Diary of a Professional Commodity Traderh -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- PART I FOUNDATIONS OF SUCCESSFUL TRADING -- Introduction -- The Invention of a Commodity Trader -- Why I Wrote This Book -- This Book's Audience -- The Book's Road Map -- CHAPTER 1 The History and Theory of Classical Charting Principles -- My Perspective of the Principles -- Three Limitations of the Principles -- Summary -- PART II CHARACTERISTICS OF A SUCCESSFUL TRADING PLAN -- CHAPTER 2 Building a Trading Plan -- Trader Personality and Temperament -- Adequate Capitalization -- Overall Risk Management -- Points to Remember -- CHAPTER 3 Identifying the Trades and the Trading Vocabulary -- Trade Identification -- Vocabulary of the Factor Trading Plan -- Points to Remember -- CHAPTER 4 Ideal Chart Patterns -- Reversal H&S Pattern in Copper -- Reversal Rising Wedge in AUD/USD -- Continuation Wedge and Reversal Failure Top in Soybean Oil -- Reversal Triangle Bottom in Sugar -- Continuation and Pyramid Patterns in USD/CAD -- Reversal Top in Silver -- Continuation H&S Pattern in the Russell 1000 Index -- Continuation Rectangle in Kansas City Wheat -- Continuation Rectangle and Pyramid Triangle in Crude Oil -- Continuation H&S Top in the Dow Utilities -- Continuation Triangle, Reversal M Top, and Flag in the EUR/USD -- H&S Reversal Top and Three Continuation Patterns in the GBP/JPY -- A Reversal Symmetrical Triangle in the AUD/JPY -- Two Continuation Patterns in GBP/CHF -- A Triangle and Running Wedge in Sugar -- An H&S Bottom in Apple Computer -- A Major Continuation H&S and Symmetrical Triangle in Gold -- A Series of Bullish Patterns in Copper -- A Failed Ascending Triangle in the USD/CAD Crossrate -- A 12-Week Rectangle in the Dow Jones Transport Index -- A Rare Horn in Brent Sea Oil -- An H&S Bottom Launches the 2009 Bull Market in the S&Ps -- Summary -- Points to Remember.

CHAPTER 5 How the Factor Trading Plan Works -- Trade Identification -- Trade Entry -- Trade Risk Management -- Trade Order Management -- Points to Remember -- CHAPTER 6 Three Case Studies Using the Factor Trading Plan -- A Remarkable Technical Event in the Dow Jones -- A Year Trading Gold -- A Year Trading Sugar -- Points to Remember -- CHAPTER 7 Characteristics of a Successful Trader -- Intimate Knowledge of Trading Signals -- Discipline and Patience -- Analysis of Self and of the Trading Plan -- It Takes a Leap of Faith -- Points to Remember -- PART III A FIVE-MONTH TRADING DIARY: LET THE JOURNEY BEGIN -- CHAPTER 8 Month One: December 2009 -- Trading Record -- Summary -- CHAPTER 9 Month Two: January 2010 -- Identifying Trading Opportunities -- Amending the Plan -- Trading Record -- Summary -- CHAPTER 10 Month Three: February 2010 -- Sticking to the Plan in Choppy Markets -- Trading Record -- Summary -- CHAPTER 11 Month Four: March 2010 -- Trading Record -- Summary -- CHAPTER 12 Month Five: April 2010 -- Relying on Classical Charting Principles -- Trading Record -- Outlook for the Future -- Summary -- PART IV THE WRAP-UP -- CHAPTER 13 Analysis of Trading Performance -- How the Trading Plan Performed -- How the Plan (and the Trader) Evolved -- Summary: Best Practices Going Forward -- CHAPTER 14 The Best Dressed List -- A Seven-Month Double Bottom in AUD/USD -- A 14-Month Coil and Nine-Month Descending Triangle in EUR/CHF -- A Six-Month Wedge in EUR/USD -- A 16-Week Horn in GBP/USD -- A Four-Month H&S in Bottom NZD/USD -- A Six-Month Ascending Triangle Failure in USD/CAD -- An Eight-Month H&S Bottom in the S&Ps -- A 14-Month Symmetrical Triangle in Sugar -- A Seven-Month Triangle in Gold -- A Series of Continuation Patterns in Copper -- An H&S Bottom in Crude Oil -- Summary -- Postscript -- APPENDIX A Factor Trading Plan Signals.

APPENDIX B Quick Reference to Charts -- APPENDIX C Recommended Resources -- Author's Note -- Index.