Trading for a Living: Psychology, Trading Tactics, Money Management

Elder, Alexander

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9781560159551: Trading for a Living: Psychology, Trading Tactics, Money Management

ISBN 10: 1560159553 ISBN 13: 9781560159551

Publisher: Penton Overseas Inc, 2000

Describes the mindset of a successful trader, tells how to use computer analysis to find good trades, and explains how to manage a trading account so as to limit risk.

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From the Publisher:

An eminent futures trader explores crucial factors in the markets that most experts overlook--time, volume and open interest--and describes little-known indicators to profitably track them. Covers all the popular technical approaches to futures, options and stock markets including Elliott Wave, oscillators, moving averages, Market Logic, point-and-figure charting. Explains why most traders sabotage themselves and how to avoid doing the same.

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Trading for a Living Successful trading is based on three M’s: Mind, Method, and Money. Trading for a Living helps you master all of those three areas:

How to become a cool, calm, and collected trader
How to profit from reading the behavior of the market crowd
How to use a computer to find good trades
How to develop a powerful trading system
How to find the trades with the best odds of success
How to find entry and exit points, set stops, and take profits

Trading for a Living helps you discipline your Mind, shows you the Methods for trading the markets, and shows you how to manage Money in your trading accounts so that no string of losses can kick you out of the game. To help you profit even more from the ideas in Trading for a Living, look for the companion volume—Study Guide for Trading for a Living. It asks over 200 multiple-choice questions, with answers and 11 rating scales for sharpening your trading skills. For example: Question Markets rise when

there are more buyers than sellers
buyers are more aggressive than sellers
sellers are afraid and demand a premium
more shares or contracts are bought than sold

I and II
II and III
II and IV
III and IV

Answer B. II and III. Every change in price reflects what happens in the battle between bulls and bears. Markets rise when bulls feel more strongly than bears. They rally when buyers are confident and sellers demand a premium for participating in the game that is going against them. There is a buyer and a seller behind every transaction. The number of stocks or futures bought and sold is equal by definition.

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