Monday, September 15, 2008

Table of contents for the Parallel trading course

TABLE OF CONTENT
BASICS OF THE MARKET...............................................................................................................5
WHO ARE THE PLAYERS IN THE FINANCIAL MARKET?.....................................................5
HOW THE FINANCIAL MARKET WORKS...................................................................................6
WHY DO TRADERS LOOK FOR SMALL SPREADS?..................................................................6
PATTERN DAY TRADING MARGIN RULES...............................................................................7
UP TICK RULE ENDS ......................................................................................................................8
WHAT WAS THIS RULE?................................................................................................................8
TIME ZONE AND TRADING SESSIONS......................................................................................9
HOW TO USE THE TIME AND SALES WINDOW......................................................................12
POSITION SIZE CALCULATION..................................................................................................14
STOP-LOSS CALCULATION..........................................................................................................14
WHY POSITION SIZE IS SO IMPORTANT................................................................................17
ABANDON BABY ..............................................................................................................................26
DARK CLOUD COVER:....................................................................................................................27
DOJI....................................................................................................................................................27
ENGULFING.....................................................................................................................................28
EVENING STAR...............................................................................................................................28
HAMMER..........................................................................................................................................29
HANGING MAN...............................................................................................................................30
HARAMI............................................................................................................................................30
INVERTED HAMMER.....................................................................................................................31
STAR PATTERN...............................................................................................................................31
SHOOTING STAR............................................................................................................................31
SPINNING TOP................................................................................................................................32
THREE BLACK CROWS...................................................................................................................32
THREE WHITE SOLDERS..............................................................................................................33
THE SHADOW OF CANDLESTICKS (LONG WICK): ...............................................................33
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS.................................................................................................................34
WHAT IS RESISTANCE?................................................................................................................39
TRADING RULES............................................................................................................................42
TOP FIVE PATTERNS....................................................................................................................42
HEAD AND SHOULDER/INVERTED HEAD AND SHOULDER...............................................42
TRADING RULES............................................................................................................................44
DOUBLE BOTTOM/DOUBLE TOP .............................................................................................45
TRIANGLE........................................................................................................................................48
SYMMETRICAL TRIANGLE.........................................................................................................48
ASCENDING TRIANGLE...............................................................................................................49
DESCENDING TRIANGLE.............................................................................................................50
FLAG..................................................................................................................................................52
TECHNICAL INDICATORS AVAILABLE TO US......................................................................55
MOVING AVERAGE.......................................................................................................................59
FIBONACCI RETRACEMENT.......................................................................................................61
VOLUME...........................................................................................................................................62
GETTING STARTED......................................................................................................................64
WEBSITES........................................................................................................................................65
FREE SCREENERS..........................................................................................................................65
TRADING RULES AND SET-UPS................................................................................................69
SELECTION.....................................................................................................................................69
EXECUTION....................................................................................................................................69
ENTRY STRATEGY.......................................................................................................................69
EXIT STRATEGY............................................................................................................................70
GRADE A SET-UPS (1-7)...............................................................................................................70
PARALLEL SET-UP 1.....................................................................................................................70
PARALLEL SET-UP 2.....................................................................................................................74
PARALLEL SET-UP 3.....................................................................................................................78
PARALLEL SET-UP 4.....................................................................................................................81
PARALLEL SET-UP 5.....................................................................................................................88
PARALLEL SET-UP 6.....................................................................................................................89
PARALLEL SET-UP 7.....................................................................................................................96
GRADE B SET-UPS (8)...................................................................................................................99
PARALLEL SET-UP 8....................................................................................................................99
GRADE C SET-UPS (9-10)............................................................................................................104
PARALLEL SET-UP 9....................................................................................................................104
PARALLEL SET-UP 10..................................................................................................................106
FOREX..............................................................................................................................................108
BENEFITS OF FOREX TRADING...............................................................................................108
FOREX TRADING SET-UPS........................................................................................................109
SOME BASIC TERMS....................................................................................................................109
FOREX CONTRACT SIZE.............................................................................................................109
SOME IMPORTANT FUNDAMENTAL INDICATORS IN FOREX.......................................110
EUR/USD.........................................................................................................................................110
USD/JPY..........................................................................................................................................110
GBP/USD.........................................................................................................................................110
TRADING SUPPORT AND RESISTANCE.................................................................................111
SUPPORT AND RESISTANCE STOP LOSS METHOD...........................................................111
HOW TO TRADE TRIANGLE PATTERNS...............................................................................117
RISING WEDGE PATTERNS......................................................................................................119
ASCENDING CHANNEL PATTERN...........................................................................................120
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN AN ONLINE FOREX FIRM...........................................................122
SUMMARY......................................................................................................................................123
TRADING JOURNAL....................................................................................................................123
HOW YOU WILL PREPARE YOURSELF..................................................................................124
SUMMARY.....................................................................................................................................124
GENERAL TRADING RULES......................................................................................................124
COMMON MISTAKES THAT UNSUCCESSFUL TRADERS MAKE.....................................125

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