The Compleat Day Trader Vol I

Author Jake Bernstein sorts through the numerous trading systems, analytical methods, and timing indicators unique to day trading - and helps you combine them expertly for minimum risk and maximum profit opportunity. Using clear and concise language with over 100 detailed illustrations and charts designed to drive home his suggestions and insights, Bernstein addresses you "investor-to-investor." He reveals how to get started in day trading; analyze moving averages, stochastics, gaps, and other vital day-trading tools; use Wilder's RSI, intra-day momentum, and other powerful indicators to your clear advantage; use traditional chart analysis to enhance day-trading results; apply a unique day-trading oscillator to the most active markets such as S&P, T Bonds, and currencies; and use seasonal patterns and Critical Times of Day indicators to capture big moves. You'll also discover whether you have the essential personal qualities that predispose a day trader to success - and, if not, how you can develop them. From the bestselling author of The Investor's Quotient, here is a sizzling guide to one of today's hottest investment activities. Drawing on two decades of experience in the futures market, Bernstein shows readers how to master the systems and strategies of day trading. Individual investors and professional traders will learn how to develop the specialized knowledge and timing that can reap huge profits at the close of every trading day. To achieve total mastery of day trading, you'd better go straight to the master. And here he is, in a book that's classic Jake Bernstein--a no-nonsense guide to the fastpaced world of day trading. Whether you're a beginner or seasoned veteran, this book is for you!The action is fast and the stakes are high--and the increased volatility of the '90s has upped the ante even more. Bernstein expertly sorts through the numerous trading systems, analytical methods, and timing indicators unique to day trading--and helps you combine them expertly for minimum risk and maximum profit opportunity.Using clear and concise language with over 100 detailed illustrations and charts designed to drive home his suggestions and insights, this distinguished trader addresses you "investor-to-investor."You'll also discover whether you have the essential personal qualities that predispose a day trader to success--and, if not, how you can develop them.In short, if you wish to become an accomplished day trader, and reap the accompanying profits, there is no other book that can prepare you as well. One of the best introductions to the "art" of day trading, Jake Bernstein's best-selling The Compleat Day Trader covers everything from getting started to understanding the intricacies of market analysis to tying it all together in a winning strategy. Bernstein defines a day trade as "a trade which is entered and exited on the same day." Using over 100 illustrations and charts, he analyzes various techniques and strategies for successful day trading in the futures market.--p. 13 and jacket