The Ultimate Trading Guide,9780471381358

The Ultimate Trading Guide

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780471381358
ISBN10: 0471381357
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-08-07
Publisher(s): Wiley
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Summary

In The Ultimate Trading Guide, Hill, Pruitt, and Hill clearly explain the principles behind trading systems. They demonstrate how various types of systems operate for accounts of all sizes--from $10,000 to $1 million. And they provide the tools and background necessary for developing computerized trading systems that really work

Author Biography

JOHN R. HILL is the President and founder of Futures Truth, a leading newsletter that analyzes and rates trading systems. He has been a frequent guest on CNBC and is a popular speaker at numerous investment conferences. Mr. Hill holds a master&#146;s degree in chemical engineering from Ohio State University.<BR>

Table of Contents

Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction: The Search for Truth 1(7)
The Set-Ups or the Big Picture
8(20)
Trading versus Investing
8(1)
The Ultimate Timing Tool for All Markets
9(1)
Technology Revolution
9(1)
Stages of Market Action
10(9)
How to Make Money with This Theory
19(3)
Case Study of Trading Rules
22(3)
To Trade or Not to Trade
25(1)
Conclusion
26(1)
Note
27(1)
Practical Applications of the Elliott Wave Theory
28(9)
Targets for Major Movements
30(1)
Corrective Waves or Phases
31(2)
Case Study in Crude Oil
33(1)
How to Trade A or ABC Corrections to a Thrust
34(1)
Trading Plan
35(1)
Other Works on Cycles
36(1)
Summary
36(1)
Bar Charts and Their Forecasting Ability
37(39)
How to Use Short-Term Patterns for Profit
39(4)
Entry Techniques
43(1)
System Development Based on Closing Prices
43(12)
Three-Day Equilibrium Reverse
55(4)
Pattern Gap
59(1)
Hook Closing
60(4)
Narrow Range Bars
64(4)
Trading the Narrow Ranges
68(1)
Trading the Wide Range Bar
68(1)
Buy Zones
69(1)
Stop Point
70(1)
Taking Profits
71(1)
Anticipation
71(1)
Time Breakout Rule
72(1)
Gap Higher/Low Openings
73(3)
Channel and Trendline Trading
76(7)
Trend Lines and Parallel Movements
76(2)
Trading the 0--2 Line
78(2)
Trendline and Four-Close System (TL4C)
80(1)
Trend Channel System
81(2)
Swing Trading
83(18)
Swing Charts
83(3)
Anticipation
86(1)
Move Ending
87(1)
Pullback Buys
87(1)
Action and Reactions
88(1)
Preliminary Demand
88(1)
Time and Space
89(1)
Sell Tops after a Trend Change
89(1)
Three Bar Rallies
90(1)
Holding Gain and Rally from Support
91(1)
Setups for Trend Change
92(2)
Trend Continuation
94(1)
Three Drives to a Bottom
95(1)
Support/Resistance Zones
95(2)
Time and Price Projections
97(2)
Trend
99(1)
First Day in Rally
100(1)
Patterns
101(38)
Opening Range Breakouts
102(2)
Trend Up Confirmed
104(1)
Spring Reversal Pattern
105(1)
Upthrust Reversal Pattern
106(2)
Yum-Yum Continuation Pattern
108(1)
L Formation and Reverse L
109(1)
Double Tops and Bottoms
110(1)
Small Morning Tails
111(3)
Clear Out Patterns
114(1)
Overlapping and Non-Overlapping Bars
114(2)
Two-Day Intersection
116(1)
Channel Trading Systems
116(5)
The Pullback
121(2)
High of Low Bar for Buying/Low of High Bar for Selling
123(1)
Three Bars Up/Down
124(1)
Dynamite Triangle
125(1)
Narrow Range/Wide Range
126(1)
Two-Day Flip (2DF)
127(1)
Tight Formation Breakout
128(1)
The Importants of Exits
128(6)
Use of Tools in Trading the S&Ps
134(5)
Drummond Geometry and the PLdot: An Introduction to the Fundamentals
139(14)
What is Drummond Geometry?
139(13)
Conclusion
152(1)
Introduction to Mechanical Trading Systems
153(11)
Why Use a Trading System?
155(2)
Throw Those Ads Away
157(2)
Should I Buy a Trading System?
159(1)
Myths and Facts Concerning Trading Systems
160(3)
Conclusion
163(1)
Where to Start
164(44)
Hardware
164(1)
Software
164(2)
Data
166(5)
Indicators
171(14)
Five Approaches Used by the Best Trading Systems
185(1)
Anatomy of a Trading System
185(21)
Conclusion
206(2)
Historical Testing---A Blessing or a Curse
208(20)
Simulated Analysis
208(1)
Curve Fitting
209(5)
Periodic Reoptimization---Does It Work?
214(2)
Alternative to Optimization---Adaptive Parameters
216(3)
You Design the Trading System, Not Your Computer
219(1)
How to Evaluate Trading System Performance
220(4)
How to Evaluate Trading System Portfolio Performance
224(2)
Conclusion
226(2)
Money Management
228(24)
Statistics---A Necessary Tool
229(1)
Risk of Ruin
230(1)
Capital Allocation Model
231(9)
Compounding Returns
240(1)
Placement of Protective Stops and Profits Targets
241(10)
Conclusion
251(1)
Turnkey Systems and Portfolios
252(6)
Portfolio 1 $10,000 Initial Capital
252(1)
Portfolio 2 $25,000 Initial Capital
253(1)
Portfolio 3 $50,000 Initial Capital
254(1)
Portfolio 4 $100,000 Initial Capital
255(1)
Portfolio 5 $300,000 Initial Capital
256(1)
Conclusion
257(1)
Top Ten Systems of All Time
258(25)
Bibliography 283(2)
Appendix: Easy Language Source Code 285(8)
Index 293

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