Trading Secrets: Killer Trading Strategies to Beat the Markets and Finally Achieve the Success You Deserve -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: Business secrets -- Chapter 1: Stop trading, start thinking -- Tug of war -- Another method of analysis -- Strategy -- Review -- Answers -- Chapter 2: Trust a broker? Are you crazy? -- What do you do? -- Are you an investor or a trader? -- Data -- Software -- Computers -- Books -- Seminars -- Newsletters -- Stockbrokers -- Stingy behaviour -- Chapter 3: Get ready for action -- Athletes -- Breathing -- Chapter 4: Got a job? Hang on in there … for a while -- The dark side of employment -- The positive side of working -- Share trading can be lonely -- The good times -- Going on holidays -- What does 'being a trader' mean to you? -- Part II: It takes all sorts -- Chapter 5: It's all about sex -- A brief history lesson -- Chemistry -- Confidence in decisions -- Is trading a male domain? -- Reaction to stress -- Testosterone -- The need to be right -- Chapter 6: The best gift you can give your child -- Young children -- Adolescents -- So, why is this important? -- Chapter 7: Find a hero - the undervalued success secret -- Market gurus -- Great traders -- Why do traders write books? -- Three heroes -- Chapter 8: Trader - know thyself -- Balance is important -- Know when not to trade -- Self-sabotage -- Personalities -- Focus on more than the current trade -- Admit when you're wrong -- Learn from your past results -- Stop envying other people -- Develop detachment -- Fear -- Be consistent -- Be willing to appear goofy -- Five ways to overcome trading barriers -- Part III: Trading tools -- Chapter 9: History never repeats. Are you sure? -- Black box systems -- Share behaviour -- Bars, lines and candles -- Why use candles instead of bars? -- Candlestick charts.

When to use candlesticks -- Some common candlestick patterns -- How to use candlesticks -- Review -- Answers -- Chapter 10: Stop playing blind archery -- Gut feel -- Weight of evidence -- The line family -- The moving average family -- The momentum family -- The volume family -- The pattern family -- Gaps -- Feel the pulse of the market -- The impact of dividends -- Review -- Answers -- Entry isn't everything -- Further answers -- Chapter 11: Speed counts. Should you get online? -- Types of brokers -- The pitfalls of online trading -- Using human brokers -- Finding the right broker -- Chapter 12: Show me the money! -- Rounditis -- Entry signals -- Exit signals -- Back-testing -- Chapter 13: Sector analysis - your shortcut -- Top-down analysis -- Bottom-up analysis -- Floats -- Part IV: Trade management secrets -- Chapter 14: GFC victims didn't use stops -- Risk -- Discipline -- Types of stops -- Pattern recognition -- Volatility -- Volatility-based stops -- Technical indicators -- Percentage drawdown -- Partial exits versus full exits -- Slippage -- After-market activity -- Review -- Answers -- Chapter 15: Most people suck at money management -- The equal-portions model -- The market capitalisation model -- The percentage-risk model -- How to position size -- An advanced view -- How much money do I need to start trading? -- How much money will I make? -- Summary -- Review -- Answers -- Chapte 16: More bang for your buck -- Pyramids and inverted pyramids -- Staged entry -- Resetting stops -- Average up, never average down -- Setting profit targets -- Martingale versus anti-martingale systems -- Review -- Answers -- Chapter 17: It's TattsLotto time -- Mania -- Reward yourself -- Beware of overconfidence -- Chapter 18: Warning! Measure or go broke -- Win to loss probabilities -- Dollars made compared with dollars lost -- Frequency of trades.

Expectancy -- Record-keeping -- Review -- Answers -- Part V: Recession-smashing strategies -- Chapter 19: Make the bear your friend -- Act on your stops -- Learn how to handle volatility -- Don't guess at the next market leaders -- Short selling -- CFDs -- Entry strategies -- Volume -- Exit strategies -- Position sizing -- The implications of dividends -- Review -- Answers -- Chapter 20: Options multiply your results -- Definition of a call option -- Writing call options -- Buying call options -- Definition of a put option -- Writing put options -- Buying put options -- Option strategies -- Review -- Answers -- Chapter 21: New trading products -- Part VI: Words of wisdom -- Chapter 22: Associate with success -- Your friends -- Trainers -- Corporate professionals -- Authority figures -- Forums and chat rooms -- Your partner/spouse -- Share-trading clubs -- So who should you hang out with? -- Are you ready to take charge? -- Chapter 23: Write it down or suffer the consequences -- Keep a trading diary -- Monitoring your positions -- Developing a trading system -- Your trading plan -- Trading plan questions -- Develop urgency -- Chapter 24: Habits determine your success -- Trading with the trend -- Setting stop losses -- Utilising a written trading plan -- Developing money management skills -- Remaining detached -- Using an appropriate instrument -- Persisting in the face of adversity -- Standing on your own two feet -- You are worthy of success -- Chapter 25: The real secret -- Your carrot and your stick -- Further reading -- Glossary -- Testimonials -- Index -- More from Louise ….