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Beginners Guide to Computer Assisted Trading by Peter Alexander
  • Beginners Guide to Computer Assisted Trading

  • How to Successfully Trade Stocks, Commodities and Funds with Your PC

  • by Peter Alexander
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    • Product code: 5766
    • ISBN: 0934380376, ISBN13: 9780934380379, 192 pages, paperback
      Published by Traders Press on 1997 , 1st
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    Contents of Beginners Guide to Computer Assisted Trading

    - Introduction
    - The Zen of Trading
    - Technical of Fundamental Analysis-Two contrary approaches
    - Common and Lesser-known Rules to Successful Trading
    - Discipline, Discipline, Discipline
    - Traits that separate the winners from the losers

    Avoiding Pitfalls
    - The experts, the gurus and the dartboard
    - Selecting the right broker

    Selecting the Right Market to Trade
    - Stocks
    - Commodities
    - Mutual Funds
    - Foreign Exchange

    Order Types
    - Day orders
    - GTC
    - Market orders
    - Stops
    - Limit Orders

    Important Issues
    - Minimum price fluctuation
    - Commissions
    - Liquidity
    - Volatility
    - Markets and exchanges to avoid
    - Day trading vs. position trading

    Hard and Software
    - Computer hardware
    - Operating systems
    - Charting software

    Price Data
    - Data vendors and formats
    - Importance of clean data

    Preparing for the First Trade
    - Plan the trade - trade the plan

    Chart Basics
    - Chart styles
    - Indicators
    - Line studies

    Chart Formations & Patterns
    - Head & Shoulders
    - Double, triple top and bottom
    - Triangles
    - Flags

    Case study 1: A simple moving average crossover system
    - Mystery charts
    - Whipsaws galore!
    - The dangers of parameter optimization

    Case study 2: A classic breakout system
    - Range & volatility breakouts
    - Signal filters

    Enhancing Profitability
    - Trading multiple contracts
    - Waiting for a setup
    - How much to risk
    - Placing protective stops
    - Pyramiding
    - Trading the equity curve
    - How to back test

    Case study 3: A complete trading system
    - Putting it all together - entries, stops & exits

    Conclusion
    - The KISS principle: Keep is simple stupid


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