Hugely popular market guru updates his popular trading strategy for a post-crisis world From Larry Williams—one of the most popular and respected technical analysts of the past four decades—Long-Term Secrets to Short-Term Trading, Second Edition provides the blueprint necessary for sound and profitable short-term trading in a post-market meltdown economy. In this updated edition of the evergreen trading book, Williams shares his years of experience as a highly successful short-term trader, while highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of what can be a very fruitful yet potentially dangerous endeavor. Offers market wisdom on a wide range of topics, including chaos, speculation, volatility breakouts, and profit patterns Explains fundamentals such as how the market moves, the three most dominant cycles, when to exit a trade, and how to hold on to winners Includes in-depth analysis of the most effective short-term trading strategies, as well as the author's winning technical indicators Short-term trading offers tremendous upside. At the same time, the practice is also extremely risky. Minimize your risk and maximize your opportunities for success with Larry Williams's Long-Term Secrets to Short-Term Trading, Second Edition.

Making the case that long-term day trading is not an oxymoron, the author of 101 Investment Lessons from the Wizards of Wall Street and his professional day trader coauthor share rules and interviews with successful online traders on maximizing returns with insights from traditional investing. Recommends web sites. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

"Behavior after a breakout" defines the true trading opportunity for intra-day traders, Cooper claims. Now, this concept absolutely comes alive as Jeff Cooper-celebrated Hit and Run author and editor of "Jeff Cooper's Daily Market Report" at www.minyanville.com gives you a rare peak into his personal arsenal of chart patterns and trading techniques set for the short-term markets. With this comprehensive book and DVD collection, you'll learn to spot when price, time, and behavior are working in sync to deliver superior intra-day trading potential-and profits! And you'll better understand why unexpected turns in price signal exceptional opportunities for fast-acting traders. There for your personal viewing and outlined in thorough detail is how to find, spot, and seize huge opportunities. These are the types of profound opportunities that others simply don't have the skills to react to. Plus, discover how to: Read 10-minute and 1-hour charts for intra-day analysis. Use short-term pattern recognition to plan your next move Be one of the few who can "anticipate the anticipators" for real trading advantage Exploit trend behavior-to get in on the best, fast-moving set-ups.

Trading for a Living Successful trading is based on three M's: Mind, Method, and Money. Trading for a Living helps you master all of those three areas: * How to become a cool, calm, and collected trader * How to profit from reading the behavior of the market crowd * How to use a computer to find good trades * How to develop a powerful trading system * How to find the trades with the best odds of success * How to find entry and exit points, set stops, and take profits Trading for a Living helps you discipline your Mind, shows you the Methods for trading the markets, and shows you how to manage Money in your trading accounts so that no string of losses can kick you out of the game. To help you profit even more from the ideas in Trading for a Living, look for the companion volume--Study Guide for Trading for a Living. It asks over 200 multiple-choice questions, with answers and 11 rating scales for sharpening your trading skills. For example: Question Markets rise when * there are more buyers than sellers * buyers are more aggressive than sellers * sellers are afraid and demand a premium * more shares or contracts are bought than sold * I and II * II and III * II and IV * III and IV Answer B. II and III. Every change in price reflects what happens in the battle between bulls and bears. Markets rise when bulls feel more strongly than bears. They rally when buyers are confident and sellers demand a premium for participating in the game that is going against them. There is a buyer and a seller behind every transaction. The number of stocks or futures bought and sold is equal by definition.

"Harry Boxer's proven techniques for short-term traders...explains the trading tactics that draw on price, volume, and pattern recognition...offers the information needed to recognize chart patterns, identify trades, and execute entries and exits that will maximize profits and limit losses...reveals his concept of price-volume surges as the key to identifying the most lucrative trades...describes his routine for preparing for each trading day...his strategies can be applied for both day trading and swing trading"--

Success as a day trader will only come to 10 percent of those who try. It’s important to understand why most traders fail so that you can avoid those mistakes. The day traders who lose money in the market are losing because of a failure to either choose the right stocks, manage risk, and find proper entries or follow the rules of a proven strategy. In this book, I will teach you trading techniques that I personally use to profit from the market. Before diving into the trading strategies, we will first build your foundation for success as a trader by discussing the two most important skills you can possess. I like to say that a day trader is two things: a hunter of volatility and a manager of risk. I’ll explain how to find predictable volatility and how to manage your risk so you can make money and be right only 50 percent of the time. We turn the tables by putting the odds for success in your favor. By picking up this book, you show dedication to improve your trading. This by itself sets you apart from the majority of beginner traders.