Survival Guide for Traders: How to Set Up and Organize Your Trading Business -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Disclaimer -- Introduction: Survival of the Fittest -- Part I: Survival Basics -- Chapter 1: It's a Jungle Out There! -- Brawn, Brains, and Technology -- Technological and Innovation Time Line -- Don't Bring a Knife to a Gunfight -- Right in My Own Backyard -- Chapter 2: Managing Your Money Is Serious Business -- Trust and Financial Advisers -- Tips on Selecting a Qualified Financial Adviser -- So, Who Are You Going to Trust? -- Creating Your Own Business Plan Will Strengthen Your Ability to Prosper -- Trade, Invest, and Live within Your Means -- Chapter 3: Accountability, Setting Stops, and the Rogue Factor -- Traders Are the Ultimate Entrepreneurs and Must Be Held Accountable -- Setting Stop-Loss Exits Is Essential -- The Infamous Rogue Trader Named Nick Leeson -- Watch the Rogue Trader Movie -- Insurmountable, Large Losses Usually Start As Small Losses -- Chapter 4: What's Your Net Worth? -- Net Worth Statement -- Creating Your Financial Profile -- Are You Moving Forward, Falling Backward, or Standing in Place? -- Chapter 5: The Life of an Entrepreneur -- New Start-Up Businesses Have High Failure Rates -- What Does It Take for a New Business to Succeed? -- Small Businesses Are the Backbone of the Economy -- Reduce Your Expenses and Increase Your Revenue -- How to Reduce Expenses -- A Penny Saved Is Really One and a Half Pennies Earned -- It's All About the Revenue -- Chapter 6: Understanding Financial Markets -- Buyer and Seller Agree on Price, but They Disagree on Value -- Buyers and Sellers and the Financial Order Flow Process -- Types of Orders -- Using Margin and Leverage -- The Importance of Liquidity and Volume -- Zero Liquidity -- Volatility and Market Gaps.

How Can the Bid and Ask, Spreads, Fills, and Slippage Affect Your Profits? -- You Can Parallel Test Your Broker and Data Feeds -- "I Feel the Need for Speed" -- So Many Markets to Choose From -- Ticker Symbols at a Glance -- How to Choose the Best Data Feed for Your Needs -- How to Choose the Best Broker for Your Needs -- How to Choose the Best Front-End Platform for Your Needs -- Manias, Panics, and Crashes -- Chapter 7: Adapting to Changing Market Cycles -- Four Major Market Cycles -- It's All in a Name -- Using Trend Lines to Identify Market Cycles -- Using Elliott Wave Analysis to Identify Market Cycles -- Pitfalls of Not Identifying Market Cycles Correctly -- Chapter 8: Education and Support -- A Few Classic Trading Books -- Learning Styles -- Repetition, Repetition, Repetition -- Paper Trading Is an Essential Learning Tool -- Do it Your Way -- You Can Learn from Your Mistakes and Failures -- Life Mentors, Professional Mentors, and Trading Coaches -- Chapter 9: Writing a Business Plan -- Business Plan: Blank Template -- Front Matter: Title Page, Table of Contents, and Mission Statement -- 1. Summary -- 2. Strategy -- 3. Operations -- 4. Financials -- Business Plan Tips -- Part II: The Financial Pie -- Chapter 10: The First Slice: Trading and Investing Rules -- Develop and Test Your System -- Perseverance Is the Holy Grail -- Failure Is Not an Option -- Creating Your Trading Rules Profile -- A Note about Day Trading versus Position Trading -- Holding Trades Overnight and Assuming Overnight Risk -- My Definition of Scalping -- Sample Trading Rules to Start With -- Combining Fundamental and Technical Signals in Your Trading Rules -- Technical Analysis Signals -- Fundamental Analysis Signals -- Value Investing in a Bear Market -- The Importance of Paper Trading -- Set Up Multiple Brokerage Accounts to Monitor Your Trading Results.

Chapter 11: The Second Slice: Scanning for Opportunities -- Technical Scanning Techniques -- Fundamental Scanning Techniques -- Opportunity Is Always Abundant in the Markets -- Stocks -- Options -- Futures -- Forex -- Exchange-Traded Funds -- Chapter 12: The Third Slice: Money Management -- What Can Money Management Do for You? -- Three Ways to Control Risk -- Risk Factors to Develop Your Plan Around -- Stop-Loss Exits Can Save the Day -- Your Survival Depends on Having a Healthy Respect for the Risk of Ruin -- Optimal f Formula: Information Similar to the Risk of Ruin Tables -- Comparing Optimal f Equation Results to the Risk of Ruin Tables -- The 2 Percent Risk Amount Formula -- Using the Trade Size Formula -- Trade Size Formula Using Leverage -- Using the Trade Size Calculator -- Good Record Keeping and Performance Analysis Are Essential -- Without Risk, There Is No Opportunity . . . -- Chapter 13: The Fourth Slice: Financial Psychology -- The Trader's Mind-Set -- Even Good Change Can Be Stressful and Emotionally Challenging -- Looking at 15 Destructive Psychological Trading Issues and Their Causes -- Optical Illusions Show How Our Minds Can Mislead Us -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Online Bonus-Survival Guide Central -- Appendix B: ART Basics -- Appendix C: Resources: Front-End Platforms, Brokers, Data Providers, and More -- Appendix D: Suggested Reading and Education -- Appendix E: Market Exchanges -- Glossary -- About the Author -- Index.