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Description of Trading For Dummies®

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

Title Information

ISBN:

9780470438404

Pages:

384 pages

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

383829

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Published:

22/05/2009

Edition:

2nd Revised edition

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About Michael Griffis and Lita Epstein

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.