better understanding of the rationale behind each step, including risk management. You will learn how to use their approach to find new ideas yourself.
Divided into seven comprehensive parts, this reliable resource covers a wide range of topics that can help improve your trading endeavors, such as:
Trend following
Value investing
Day trading
Swing trading
Options trading
Forex trading
The art of trading
Whether you trade every day or every so often, the ideas found here can help you make the most of your time in today's markets. Armed with each contributor's favorite setup, you can excel on your own or visit the StockTwits website and gain real-time insights into leveraging the wealth of information contained within these pages.
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Profitable trade set-ups from StockTwits leading traders
StockTwits has emerged as the leading stock market social community site, providing traders and investors with a vehicle to exchange ideas and receive real-time market insights.
In The StockTwits Edge, contributors to this site, both well-known professional traders and lesser-known individual traders who have attracted a following on StockTwits, describe their most successful trade setups. Throughout the book, traders discuss why their chosen set-up works; which environments the set-up is most likely to produce profits; and how to identify the set-up as markets unfold.Reveals successful step ups through examples of a closed trade; explains the underlying logic behind the set-up; and delineates specific entry, exit, and risk management rules to each trade set-up Besides stock set-ups, the book also includes set-ups relating to options and forex trades Contains short bios for each trader/contributor and a general description of their trading philosophy
While there are many factors involved in successful trading and investing, the ability to identify profitable situations is paramount. This book will help you achieve that goal.
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Profitable trade set-ups from StockTwits leading tradersStockTwits has emerged as the leading stock market social networking site, providing traders and investors with a vehicle to exchange ideas and receive real-time market insights. StockTwits is a "farm club" for talent, the American Idol of Finance.
One of the biggest secrets on Wall Street is that to become consistently profitable, you need to specialize in a distinct setup. A setup is a combination of factors that need to align in time and space in order to produce a buy or sell signal.
In The Stocktwits Edge, both well-known professional traders and lesser-known individual traders, describe their highest probability setups. Throughout the book, you will get acquainted with various market methods in terms of time frame and asset class. There is something for everyone. Some of the best traders on Stocktwits guide you through how they find profitable ideas on a daily basis and how they manage risk. They not only explain which factors are important, but also why they are important.
While there are many factors involved in successful trading and investing, the ability to identify profitable situations is paramount. This book will help you achieve that goal.
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Praise for The StockTwits Edge: 40 Actionable Trade Set-Ups from Real Market Pros"Howard Lindzon has tapped into a unique talent pool: He has 'crowd-sourced' the task of figuring out who the up and coming traders and fund managers are via social media. Unearthing the next Stevie Cohen via social leverage is a fascinating concept. Kudos to Lindzon for figuring this out long before most of Wall Street even knew what the hell Twitter was."
—Barry Ritholtz, President of Fusion IQ, author, Bailout Nation
"The perfect book for traders, whether new or existing. It is fast, fun, and smart; with something for anyone who wants to understand how their trading peers can help them secure their financial future."
—Paul Kedrosky, Entrepreneur, editor, Infectious Greed
"I affectionately regard my friend Howard Lindzon as the Larry King of social media. He and his talented team at StockTwits created an online Grand Central Station for active traders. This book showcases some of the many talented traders you will find on the 'stream' daily. For those interested in learning a variety of ideas on how to trade stocks, The StockTwits Edge is a great resource."
—Mark Minervini, Stock Market Wizard, 1997 U.S. Investing Champion
"I wake up, I have coffee, I exercise, I read, I write, I go on StockTwits to get stock ideas, I then make money with them. I eat. I sleep. Repeat."
—James Altucher
"StockTwits is a truly unique community where thoughts, opinions, and ideas on economics, finance, and trading are shared, debated, and sometimes even agreed upon. Its users are passionate about their involvement and this real-time conversation is built on the simple idea that markets are a social eco-system—an ever-changing wealth of information. The StockTwits Edge exemplifies this collective passion and breadth of knowledge."
—Allan Schoenberg, Director, Corporate Communications, CME Group
Synopsis
Profitable trade set-ups from StockTwits leading tradersOne of the biggest secrets on Wall Street is that to become consistently profitable, you need to specialize in a distinct setup. That is, you need to know how to read the signals that can help you identify an opportunity to buy or sell. In The StockTwits Edge: 40 Actionable Trade Setups from Real Market Pros, both well-known professional masters of the market and lesser-known individual traders describe their highest probability setups to teach you about an assortment of time frame and asset class-related market methods along the way. And, in this enhanced e-book edition, unique videos of the featured traders help further your learning experience.
Drawing on the wisdom of some of the top minds at StockTwits, the leading stock market social networking site, this book has something for everyone, giving you exactly what you need to come up with profitable ideas and avoid financial risk, every day.
- Includes key trading insights from the experts at StockTwits
- Explains which factors of a setup are important, and why
- Features exclusive videos of the profiled traders that bring their ideas to life
While there are many factors involved in successful trading and investing, the ability to identify profitable situations is paramount, and The StockTwits Edge gives you everything you need to achieve that goal.
About the Author
Howard Lindzon is cofounder and CEO of StockTwits®—an idea network for traders and investors known as the "Facebook of Finance"—recently named "one of the top 10 most innovative companies in web" by FastCompany and one of the "50 best websites" by Time magazine. He has over twenty years experience in the financial community acting in both an entrepreneurial and investing capacity; and is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses. Mr. Lindzon has tremendous insight into new media and is a very active angel investor in the financial and internet business sectors, invested and involved with over thirty companies. He created Wallstrip, and over 400 original web video shows, which was purchased by CBS Corp. in 2007. He has made many successful angel investments including: rent.com, golfnow.com, Lifelock, and Internet Brands. Mr. Lindzon's new media and internet business investments also include: Limos.com, Blogtalkradio.com, Buddy Media, TubeMogul, Bit.ly, and Tweetdeck, to name a few.
Philip Pearlman is the Executive Editor of StockTwits and an investor in the company. He is a partner at Social Leverage, LLC. Pearlman is obsessed with the psychosocial aspects of user experience and online community development. He ran a hedge fund that focused on behavioral strategies and currently runs a private account. Pearlman loves to buy fear and sell euphoria. He earned a doctorate in clinical psychology from Argosy University and a BA in English from the University of Maryland. Pearlman lives with his wife and two boys in Montebello, New York.
Ivaylo Ivanhoff has been trading stocks and derivatives for his own account on U.S. and European markets since 2003. He participated in the development of a proprietary algorithm that ranks momentum stocks. Ivanhoff writes daily market commentary on Stocktwits50.com. He earned his MBA and MS finance from Webster University in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Table of Contents
Introduction.
PART I TREND FOLLOWING.
CHAPTER 1 Find Trends, Ride Them, and Get Off (Howard Lindzon).
CHAPTER 2 Trade, Trend, Tail (Keith McCullough).
CHAPTER 3 Don’t Quit (Michael K. Dawson).
CHAPTER 4 Know Thyself (Chris Peruna).
CHAPTER 5 Insider Information Is Reflected in the Charts (Keith Kern).
PART II VALUE INVESTING.
CHAPTER 6 Margin of Safety (Todd Sullivan).
CHAPTER 7 The BeanScreen (Daniel Miller and Jason Robinson).
CHAPTER 8 Fallen Angels (Michael Bigger).
CHAPTER 9 Dividends Don’t Lie (Eddy Elfenbein).
PART III DAY TRADING.
CHAPTER 10 Only Price Pays (Brian Shannon).
CHAPTER 11 Intraday Earnings Momentum Gap Trade (John Lee).
CHAPTER 12 Trading the News (Mike Bellafiore).
CHAPTER 13 Intraday Momentum (Steven Spencer).
CHAPTER 14 The Underlying Psychology of Large Players (Gilbert Mendez).
PART IV SWING TRADING.
CHAPTER 15 Flags and Wedges (Joe Donohue).
CHAPTER 16 Breakout from a Tight Base (chessNwine).
CHAPTER 17 The Base Is Everything (HCPG).
CHAPTER 18 Trading People, Not Stocks (Joey Fundora).
CHAPTER 19 The Top-Down Technician (Greg Harmon).
CHAPTER 20 Identifying Trend Shifts (Derek Hernquist).
CHAPTER 21 A Chart Will Never Lie to You (Sunrise Trader).
CHAPTER 22 The Short Squeeze Trade (Frank Zorrila).
CHAPTER 23 The Price Tells the Story (Derald Muniz).
CHAPTER 24 Force Confirmations, Not Trades (Nick Fenton).
CHAPTER 25 The Birth of a New Trend (Ivaylo Ivanhoff).
CHAPTER 26 The Trend Intensity Breakout Setup (Pradeep Bonde).
PART V OPTIONS TRADING.
CHAPTER 27 Unusual Options Activity (Joe Kunkle).
CHAPTER 28 Put Ratio Spread (Jared Woodard).
CHAPTER 29 Know What You Don’t Know (Adam Warner).
CHAPTER 30 There Is Always an Option (Steven Place).
CHAPTER 31 Selling Premium (Darren Miller).
CHAPTER 32 The New High Dip (Chris Stauder).
PART VI FOREX TRADING.
CHAPTER 33 They Call Me Mrs. Cable (Lydia Idem).
CHAPTER 34 The Mind of a Chartist (Raghee Horner).
PART VII THE ART OF TRADING.
CHAPTER 35 Trading Is an Art (The Fly).
CHAPTER 36 Embrace the Tape (Quint Tatro).
CHAPTER 37 Macro Setups at the Crest of Structural Change (Gregor Macdonald).
CHAPTER 38 Broken Butterfly Formation (Anne-Marie Baiynd).
CHAPTER 39 Always Happy, Never Satisfied (Joshua Brown).
CHAPTER 40 One Step Ahead of the Herd (John Benedict).
CHAPTER 41 Change Is the Only Constant (Steve Gomez and Andy Lindloff).
CHAPTER 42 The Kirk Report (Charles E. Kirk).
CHAPTER 43 Stick with Names You Know (Ronald Roll).
CHAPTER 44 Massive Trends and the Trajectory of Noise (Phil Pearlman).
CHAPTER 45 We Have Met the Enemy, and It Is Us (Abdel Ibrahim).
CHAPTER 46 A Contrarian at Heart (John Welsh).
Index.