Synopses & Reviews
Now updated — your guide to trading success regardless of the market!Want to make smarter trading decisions? This strategy-packed, no-nonsense guide presents a proven system for analyzing stocks, trends, and indicators and setting a buy-and-sell range beforehand to decrease your risk in both up and down markets. You'll discover the benefits of position trading, conduct technical analysis, and research your entry and exit points before you even purchase your stock.
- Build your trading toolbox — know the markets and exchanges, find a broker, set up your brokerage account, and determine your computer/Internet needs
Explore position trading — discover the benefit of executing trades in and out of positions and holding positions for various lengths of time, depending on trends
Find value in fundamental analysis — observe market behavior, understand economic indicators, find critical information in financial statements, and make the most of analysts
Take on technical analysis — build and read charts, identify trends, recognize bull and bear patterns, and differentiate between stocks that are range bound and ones that are trending
Develop strategies for buying and selling — know your risks, gather key info through analysis to build your optimum trading strategy, and develop your own powerful trading system
Jump into the deep end — from swing and day trading to derivatives and foreign currency, get the basics of these riskier forms of trading
Open the book and find:
- The ins and outs of trading stocks
Fresh ways to analyze trends and indicators
Updated stock charts and Web sites
Position trading tips and techniques
Step-by-step instructions for building and reading charts
Key money management techniques
Warnings about frauds and scams
Top ten trading survival techniques
Huge trading mistakes to avoid at all costs
Synopsis
Trading For Dummies,2nd Edition stresses the practice of position trading, conducting technical analysis on a company and its performance, and research methods that enable the trader to strategically select both an entry and exit point before a stock is even purchased.
Synopsis
Making informed trading decisions regardless of the market's conditionSavvy traders can make money in both up and down markets. Trading For Dummies, Second Edition is for investors at all levels who are looking for a clear guide to successfully trading stocks in any type of market. It is also for investors who have experience trading and who are looking for new, proven methods to enhance the profitability of their investments. This no-nonsense guide presents a proven system for analyzing stocks, trends, and indicators and setting a buy-and-sell range beforehand to decrease risk in any type of market. It stresses the practice of position trading, conducting technical analysis on a company and its performance, and research methods that enable the trader to strategically select both an entry and exit point before a stock is even purchased. This updated guide features updated stock charts, position trading tips and techniques, and fresh ways to analyze trends and indicators.
About the Author
Michael Griffis, MBA, is an active stock broker. He writes extensively about investing and marketing, benefiting clients in the banking, and brokerage industries.
Lita Epstein, MBA, has written more than 25 books to help readers understand the complex worlds of money and finance, including Bookkeeping For Dummies and Reading Financial Reports For Dummies.
Table of Contents
Introduction.Part I: So You Want to Be a Trader: Gathering Your Tools.
Chapter 1: The Ups and Downs of Trading Stocks.
Chapter 2: Exploring the Markets and the Stock Exchanges.
Chapter 3: Going for Broke(r): Discovering Your Brokerage Options.
Chapter 4: Putting Your Computer to Work: Your Key Business Tool.
Part II: Reading the Fundamentals: Fundamental Analysis.
Chapter 5: Fundamentals 101: Observing Market Behavior.
Chapter 6: Digging Into the Critical Parts of Fundamental Analysis.
Chapter 7: Listening to Analyst Calls.
Part III: Reading the Charts: Technical Analysis.
Chapter 8: Reading the Tea Leaves: Does Technical Analysis Work?
Chapter 9: Reading Bar Charts Is Easy (Really).
Chapter 10: Following Trends for Fun and Profit.
Chapter 11: Calculating Indicators and Oscillators.
Part IV: Developing Strategies for When to Buy and Sell Stocks.
Chapter 12: Money Management Techniques: When to Hold ’em, When to Fold ’em.
Chapter 13: Using Fundamental and Technical Analyses for Optimum Strategy.
Chapter 14: Executing Your Trades.
Chapter 15: Developing Your Own Powerful Trading System.
Part V: Risk-Taker’s Paradise.
Chapter 16: The Basics of Swing Trading.
Chapter 17: The Basics of Day Trading.
Chapter 18: Doing It by Derivatives.
Chapter 19: Going Foreign (Forex).
Chapter 20: Trading for Others: Obtaining Trading Licenses and Certifications.
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 21: Ten (Or More) Huge Trading Mistakes.
Chapter 22: Top Ten Trading Survival Techniques.
Index.