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The Online Trading Cookbook
Alpesh Patel (Author)
9780470684450, Wiley
Hardback, published 1 June 2012
256 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.51 kg
The Online Trading Cookbook is a unique resource for busy online traders of all levels, addressing the need amongst the growing number of those trading and investing from home for solid, low risk trading strategies which they can incorporate into a busy lifestyle. Suitable for all levels of retail trader and is supplemented by useful advice on the best trading tools, websites and brokers, the different markets available to trade, tips on risk and money management. The book is divided into sections based on levels of complexity and contains specific strategies used by profitable hedge funds as well as strategies used by other professionals, all of which can be implemented by private investors. The opening chapter discusses the professional tools traders will need, from multi-screen hardware, best websites, trading software, data services, brokers, trading products and the types of traders suited to each type of trading. The following chapters give concise novice, intermediate and advanced strategies for short and long term traders. The cookbook format is one of the most popular for teaching complicated subjects. Trading skills are presented and learnt as simply as recipes. This book provides exactly that from trading strategies to risk and money management. Each page presents as ingredients what the trader needs to do, the tools and the preparation with successful examples illustrated on the facing page. Both the proven format and its simplicity are compelling and unique in their application to trading. Written by two celebrated experts in the field, The Online Trading Cookbook is the perfect starting point for anyone wishing to learn to trade or for advanced traders wishing to further their knowledge.
Preface ix Acknowledgements xiii About the Authors xv Introduction 1 Part I Aperitif Recipe 1 Uncle’s Favourite 11 Difficulty Level: Beginner Recipe 2 What Good Dishes Taste Like – The Recipe for Trading Success 21 Difficulty Level: Beginner Recipe 3 Trend Lines and Channelling: Mind the Bumps 31 Difficulty Level: Beginner Recipe 4 Japanese as Easy as Sushi: Exotic but not Complicated 37 Difficulty Level: Beginner Recipe 5 Moving Averages: Decisions Decisions 43 Difficulty Level: Beginner Recipe 6 Breakfast at 8 49 Difficulty Level: Beginner Recipe 7 Let’s Get a Takeaway! 55 Difficulty Level: Beginner Part II Hors D’oeuvres Recipe 8 MACD, MA and Stochastic – Mixing Cocktails 69 Difficulty Level: Beginner/Intermediate Recipe 9 The Breakout 75 Difficulty Level: Intermediate Part III Amuse-bouche Recipe 10 Natural Diet: Don’t Forget Your Roughage 85 Difficulty Level: Intermediate Part IV Entremet Recipe 11 MACD (Mac-D) and Friends 101 Difficulty Level: Intermediate/Advanced Recipe 12 Nouvelle Cuisine: New Issues 107 Difficulty Level: Intermediate/Advanced Recipe 13 Momentum: Short Termism Does Pay! 111 Difficulty Level: Intermediate/Advanced Recipe 14 Turtle Soup: The Most Famous Trading Recipe of All 117 Difficulty Level: Intermediate/Advanced Recipe 15 Pairs Trading: One of Your Five a Day! 127 Difficulty Level: Intermediate/Advanced Recipe 16 Double Big MAC-D 135 Difficulty Level: Intermediate/Advanced Part V Entree Recipe 17 English Breakfast or All-Day Lunch 151 Difficulty Level: Advanced Recipe 18 Surfing the Waves: Fast Food 159 Difficulty Level: Advanced/Expert Part VI Main Recipe 19 Coffee Options and Spreads 173 Difficulty Level: Advanced/Expert Recipe 20 Bonds: Shaken Not Stirred 185 Difficulty Level: Advanced Recipe 21 Buffet: Today’s Special at McDonald’s 193 Difficulty Level: Advanced Part VII Dessert Recipe 22 Common Cooking Mistakes and How to Avoid Them 203 Part VIII Pantry Recipe 23 Utensils and Common Ingredients 209 Recipe 24 If You Can’t Stand the Heat: Taking Risks in the Kitchen 221 Index 229
Subject Areas: Finance & accounting [KF]
