Trading in a Nutshell: Planning for Consistently Profitable Trading -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter 1: An introduction to trading -- Trading -- Develop a trading plan -- Commit to it -- My story -- Put in the required effort -- Chapter 2: Financial markets -- What are stock exchanges? -- Stock exchanges around the world -- Companies -- Other markets and products -- Stockbrokers -- Chapter 3: Technical analysis and charts -- Fundamental analysis -- Technical analysis -- Open, high, low, close and volume -- Charting -- Volume -- Trends -- Peaks and troughs -- Moving averages -- Always consider the trend -- Chapter 4: Chart patterns and indicators -- Support and resistance -- Triangles -- Double tops and bottoms -- Indicators -- Chapter 5: Developing a trading strategy -- The importance of entry -- Aim for consistency -- Trading style and time frame -- Trade with the trend -- Using moving averages -- Trend alignment -- Trading strategy structure -- Using indicators -- Confirmation -- Confidence -- Liquidity -- Weight of evidence -- Sector analysis -- Diversity -- Keep it simple! -- Checklist -- Chapter 6: The exit decision -- Stop losses -- Inactivity stop -- Trailing exits -- Stop losses and trailing exits together -- Profit targets -- Chapter 7: Trade execution -- At market/at limit orders -- Which one should I choose? -- Know your orders -- Chapter 8: Money management and risk -- Importance of money management -- Your primary aim -- Risk -- Capital preservation -- Risk amount -- Position sizing -- Probability -- Half the risk -- Volatility -- Averaging down -- Averaging up -- Adopt a defensive posture -- A final thought -- Chapter 9: Developing your trading plan -- 'Buy and hold' approach -- Aim for something -- Discover yourself -- Give yourself an edge -- Monitoring your trades and performance -- Paper trading/testing.

Chapter 10: Developing your mindset -- Attitude -- Confidence -- Patience -- Control -- Emotions -- Perspective -- Decisiveness -- Humility -- Discipline -- Get healthy -- Trading as a game -- Give yourself a break -- Ultra-comfort -- Focus -- Chapter 11: Rules of trading -- Rule one - cut your losses -- Rule two - let your profits run -- Rule three - follow the trend -- Rule four - don't overtrade -- Rule five - never blindly react to a tip -- Rule six - always trade liquid stocks -- Rule seven - keep positions small -- Rule eight - don't buy something because it looks cheap -- Rule nine - keep it simple -- Chapter 12: The experts -- Julie Melillo -- Ray Barros -- Mark Cook -- Alan Hull -- Rahul Mohindar -- Greg Morris -- Brent Penfold -- Dr Van Tharp -- Chapter 13: Getting started -- Guidance for new traders -- Discover yourself -- Money management -- Entry and exit -- Your routine -- Taxation structure -- Information -- Computers and software -- The internet -- Recordkeeping -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Index.