Preface xvii

1 Planning to succeed
Your journey from novice to great investor
Colin Nicholson 1

2 Market-conscious trading
Trade the market and not yourself
Chris Shea 25

3 The importance of position size
How to squeeze every possible advantage out of your current trading systems
Jeff Cartridge and Ashley Jessen 45

4 Success in the day trading game
Fact, fantasy or foolish dream?
Jacob Bernstein 71

5 Big profifi ts from small caps
How to find diamonds in the rough
David Hunt 83

6 Applied technical analysis in the oil markets
A key influence in price movements
Tom James 107

7 Riding the silver bull market
Investing and trading the precious metals
John Christian 133

8 Automated forex trading
Let your computer do the work
Keith Nielsen 151

9 Keeping a close eye on company directors
Profiting from those in the know
Delia Langdon 175

10 Understanding the implications of market context in technical chart patterns
Context is everything
Dr Chris Kacher and Gil Morales 199

11 An introduction to Barros Swings
Spotting real trend changes
Ray Barros 219

12 Extracting consistent profifi t via the Microswing Trend Capture Technique
The critical role of position allocation, money management and opportunity-based exposure in trend trading
Mark Andrew Lim 243

13 Pivot point analysis
Projecting support and resistance levels
John Person 267

14 The Tandem Method
A trading style using moving averages and trendlines
Regina Meani 287

15 Band trading
A profitable alternative to trend trading
Roger Kinsky 315

Index 337