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Trade your way to a more profitable portfolio
Savvy traders can make money in both up and down markets--and now you can, too! In Trading For Dummies, investors from every walk of life will benefit from sample stock charts, position trading tips and techniques, fresh ways to analyze trends and indicators, and all the latest information on trading stocks wisely in any type of market.
Taking the stress out of the stock market, this no-nonsense guide walks you through all the steps to trade with authority--and takes your portfolio to exciting new heights. Whether you're an investor looking for a clear guide to successfully trading stocks in any type of market, or an investor who has experience trading and are looking for new, proven methods to enhance the profitability of investments, you'll find a proven system for eliminating doubt, decreasing risk, and, ultimately, increasing return.
Understand market cycles and choose a great broker
Manage your risk exposure
Build a balanced portfolio
Develop your own custom trading strategy
If you're in need of basic strategies and stock valuation methodologies that let you make smart trading decisions, this book has it all!
Auteur
Lita Epstein, MBA, is the author of more than 35 books, including Bookkeeping For Dummies and Reading Financial Reports For Dummies.
Grayson D. Roze has worked in the financial services industry for StockCharts.com since 2012. He now serves as a business manager at the company. He is the author of Tensile Trading: The 10 Essential Stages of Stock Market Mastery.
Résumé
Trade your way to a more profitable portfolio
Savvy traders can make money in both up and down marketsand now you can, too! In Trading For Dummies, investors from every walk of life will benefit from sample stock charts, position trading tips and techniques, fresh ways to analyze trends and indicators, and all the latest information on trading stocks wisely in any type of market. Taking the stress out of the stock market, this no-nonsense guide walks you through all the steps to trade with authorityand takes your portfolio to exciting new heights. Whether you're an investor looking for a clear guide to successfully trading stocks in any type of market, or an investor who has experience trading and are looking for new, proven methods to enhance the profitability of investments, you'll find a proven system for eliminating doubt, decreasing risk, and, ultimately, increasing return.
Contenu
Introduction 1
About This Book 2
Foolish Assumptions 2
Icons Used in This Book 3
Beyond the Book 3
Where to Go from Here 4
Part 1: Getting Started with Trading 5
Chapter 1: The Ups and Downs of Trading Stocks 7
Distinguishing Trading from Investing 8
Seeing Why Traders Do What They Do 8
Successful Trading Characteristics 9
Tools of the Trade 10
Taking Time to Trade More Than Just Stocks 10
Position trading 10
Short-term swing trading 11
Day trading 12
Going Long or Short 12
Managing Your Money 12
Understanding Fundamental Analysis 13
Getting a Grip on Technical Analysis 14
Putting Trading Strategy into Practice 15
Trading at Higher Risk 17
Remembering to Have Fun! 17
Chapter 2: Exploring Markets and Stock Exchanges 19
Introducing the Broad Markets 19
Stock markets 20
Futures markets 20
Bond markets 21
Options markets 22
Reviewing Stock Exchanges 22
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: ICE) 22
NASDAQ 24
Amex (now NYSE MKT LLC) 25
Electronic communications networks (ECNs) 26
Understanding Order Types 26
Market order 27
Limit order 27
Stop order 28
Stop-limit order 29
Good-'til-canceled order 30
Other order types 30
Chapter 3: Going for Broke(r): Discovering Brokerage Options 31
Why You Need a Broker 32
Exploring Types of Brokers and Brokerage Services 32
Full-service brokers 32
Discount brokers 34
Direct-access brokers 34
Proprietary trading firms 36
Futures brokers 36
Services to Consider When Choosing a Broker 36
Types of orders supported 36
Data tools 37
Charts 37
ECN access 38
Knowing the Types of Brokerage Accounts 38
Cash accounts 38
Margin accounts 38
Options 39
IRAs and other retirement accounts 39
Choosing the Right Broker for You 41
Considering more than price 41
Doing a little research 42
Understanding how you'll be paying 43
Getting to Know the Rules 43
Margin requirements 43
Settling trades 45
Free riding 45
Chapter 4: Putting Your Key Business Tool to Work: The Computer 47
Making Use of Your Computer 48
Identifying trading candidates 48
Managing your account 49
Improving your trades 49
Finding Price Charts 49
Checking out Internet charts with delayed prices 51
Considering Internet charts with real-time prices 51
Looking into charting software 52
Digging Up Fundamental Data 53
Accessing Analyst Reports 54
Selecting a Trading Platform 54
Browser-based trading environments 55
Integrated trading platforms 56
Features to consider 57
Determining Computer Requirements 58
Weighing Windows versus Mac versus Linux 58
Configuring your computer system 59
Accessing the Internet 61
Picking a browser 61
Securing your computer 61
Part 2: Reading the Fundamentals: Fundamental Analysis 63
Chapter 5: Fundamentals 101: Observing Market Behavior 65
The Basics of the Business Cycle 66
Understanding how periods of economic growth and recession are determined 67
Using economic indicators to determine the strength of the economy 68 Relating bull markets and bear markets to the econom...