Trading the Measured Move : a Path to Trading Success in a World of Algos and High Frequency Trading.

Trading the Measured Move : a Path to Trading Success in a World of Algos and High Frequency Trading.

A timely guide to profiting in markets dominated by high frequency trading and other computer driven strategies Strategies employing complex computer algorithms, and often utilizing high frequency trading tactics, have placed individual traders at a significant disadvantage in today's financial...

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Main Author: Halsey, David
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wiley, 2013.
Subjects:
Business.
business (commercial function)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > E-Commerce > Online Trading.
Business
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Table of Contents:
  • TRADING THE MEASURED MOVE; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Today's Trading Environment: Descent of the Pit and Ascent of the Screen; Players on the Field; The Algo Brothers; Where Are You?; Chapter 2 Inside the Hidden Market; Deep Roots; Beyond 1.618; Fibonacci Basics; Fibs Make the Moves; Why Do Fibs Work?; Fibs in the Real World; In Summary; Chapter 3 Drawing a Road Map: Finding Direction; A Mountain Range of Price; Obstacles in the Road: Pivot Points; Navigating Trends; Long and Winding Roads; Chapter 4 More Tools for Trading Power: Filling the Toolbox.
  • Watching the Clock (and the Calendar)Tick Tock; The Tape and the DOM; The DOM (Depth of Market); A Full Toolkit; Chapter 5 The 90 Percent Factor-Executing Your Trade: Where the Rubber Meets the Road; Priorities and Job One; What's the Risk, What's the Reward?; A Brief Pit Stop; Preparing the DOM; Crossing the Starting Line; Running Off the Road; When Multiple Contracts Just Aren't Possible; Why 90 Percent?; Chapter 6 Three Types of Trade Setups; The Traditional 50 Percent Measured Move; A Series of Measured Moves; Which Traditional Measured Moves Not to Trust.
  • The Extension 50 Percent Measured MoveThe Extension 50 Percentin a Series; Which Extensions Not to Trust; The 61.8 Percent Failure; What 61.8 Percent Failures Not to Trust; Why Is This Important to Your Trading?; Chapter 7 Using Multiple Time Frames to Trade; Time Frames and Russian Dolls; The Path of Least Resistance; Trading the Trend; Why Do Markets Continue to Make New Highs?; Why Do Markets Continue to Make New Lows?; A New Concept; What Time Frame Should We Look At?; Types of Multiple Time Frames; Why Is This Important to Your Trading?; Chapter 8 Three Entry Strategies for Retracements.
  • The GoalFront Runs and First Targets; The Three Entry Strategies; The First Test; The Front Run of the Second Test; The Trend Break and Next Measured Move; The Progression of Entries; Why Is This Important to Your Trading?; Chapter 9 The Seasonality of Markets and the Best Times to Trade; The Big Picture; The Months; Studying the Past; A Money Manager's Year; Summer; Fall; Winter and Spring; The Days; The Hours (Best and Worst Times to Trade); The Worst Times to Trade; The Typical Money Manager; Why Is This Important to Your Trading?; Chapter 10 Tools for the NYSE.
  • Lagging versus Leading IndicatorsTools for the NYSE; Bank; Breadth; The Tick; Tick Hooks; Time and Sales; Trade the Trend; Using All the Tools Together; Why Is This Important to Your Trading?; Chapter 11 Tick Extremes and Divergences; The Types of Tick Extremes; The Old Way; The New Way; Ticks That Signal a Reversal; Tick Divergences; How to Use a Divergence; What Happens if the Trend Breaks?; Why Is This Important to Your Trading?; Chapter 12 Profiting from Gap Fills; What Is a Gap?; In What Instruments Do Gap Fills Exist?; The Types of Gap Fill Scenarios; Gap Fills to Avoid.

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