Momentum Stock Selection: Using The Momentum Method For Maximum Profits - Hardcover

Bernstein, Jake

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071376771 ISBN 13: 9780071376778

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 2001

Synopsis

Proven techniques to improve market-timing accuracy

Written by internationally recognized trader, author, and researcher Jake Bernstein, Momentum Stock Selection details a method of combining market momentum with innovative risk management to dramatically increase profitable opportunities for both short- and long-term traders.

After briefly defining market timing and market momentum, Bernstein heads directly to the heart of the book­­how any trader can use momentum to increase trading effectiveness. Employing numerous real-life examples and illustrations to explain key points, he gives the reader inside details on:

• How to choose the right time period for charting
• Red flags that point out when a signal is wrong
• A five-step method for determining momentum-divergence patterns
• An actual "walk-through" of a momentum-divergence signal as it develops

About this title

About the Author

Jake Bernstein is one of today's most well-known figures in the financial markets. Publisher of MBH Weekly, an influential newsletter covering the futures markets, as well as author of Bernstein on Stocks, he has been a frequent speaker at investment and trading conferences throughout the world. Bernstein has appeared on Wall Street Week along with scores of other radio and television programs. He is the author of more than 30 books and research studies, including The Compleat Guide to Day Trading Stocks, Strategies for the Electronic Futures Trader, and The Compleat Day Trader.

From the Back Cover

Breakthrough Momentum Strategies­­Designed to Boost Your Success in the Highly Volatile Stock, Futures, and Options Markets

An internationally recognized market analyst, Jake Bernstein has developed a major new trading approach for stocks, futures, and options. In Momentum Stock Selection, Bernstein teaches a highly objective approach to using well-known momentum indicators for precise timing in virtually any time frame and in any market. He shows you how to maximize your trading success using objective methods with or without a computer.

A step-by-step guidebook for understanding momentum and how to use it profitably, Momentum Stock Selection includes:

• A five-step method for finding significant momentum divergence patterns
• An actual walk-through of momentum divergence signals as they develop
• Red flags that point out when a signal is questionable­­or likely to be wrong

The momentum stock selection technique doesn't rely on hyperspeed hardware and complex calculations, but MSS success does require traders to learn the details and nuances covered in this book. So let Jake Bernstein introduce you to his breakthrough momentum stock selection method. Get started on a new course to trading and investing profits.

"This book describes in detail a method of market analysis and timing that can be tracked manually or with a minimal amount of computer power, a method by which investors and traders alike may determine when a stock or futures market is likely to change direction, when to buy, when to sell, how to manage risk, and how to maximize reward."
­­From the Preface

Jake Bernstein has dedicated the past three decades of his extensive career to studying markets, developing trading systems, trading, writing, and teaching traders throughout the world. In those 30+ years of vast experience, no single trading approach has impressed Bernstein as much as the Momentum Stock Selection (MSS) method.

Momentum Stock Selection provides a comprehensive description of this new advance in the art and science of precision market timing. It reveals how you can use momentum as part of a larger methodology to recognize the existence of bullish and/or bearish patterns, determine buy and sell signals, and effectively manage risk and profit once a trade has been initiated based on MSS signals.

Outlining a fluid, dynamic trading method that gauges overall market conditions and adjusts itself accordingly, this concise-yet-comprehensive book describes:

• Easy-to-understand momentum methods for tracking price trends and for confidently predicting market tops and bottoms as well as breakouts
• Techniques for evaluating market momentum in all time frames
• Objective methods for determining when a stock or market is in a strong up or down trend
• Specific techniques for using MSS signals in futures, stocks, and stock options
• Types and uses of software for simplifying the calculation and charting of momentum
• Stop loss techniques that control risk as they prevent you from being stopped out of profitable moves too soon
• Fifteen important pointers for effectively using MSS timing and stops
• Case studies and examples of winning MSS applications­­as well as missteps to avoid

Jake Bernstein shares his extensive knowledge of markets and technical timing tools in his momentum stock selection methods. Whether you are a day-, short-, medium-, or long-term trader, let Momentum Stock Selection show you how to successfully combine market momentum with innovative risk management techniques to dramatically increase your day-in, day-out trading opportunities.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071376771
• ISBN 13: 9780071376778
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240