Norden An End to the Bull

Cut Through the Noise to Develop a Sustainable Trading Career
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-7303-1146-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, E-Book

Go beyond technical analysis tools with this comprehensive lookat trading analysis
Strategies for successful trading analysis for all markets areout there, but they're not often found in books for the generalpublic. So what are the secrets that professional traders know, butaren't willing to share? An End to the Bull: Cut Through thenoise to Develop A Sustainable Trading Career is a robust,honest resource that presents an alternative approach to themarkets, combining traditional technical tools with fundamentalanalysis, behavioral finance, and other key concepts to enrichreaders' trading knowledge. The author's comprehensive, educatedlook at the topic fills a huge need in the trading community, andis ideal both for novices and experienced traders.
In An End to the Bull, Norden suggests that totalreliance on traditional technical analysis can lead to failure, andhas ended in disappointment for many. The book offers up a uniqueapproach for anyone looking to establish a sustainable tradingcareer based on a combination of the most tried-and-true methods.While it focuses especially on trading in Australia, the book is auseful resource for international traders at all levels.
* Explains why change is needed in trading analysis and presentsa revolutionary approach used by successful professionaltraders
* Shares the core techniques and strategies to build knowledgeand establish a business-minded attitude
* Discusses more advanced ideas crucial for all traders,including understanding volatility and the typical flaws ofbehavioral finance
* Gives solid advice for traders anywhere in the world
An End to the Bull takes the mystery out of tradinganalysis and puts the power to navigating markets into the hands ofreaders.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Norden, Gary

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the author vii
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction xi
Part I: The need for change 1
1 The financial junk-food industry 3
2 Real trader psychology: our desire for short cuts 23
3 Time to break free 39
Part II: Building the foundations 53
4 Knowledge 57
5 Watchlists 75
6 It's a business; treat it that way 99
7 Position sizing and management 117
Part III: The next level: incorporating more advanced concepts 139
8 Pricing in 141
9 Volatility 161
10 Become the bookmaker: how the pros trade 175
Conclusion 185
Appendix 187
Index 191

Über Autor(innen)

Gary Norden has been trading for over 25 years. Hestarted his trading career at the age of just 18 trading equityderivatives and was the youngest ever trader in the firm'shistory. He went on to enjoy a successful career as a trader in theCity of London. At the age of 23 he became Head of LIFFE Optionsfor NatWest Markets and he later held senior trading positions atCredit Lyonnais Rouse and ING Financial Markets.
Gary has also spent many years trading futures and options withhis own capital both in the trading pits of LIFFE and oncomputerised markets.
Since moving to Australia in 2003 Gary has developed aninternational reputation as a financial markets consultant, tradingmentor and as an author.
Gary's first book, Technical Analysis and the ActiveTrader was published in 2005 and reveals the unreliability oftechnical analysis. Bedrock technical analysis assumptions wereexposed as little more than poorly performing rules of thumb. Thebook was also translated into Chinese and Korean. Gary has writtenfor publications and websites worldwide including Your TradingEdge, Stocks and Commodities, www.trade2win.com andwww.bullbearings.co.uk.
Gary is driven by a love of trading and a desire to helpnewcomers gain access to a more professional standard ofinformation and education. He pulls no punches with his attacks onparts of the financial industry that he believes lead traders downthe wrong path.
For more information on Gary visitwww.organicfinancialgroup.com.