Trade Like a Casino (eBook)

Find Your Edge, Manage Risk, and Win Like the House

Richard L. Weissman (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2011 | 1. Auflage
288 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-13796-3 (ISBN)

Infos

A detailed look at the common characteristics found in mostsuccessful traders

While there are a variety of approaches to trading in thefinancial markets, profitable traders tend to share similarunderlying characteristics. Most have a methodology that theybelieve will prove profitable over the long run and are willing toendure short-term setbacks. If you're looking to make the most ofyour time in today's markets, you need to understand what separatesthe best from the rest. And with Trade Like a Casino, you'llgain the knowledge needed to excel at this challengingendeavor.

Engaging and informative, this reliable guide identifies andexplains the key techniques and mental processes characteristic ofsuccessful traders. It reveals that successful traders operate verymuch like a casino in that they develop a method that gives them"positive expectancy" and they unflappably implement the method inthe face of changing, and oftentimes volatile, market conditions.Page by page, the book explores the intricacies of methodology,mental control, and flexibility that allow traders to develop andmaintain the casino-like edge.
* Reveals how many successful traders tend to follow the samegeneral principles, even if their approach to trading maydiffer
* Explores how to account for the risk of being wrong and themarket moving against you
* Discusses how to develop an approach that combines tradeselection with sound risk management, avoids emotional attachmentto positions, exploits volatility cycles, and focuses on marketaction

Regardless of how you approach markets, the insights found herewill help improve the way you trade by putting you in a betterposition to distinguish the differences between successful andunsuccessful traders.

Autor

RICHARD L. WEISSMAN is a trader, trading system developer, and educator on trading and risk management. As senior associate with the Energy Management Institute, he holds seminars and webinars for professionals on trading and risk management. Weissman is a former member and trader at the New York Futures Exchange. He has written articles on trading and technical analysis for a variety of industry publications and provides independent consulting services to traders and risk managers on technical analysis, derivatives, and trading system development. Weissman is also the author of the Wiley title Mechanical Trading Systems.

Inhalt

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xvii

Part I The Casino Paradigm 1

Chapter 1 Developing Positive Expectancy Models3

Why Technical Analysis Helps 3

The Inefficient Market 6

If It Feels Good, Don't Do It 10

"Just Make the Money" 15

Final Thoughts 21

Chapter 2 Price Risk Management Methodologies 23

One Sure Thing 23

Base of Pyramid 26

Middle of Pyramid 37

Apex of Pyramid 47

Pros and Cons of the Risk Management Pyramid 49

Putting It All Together: A Case Study 49

Final Thoughts 51

Chapter 3 Maintaining Unwavering Discipline 53

Defining Discipline 53

Discipline and the Positive Expectancy Model 55

Types of Traders 61

Discipline and Price Risk Management 64

Patience and Discipline 67

Final Thoughts 70

Part II Trading Tools and Techniques 71

Chapter 4 Capitalizing on the Cyclical Nature of Volatility73

The Only Constant 73

Defining Volatility with Technical Indicators 76

Building Positive Expectancy Models with Volatility Indicators89

Final Thoughts 94

Chapter 5 Trading the Markets and Not the Money95

Ten Thousand Dollars is a Lot of Money! 95

"Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes" 99

Trading with "Scared Money" 100

Time is Money 101

Final Thoughts 104

Chapter 6 Minimizing Trader Regret 105

The Softer Side of Discipline 105

Issues for Trend-Followers 106

Issues for Mean Reversion Traders 113

Final Thoughts 123

Chapter 7 Timeframe Analysis 125

Traditional Timeframe Analysis 125

Timeframe Confirmation Trading 131

Timeframe Divergence Trading 131

Final Thoughts 142

Chapter 8 How to Use Trading Models 143

Mechanical Trading Systems 143

Nonmechanical Models 162

Equity Trading Models 170

Final Thoughts 175

Chapter 9 Anticipating the Signal 177

Always Trade Value, Never Trade Price 177

Support (and Resistance) Were Made to be Broken 179

Don't Anticipate, Just Participate 181

Final Thoughts 187

Part III Trader Psychology 189

Chapter 10 Transcending Common Trading Pitfalls 191

Characteristics of Market Behavior 191

Obstacle Makers to Growth as a Trader. 195

Final Thoughts 202

Chapter 11 Analyzing Performance 205

A Due Diligence Questionnaire 205

Trading Journal 225

Final Thoughts 236

Chapter 12 Becoming an Even-Tempered Trader 241

The "I Don't Care Guy" 241

The Master Trader 244

Reprogramming the Trader 247

Flexibility and Creativity 248

Meditation 250

Visualization 251

Somatic Exercises 253

Final Thoughts 254

Notes 257

Bibliography 263

About the Author 265

Index 266

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.8.2011
• Reihe/Serie: Wiley Trading Series
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung
• Schlagworte: Börsenhandel • Börsenhandel • Finance & Investments • Finanz- u. Anlagewesen • Trading
• ISBN-10: 1-118-13796-5 / 1118137965
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-13796-3 / 9781118137963