MASTERING FOREX TRADING

What Really Causes the Markets to Move?

Did You Know That Most People Who Lose Money in the Markets Do So

Because of Lack Of Trading Knowledge?

TRADE YOUR WAY TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM

Contents

PART 1 :

TRADER’S BOOT CAMP:

How Do the Markets Work and What Are the Best Ways to Get

Mentally Prepared for Successful Trading and Investing?

1 What Really Causes the Markets to Move?

Did You Know That Most People Who Lose Money in the Markets Do So

Because of These Four Things?

How Do Our Odds for Success Increase Once We Understand the Pain and

Suffering of Individual Market Participants?

The Case Study You Will Never Read About at Harvard Business School,

or, Has This Ever Happened to You or Your Spouse?

A Note from My Wife: How Have I Dealt with Being Married to John

Carter the Trader?

How Do I Top That?

How Does a Person Make Money from a Fake Orgasm?

What Is the Only Economic Principle That Matters in the Markets?

2 Psychology 101: What Didn’t They Teach About Trading and Investing in

School?

Emotions Are Fine at Weddings and Funerals; Why Aren’t They Fine When

It Comes to Trading and Investing?

Why Is a Guy with a System Always Welcome in a Casino?

What Is the Right Mental Outlook for the Markets, and Why Shouldn’t I

Turn on My Computer Without It?

Minnesota Stupid

Why Do Most Traders Have to Blow Out an Account Before It All Sinks In?

The Trader Mindset: What Is the Best Way for Getting, and Keeping, Your

Head in the Game?

What Is the Easiest Way to Establish a Consistently Winning Outlook?

What Does Personal Integrity Have to Do with Successful Trading?

Where Are You Now in Your Trading Journey?

Phase I Trading: Destined to Lose—What Are the Traits That Make People

a Success in Life but Routinely Get Them Killed in the Markets?

Phase II Trading: Fear-Based Trading, or, “Why Does Everything I Touch

Turn to Crap?”

Phase III Trading: Why Is the Search for the Holy Grail Guaranteed to

Limit Your Success as a Trader and an Investor?

What Are the Signs That a Trader Is Stuck in Phase I, II, or III?

Paper Trading: Why Is It More Worthless Than an Iraqi Dinar?

But What About Phase IV—How Does a Person Learn How Not to Lose

Money?

Why Does the Plateau Money Management Method Work?

When Trading and Investing, What Are the Best Ideas to Keep in Mind?

3 Hardware and Software—Top Tools for Traders

Hardware: When It Comes to Your Trading Computer, What Are the Most

Important Things to Know?

Taming the Technological Beast: What Dangers Should I Be Aware of

When It Comes to My Computer?

Why Aren’t All Quotes Created Equal?

How Can a Bad Execution Platform Ruin My Account?

Why Do Most Financial Newsletters Suck?

How to Establish Priorities: If You Are Getting Interrupted During the First

Two Hours of Trading, Why Is It Your Fault?

Why Is Watching Harry Potter on DVD after 12 Noon Eastern Better Than

Watching CNBC?

4 Futures Markets 101—Understanding the Basic Mechanics of the Futures and

Commodity Markets

The World Beyond Stocks: Why Is It Important?

Markets Are a Reflection of the People Who Trade Them: Is Your

Competition Wired on Starbucks or Methodically Filling in a Crossword

Puzzle?

Why Should Traders Learn About the Futures Markets?

In a Nutshell, What Do Traders Really Need to Know?

The Mini-Sized Dow Versus the E-Mini S&P 500: Does It Matter?

When Is Liquidity King?

Contract Specifications—What Does a Trader Need to Know to Trade the

Key Commodity Markets?

How Are Forex Moves Measured?

How Can You Hedge Your Own Life in the Forex Markets?

For Traders, This Is All You Need to Know

5 Stock Options: How Do They Work and What Is the Best Way to Trade

Them?

Why Is Option Trading Awesome to Some and Scary to Others?

What Would You Pay for a First-Class Plane Ticket to Singapore?

Why Wouldn’t I Buy These Particular Options with My Mother-in-Law’s

Trading Account?

Directional Plays: Why Is Delta 0.70 or Better Superior?

The Importance of Implied Volatility Crush, or “Look, Ma, They’re

Panicking!”

How Do You Know When to Hold ‘Em and When to Spread ’Em?

6 The Stock Market Is Now Open—What Is the Best Way to Predict Market

Direction Throughout the Trading Day?

Musicians Know How to Read Music; Can Traders Learn How to Read the

Markets?

How Do You Track Institutional Trading?

What Is The Fastest Heads-Up That Stocks Are About to Make a Move?

What Is The Best Tool for Reading Buying Versus Selling Pressure?

Is There a Similar Tool Just for Nasdaq Stocks?

Put/Call Ratio—Is This the Key to the Kingdom?

What Is the Most Effective Way to See What’s Really Going On In the

Stock Market During the Day?

How Do You Know When It’s Going to Be a Choppy Day?

Listening In on the Floor—What Is the True Value of Pit Noise?

Putting It All Together—How Can You Size Up the Trading Day from the

Opening Bell?

What Are the Other Main Things to Keep Track Of?

And, Oh Yes, Did You Know That If You Ignore This One Thing, You

Don’t Stand a Chance?

Summing Up

PART 2

WHAT ARE THE BEST INTRADAY AND SWING-TRADING SETUPS

FOR FUTURES,

STOCKS, OPTIONS, AND FOREX?

7 The Opening Gap: Why Is This the First and Highest-Probability Play of the

Day?

How Is Trading Without a Specific Setup in Mind Like Hiking in the

Amazon Without a Compass?

Why Aren’t All Gaps Created Equal?

What Are the Trading Rules for Gaps?

Who Is Getting Hurt on This Trade?

What Are Some Specific Examples of Trading the Gap?

What’s the Secret to Unfilled Gaps?

What Are the Best Strategies for People Who Can’t Trade Full Time?

How Does a Trader Position Size for This Setup?

Summing Up the Gaps .

8 Pivot Points: Why Are These Good Pausing Points for Trending Days and

Great Fading Points for Choppy Days?

What Is the Best Way to Beat Indicator-Based Traders?

Why Aren’t All Pivots Created Equal?

How Exactly Should I Set Up the Pivots on My Charts?

The Psychology Behind the Pivots—Who Is Getting Burned?

What Are the Trading Rules for Pivot Buys on Trending Days?

What Are the Trading Rules for Pivot Buys on Choppy Days?

What Are Some Specific Examples of Trading the Pivots?

Trailing Stops in This Fashion Is the Key

Tips and Tricks for Using the Pivots

What About Fibonacci Numbers?

What’s the Best Way to Trade Commodity Markets with Pivots?

Summing Up the Pivots .

9 Tick Fades: Are They Really the Best Way to Take Money Away from

Newbies?

What Is the Number One Action Alert Available to Traders Today?

What Are the Trading Rules for Sell Fades (Buys Are Reversed)?

What Are Specific Examples of Tick Fade Setups?

Summing Up the Tick Fades

How Do You Know When Fading Ticks Won’t Work?

How Do We Trade “Going With” the Ticks Instead of Fading Them?

10 Reverting Back to the Mean, or, “When Is the Best Time to Take a Profit?”

Where Do Markets Stop Their Current Trend and Run Out of Gas?

This Sounds Awesome—Why Isn’t Everybody Doing This?

11 The Squeeze: What Is the Best Way to Get positioned for the Big Market

Moves?

Is It Better to Trade for Cash Flow or to Create Wealth?

How Does a Trader Redefine Volatility and Use It to His Advantage?

What Is the Best Way to Get in Right Before a Big Move?

What Are the Trading Rules for Buys (Sells Are Reversed)?

What Is the Biggest Mistake New Traders Make?

Is It Possible to Get Positioned Before a Market Crash?

What Is the Best Trading Strategy for Those of Us Who Have a Job and

Can’t Trade Full Time?

Updated Examples for the 2008 Financial Crisis and Beyond

What Is the Best Way to Filter Out Squeezes That Might Not Work Out?

12 Catching the Wave: What Is the Easiest Way to Stay on the Right Side of the

Trend on Any Market, on Any Time Frame?

Why Is It Critical to Understand the Concept of Anchor Charts?

What Exactly Are the Waves, and How do They Work?

How Can I Use the Waves to Sneak into a Squeeze Before It Fires Off?

13 What Is the Best Tool for Staying in a Trade and Not Jumping Out Too

Early?

Entries Are a Dime a Dozen; It’s the Exits That Make You Money

How Do I Protect Myself When They Are Trying to Shake Me Out of My

Position?

14 Scalper Alerts: Is This the Best Tool for Quick Price Trend Change

Confirmation?

How Do You Identify and Profit from Changes in Trend Without Catching a

Falling Knife or Stepping in Front of a Freight Train?

Why Are Tick Charts Best for Scalping?

What Are the Trading Rules for Buys (Sells Are Reversed)?

Specific Examples of Scalper Alert Buy and Sell Setups

Summing Up the Scalper Alerts

Increase the Probabilities of Success Through Multisetup Combinations .

15 Brick Plays: How Can I Tell When a Market Is Going to Reverse Its Trend

in the Middle of the Day?

Using Bricks to Capture Intraday Reversals in the Mini-Sized Dow

Trading Rules for Buys (Sells Are Reversed)

Summing Up the Bricks

16 The Ping-Pong Play: Batting the Markets Back and Forth … All Day Long

A Trading Channel That Moves and Adapts to the Markets in Real Time

Trading Rules for Buys (Sells Are Reversed)

When You’re Dancing with the Market, It’s a Good Idea to Let It Lead .