Swing and Day Trading -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Swing Trading -- WHAT IS SWING TRADING? -- WHO SHOULD SWING TRADE? -- A SWINGING EXAMPLE -- LOOKING AHEAD -- CHAPTER CHECKLIST -- CHAPTER 2 Swinging Techniques -- QUICK REVIEW: SUPPORT AND RESISTANCE -- TRENDLINE TRADING -- Trendline Trading Tips -- TRADING USING CHANNELS -- THE THREE-BAR NET LINE SETUP -- Testing the Three-Bar Net Line -- Three-Bar Net Line Example -- The Monsanto Trade -- The Guppy Variation -- Step Summary -- Position Size -- FIRST THRUST PATTERN FOR SWING TRADING -- First Thrust Testing -- CHAPTER CHECKLIST -- CHAPTER 3 Swinging Chart Patterns -- WHICH CHART PATTERNS WORK BEST FOR SWINGERS? -- TRADING THE HIGH AND TIGHT FLAG -- HTF Trading -- HTF Trading Tips: What I Use -- HTF TRADE IN INSTEEL INDUSTRIES -- FISHING FOR INVERTED AND ASCENDING SCALLOPS -- SCALLOP TRADING TIPS -- TWICE IS NICE: EVE & EVE DOUBLE BOTTOMS -- TRADING EVE & EVE -- TOP SEVEN FREQUENTLY TRADED CHART PATTERNS -- Symmetrical Triangle -- Ascending Triangle -- Head-and-Shoulders Bottom -- Support or Congestion -- Flag -- Flat Base -- Rounding Bottom -- MY FAVORITE CHART PATTERNS -- Busted Descending Triangle -- Busted Symmetrical Triangle -- Ugly Double Bottom -- SWINGING THROWBACKS AND PULLBACKS -- TRADING EXAMPLE -- CNO THROWBACK ENTRY -- MEASURING SWINGS -- FTO TRADE -- CHAPTER CHECKLIST -- CHAPTER 4 Swing Selling -- SELLING IDEAS -- TOP 20 CHART PATTERN PERFORMERS -- DIAMOND TOPS AND BOTTOMS -- Overshoot, Undershoot, and Identifying Diamonds -- Diamond Price Behavior -- Diamond Trading Tips -- COMPLEX HEAD-AND-SHOULDERS TOP -- Trading a Complex Head-and-Shoulders Top -- THE EIGHT BEST EXIT SIGNS -- 2B -- Hit Target -- The Scrolling Method -- Overhead Resistance -- Inverted Dead-Cat Bounce -- Double Your Money -- Chart Pattern Trend Change.

Weinstein's Approach -- TEN FAVORITE SELL SIGNALS -- Hit Stop -- Weakness -- Fundamentals -- Diversification -- Support Pierced -- Inverted Dead-Cat Bounce -- Symmetrical Triangle -- Dead-Cat Bounce -- Resistance -- Head-and-Shoulders Top -- TRADING EXAMPLE: THE TERADYNE EXIT -- TRADING EXAMPLE: EXITING FOREST -- TRADING EXAMPLE: SWINGING CNO -- CHAPTER CHECKLIST -- CHAPTER 5 Event Pattern Setups -- COMMON STOCK OFFERINGS SETUP -- Atlas Air Example -- Trading Offers -- SURVIVING A DEAD-CAT BOUNCE -- DCB Example -- Trading the DCB -- THE INVERTED DEAD-CAT BOUNCE SETUP -- The YRC Worldwide Tour -- TRADING DUTCH AUCTION TENDER OFFERS -- After the Auction -- EARNINGS SURPRISE SETUP -- Good Earnings Example -- Bad Earnings -- Bad Earnings Example -- EARNINGS FLAG SETUP -- Earnings Flag Example -- STOCK UPGRADES AND DOWNGRADES -- Downgrades -- An Example -- STOCK SPLITS -- Academic Research -- My Results -- Reverse Stock Splits -- SETUP: TRADING REVERSE SPLITS -- Trend Filter -- Split Ratio Filter -- Short Sell Trades -- CHAPTER CHECKLIST -- CHAPTER 6 Swinging Tools and Setups -- THE CHART PATTERN INDICATOR -- How Does It Work? -- The NR7 -- The CPI Equation -- THE SWING RULE -- Swing Rule for Downtrends -- PUMP UP THE VOLUME OR NOT -- Failure Rates by Volume -- Throwback and Pullback Rates by Volume -- SELECTING WINNERS USING INDEX RELATIVE STRENGTH -- IRS Study -- THREE SWING TRADING SETUPS -- Ascending Triangle Setups -- Rectangle Top Setups -- Rectangle Bottom Setups -- TRADING SETUP: SIMPLE MOVING AVERAGE TESTS -- THE SMILE AND FROWN SETUP -- Frowns -- Smile and Frown Testing -- TRADING SMILES AND FROWNS -- SMILE AND FROWN TRADING TIPS -- CHAPTER CHECKLIST -- CHAPTER 7 Introduction to Day Trading -- WHAT IS DAY TRADING? -- WHY DAY TRADE? -- IS DAY TRADING FOR YOU? -- WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS OF DAY TRADING? -- CHAPTER CHECKLIST.

CHAPTER 8 Day Trading Basics -- MANAGING EXPECTATIONS: HOW MUCH CAN YOU REALLY MAKE? -- BUILDING THE HOME OFFICE -- Number of Computers -- Computer Speed -- Computer Memory -- Monitors: Number and Size -- Connections: Type and Number -- Brokers and Software -- The Ideal Trading Setup -- Ergonomics: Furniture -- OFFICE SETUP COST -- PATTERN DAY TRADING RULES -- WASH SALE RULE -- EIGHT TIPS FOR PICKING STOCKS TO DAY TRADE -- Trading Volume -- Trading Range -- Stock Price and Volatility -- Time Scale -- Trend -- Tradable Chart Patterns -- Bid/Ask Spread -- Building Core Holdings -- PRICE REVERSAL TIMES REVEALED! -- WHAT TIME SETS INTRADAY HIGH AND LOW? -- INSIDE LEVEL II QUOTES -- Level II Games -- HEARTBEAT OF THE MARKET: TIME-AND-SALES TICKER -- PRE-MARKET CHECKLIST -- AFTER-MARKET ANALYSIS -- CHAPTER CHECKLIST -- CHAPTER 9 Opening Gap Setup -- OPENING GAP TEST DATA -- SETUP: FADING THE OPENING GAP -- Do Bull or Bear Markets Matter? -- Closure Rate for Full and Partial Gaps -- What Gap Size Works Best? -- Use a Simple Moving Average? -- Should You Hold Longer Than a Day? -- Gap Closes. Hold On or Sell? -- Trade Entry Details -- How Many Gaps Close in First Minute? -- Trade Anyway If Gap Closes? -- Trade Exit: Five Popular Selling Prices -- Testing the Opening Gap Setup -- Entry Order Location -- Stop Location -- Opening Gap Setup Rules -- SAMPLE TRADE -- CHAPTER CHECKLIST -- CHAPTER 10 Day Trading Chart Patterns -- DAY TRADING DOUBLE TOPS -- Do You Have the Time? -- DAY TRADING TRIPLE TOPS -- DAY TRADING SYMMETRICAL TRIANGLES -- DAY TRADING HEAD-AND-SHOULDERS TOPS -- DAY TRADING DOUBLE BOTTOMS -- DAY TRADING HEAD-AND-SHOULDERS BOTTOMS -- DAY TRADING TRIPLE BOTTOMS -- OTHER TRADING TIPS -- CHAPTER CHECKLIST -- CHAPTER 11 Opening Range Breakout -- WHAT IS BEST RANGE TIME? -- THE ORB SETUP -- Price Should Hover near Breakout -- Ten-Period EMA.

Offset Entry by 5 Cents -- Round-Number Exit -- Initial 10-Cent Stop -- Trailing Stop -- Three-Bar Exit -- DOES THE ORB SETUP WORK? -- CHAPTER CHECKLIST -- CHAPTER 12 Ten Horror Stories -- THIS IS A WINNER, MOM. BUY IT! -- THREE NEWSLETTER DISASTERS -- THREE OPTION AND WARRANT DISASTERS -- TWO MISSED OPPORTUNITIES -- THE 1 MILLION SURPRISE -- CHAPTER 13 Closing Position -- CHAPTER 14 What We Learned -- Visual Appendix of Chart Patterns -- Bibliography -- OTHER SITES OF INTEREST -- About the Author -- Index.