Fly Fishing the Stock Market : How to Search for, Catch, and Net the Market's Best Trades

Content: Fly Fishing the Stock Market
 Contents
 Introduction
 PART I Fly-Fishing Lessons
 CHAPTER 1 Three P\'s in a Pod
 PASSION
 PATIENCE
 PERSISTENCE
 CHAPTER 2 The Tackle Box
 WHAT GOES INTO THE TOOLBOX
 BAR CHARTS AND CANDLESTICKS- SAME MARKETS, DIFFERENT ANGLES
 BULLISH AND BEARISH ENGULFING PATTERNS
 TRENDLINES
 TOPS
 Double Tops
 Head-and-Shoulders Tops
 BOTTOMS
 Double Bottoms
 Inverse Head-and-Shoulders Bottoms
 FALSE BREAKOUTS
 GAPS
 Common Gaps
 Breakaway Gaps
 Runaway Gaps
 Exhaustion Gaps
 TRIANGLES
 VOLUME
 COMPUTERIZED INDICATORS
 MOVING AVERAGES
 Moving Average Crossovers. MOVING AVERAGE CONVERGENCE-DIVERGENCETHE IMPULSE SYSTEM
 FORCE INDEX
 CONCLUSION
 CHAPTER 3 Developing Your Technique
 ANALYTICAL TOOLS AND STEPS
 VIX
 Morningstar Groups
 Steps to Analyze Morningstar Industry Groups
 The Reward/Risk Ratio
 UNDERSTANDING ENTRY ORDERS
 Limit Orders
 Stop Orders
 The Orders I Use
 CONCLUSION
 CHAPTER 4 Expectations
 WHY MANAGED FUNDS CAN BE \"DILUTIONAL\"
 CONCLUSION
 PART II Expect the Unexpected
 CHAPTER 5 Seeing Is Not Believing
 GETTING TRAPPED AT THE EXTREME EDGE
 CONCLUSION
 CHAPTER 6 The Art of Deception
 WHEN THE PREY IS EXHAUSTED. THE DECEPTIONS OF V-BOTTOMSTHE DECEPTIONS OF SYMMETRICAL TRIANGLES
 THE DECEPTIONS OF ASCENDING TRIANGLES
 THE DECEPTIONS OF HEAD-AND-SHOULDERS
 THE DECEPTIONS OF BREAKOUTS
 CONCLUSION
 PART III Time to Go FISHing
 CHAPTER 7 Fishing Seasons/Market Seasons
 MARKET SEASONS
 THE INFLUENCE OF VOLATILITY
 MONITORING MARKET SEASON CHANGES
 THE WEATHERVANE: A MARKET TIMING MONITOR
 Criteria That Signal Season Changes
 Other Important Features of the Weathervane
 Forecasting Market \"Weather\"
 Intraday Forecast
 Hourly Forecast
 THE WEATHER STATION. ADDING THE DETAIL OF PRICE PATTERNS TO STRENGTHEN THE MESSAGECONCLUSION
 CHAPTER 8 Matching the Hatch
 BOTTOM PATTERNS
 Trading Tactic
 Bottoms-Up Type I
 Bottoms-Up Type II
 PULL-BACK PATTERNS
 Trading Tactic
 Pull-Back Type I
 Pull-Back Type II
 TOP PATTERNS
 Trading Tactic
 Rollover Strategy
 PULL-UP PATTERNS
 Trading Tactic
 Pull-Up Type I
 Pull-Up Type II
 THE SYMMETRICAL TRIANGLE: AN ALL-AROUND GENERAL-PURPOSE PATTERN
 Symmetrical Triangle
 The Vortex Strategy
 CONCLUSION
 One Final Note
 CHAPTER 9 Terrestrials and Cut Banks
 FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS
 Earnings
 Revenue
 Growth. USING FUNDAMENTALS TO COMPLEMENT TECHNICAL ANALYSISPull-Back Type I
 The Best Mix
 Events That Move Prices
 Active Trading Meets Buy-and-Hold
 A DISCONNECT BETWEEN TECHNICALS AND FUNDAMENTALS
 FUNDAMENTALS ON FIRE: MOMENTUM TRADING
 Entry
 Trade Management
 Stop-Loss
 Exit
 CHASING THE BIG ONES
 CONCLUSION
 CHAPTER 10 Catch and Release
 SETTING THE HOOK WITH THE STRIKE INDICATOR (ENTRY)
 THE STRIKE INDICATOR ENTRY STEPS
 Long Position
 Short Position
 SNAG MANAGEMENT (STOP-LOSS)
 THE DRAG SYSTEM (TRADE MANAGEMENT/PROFIT EXIT)
 EXAMPLES OF DRAG SETTINGS
 EXIT TO ENTER?
 CONCLUSION.