Taking Stock in Your Future Trading a Single Stock

Taking Stock in Your Future provides the tools and advice you need to become a thriving part-time trader and presents it in easy-to-understand terms. You'll learn:
The benefits and practices of value investing, as practiced by the likes of Warren Buffett;
* How to read charts and diagrams so you know when to enter and exit a trade;
* What to look for in a company, including how to read annual reports;
* The cycles of a stock and the influences on the stock market;
* How to set up an online account and create a trade log;
* And you'll work through a real trade.
The insights and lessons presented in Taking Stock in Your Future will enhance your financial literacy and put you on the road to taking big profits.
Chapter 1 - Our Approach And Philosophy
Value Investing
* Selecting Stocks Under Value Investing
Technical Analysis
* Selecting Stocks Under Technical Analysis
Your Commitments
* Money
* Your Time
* What You'll Need to Succeed
The Market's Cycles
Your Approach: Short-Term Trading
Chapter 2 - The Basics
Cyclical Companies by Category
Financial Goals
* Profitability
* Stability
* Liquidity
* Efficiency
* Growth
Financial Analysis
Supply and Demand
The Cycle of a Stock
* Stage One
* Stage Two
* Stage Three
* Stage Four
Support and Resistance
Adding Emotion to the Cycle
Putting It Together
Six Ways Financial Markets Affect Companies
* Anatomy of an Uptrend
* Anatomy of a Downtrend
Going Public
* Underwriting
Reading a Company
Questions and Answers
Chapter 3 - How Stock Markets Work
Market Types
* Commodity Markets
* Futures Contracts
The Exchanges
* The NASDAQ
* The American Stock Exchange LLC
The Securites Exchange Commission (SEC)
* Securities and Exchange Commission Reports
The Indices
* The Dow Jones Industrial Average
* The NYSE Composite Index
* Standard & Poor's 500 Index
Lessons Learned from the Past
* Lessons from the 1980s
* Today's Considerations
Selecting an Online Broker
* Products and Services
* Interim Statements
Determining the Health of a Stock
* Fundamental Analysis
* Technical Analysis
* The IDB
Chapter 4 - Charting Basics
Charting Essentials: Line Charts, Bar Charts and Candlestick Charts
* Line Charts
* Bar Charts
* Candlestick Charts
Candlestick Charting Features
Basic Candlestick Patterns
* Hammer and Hanging Man
* Two-Candlestick Patterns
* Three-Candlestick Patterns
* Spinning Tops and High Wave Candlesticks
Questions and Answers
Chapter 5 - Reading the Charts
Your Trader's Toolbox
* Volume: A Mega-Important Indicator
* Moving Averages
* Oscillators
* On-Balance Volume
The MACD
* MACD-H Signals
Bollinger Bands
Head-and-Shoulders
* The Key Points
* The Graph
Reverse Head-and-Shoulders
* The Key Points
* The Graph
Cup-with-Handle
* The Key Points
* The Graph
Double Bottom
* The Key Points
* The Graph
Double Top
* The Key Points
* The Graph
Gaps: A Trader's Black Hole
* Exhaustion Gaps
* Some Graphs
Case Study: Harrier Inc.
Buy Trigger List
Questions and Answers
Chapter 6 - Plan Your Trade and Trade Your Plan
Guidelines
* Stop-Loss
* Fibonacci Numbers
* The Market's Daily Rhythms
* Advance/Decline Line: Market Narrator in a Capsule
Economic Indicators
* Inflation Facts
* Bull/Bear Ratio
* Other Indicators
* A Word about Losses
Level II Trading: Is It for You?
Setting Up a Trading Log
Is This a Good Trade?
* Buying More of One Stock
* High-Risk Trade
* Reducing Risk
Working a Real Trade
* The Stats
* The Journey
* The Rest of the Story
The Big Picture
* Assess the Trading Environment
* Analyze the Broader Markets
* Gold