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PPhiladelphia Options Exchange, 158Point and Figure Charting: TheComplete Guide (Aby), 153Point and figure charts, 26–29books about, 153Point and Figure Method ofAnticipating Stock PriceMovements, The (De Villiersand Taylor), 153Points, in GSCS, 88, 90Position traders, 44, 45–46, 51, 98, 99market tiers and, 125staying over of, 138Price-specific charts, 25Price swings, see Swing chartsProcess, see Codex processProfitable trades, handling of,104–106Profit objectives, 142–143Psychology and attitude, see EmotionsPugh, Burton, 77, 81, 153Put options, 155–156QQuiet markets, 137–138RRatio stop, 135Record-keeping, 147–151. See alsoCodex notebookdaily and weekly trading plans,149–151diary and, 63, 150–151Rogers method, 151as tactic, 47, 106trade log, 148–149trade reviews and, 147–148trade summary, 149Return swing, 84, 86, 90
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Rhythm, of market, 70, 71Risk avoidance, see Money managementRobots, 15Rogers, Joe, 151Ross, Joe, 153SScalpers, 44, 45, 98, 99, 125Shaleen, Kenneth, 154Soft elements, 6–7, 39–48emotions and, 46–47, 102–106,161–162market environment, 40–42,66–70, 102market selection, 6–7, 42–43,101–102, 124–128record keeping, 47, 63, 106,147–151style and, 39–40tactics, 47–48, 131trader profile, 44–46, 98–102Stops:basic techniques for, 53–55fixed price, 111initial, 134–136trading platform and, 116–118trailing, 139–140Strike price, of option, 155Style, see Soft elementsSupport and resistance analysis, 53Swing charts, 27, 29, 30rules for drawing, 79in toolbox, 77–80Synthetic open interest, 35Synthetic volume, 35Systems, 13–15. See also Codex systemSystem stop, 135TTactics, see Trading strategiesTaylor, George, 153
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Taylor, Owen, 153Taylor Trading Technique, The(Taylor), 153Technical analysis:advantages of, 24–25fundamental analysis contrasted to,15–24price data and, 20tools for, 152–154Technical Analysis of Stock Trends(Edwards and McKee), 153Thickness (T), of market, 43, 69–70Three-Point Reversal Method of Pointand Figure, The (Cohen), 153Time decay, of option, 155Time periods, bar charts and, 72–76Time-specific charts, 25Toolbox approach, 36, 38, 65–97bar charts in, 70–76in Codex notebook, 61–62congestion phase, 94–95FxCodex toolbox list, 97Goodman Cycle Count System,92–94Goodman Swing Count System,77, 80–92indicators, 95–96market environment in, 66–70swing charts in, 77–80Trade log, 148–149Trader profiles, 44–46, 98–102characteristics of successful traders,160–163money management and, 108–109trading levels for, 99–100Trading by the Book (Ross), 153Trading by the Minute (Ross), 153Trading Commodity Futures withClassical Chart Patterns (Brandt),153Trading platform, 113–119broker/dealer selection and,113–114, 167–169
demo accounts and, 104, 114–116list of popular platforms, 115setting up, 116–118Trading process, see Codex processTrading Rule That Can Make You Rich,The (Dobson), 82Trading strategies, 1–3, 47–48, 131Trading the Ross Hook (Ross), 153Trading tools/techniques, 13–38. Seealso Toolbox approachbehavior analysis, 33–35charting, 25–30cycle analysis, 31, 33, 34deciding on, 4–6indicators, 30–32list of, 152–154market filters, 35–36, 37options and, 154–159systems and black boxes, 13–15technical analysis of damages,24–25technical versus fundamentalanalysis, 15–24Trading with DiNapoli Levels(DiNapoli), 153Transparency, 14, 49Trend, in GSCS, 81, 82Trend Machine, 96Trident (Lindsay), 81UU.S. dollar, list of potentialfundamentals for, 20–23VVisual Basic source code, 165–166Volatility stop, 135Volatility (V), of market, 41–42, 43DM/V indicator, 95in toolbox, 67–69Volume, 33–34
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