Publisher Description

If you have no time to follow the market closely, then Trend Trading is the book for you. Trend trading is one of the most effective and easy-to-use methods for making money in the market. Success depends on identifying the trend with confidence and catching the trend after it has started, and on getting out as soon as possible after the uptrend turns into a downtrend. The book examines in detail the steps in finding, assessing, selecting, managing and monitoring a long-term trend trade. These are proven, successful methods which are easy to understand and apply. Included are the most recent updates and developments in using the count back line and the Guppy Multiple Moving Average. Daryl Guppy also includes a practical look at setting stop loss conditions to protect capital and profits, and a bonus section on Darvas-style trend trading which is the first significant update of this technique in forty years. Trend Trading shows readers how to use and apply the analysis tools to find effective long-term trades. These can be applied to any group of selected stocks, whether chosen on fundamental criteria, from stock tip newsletters, or found using database technical scans. From this starting point, Guppy shows how the better trades are identified, how risk is managed, and how the trades are closed successfully. The book includes examples of Daryl's personal trades.

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If you have no time to follow the market closely, then Trend Trading is the book for you. Trend trading is one of the most effective and easy-to-use methods for making money in the market. Success depends on identifying the trend with confidence and catching the trend after it has started, and on getting out as soon as possible after the uptrend turns into a downtrend. The book examines in detail the steps in finding, assessing, selecting, managing and monitoring a long-term trend trade. These are proven, successful methods which are easy to understand and apply. Included are the most recent updates and developments in using the count back line and the Guppy Multiple Moving Average. Daryl Guppy also includes a practical look at setting stop loss conditions to protect capital and profits, and a bonus section on Darvas-style trend trading which is the first significant update of this technique in forty years. Trend Trading shows readers how to use and apply the analysis tools to find effective long-term trades. These can be applied to any group of selected stocks, whether chosen on fundamental criteria, from stock tip newsletters, or found using database technical scans. From this starting point, Guppy shows how the better trades are identified, how risk is managed, and how the trades are closed successfully. The book includes examples of Daryl's personal trades.

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If you have no time to follow the market closely, then Trend Trading is the book for you. Trend trading is one of the most effective and easy-to-use methods for making money in the market. Success depends on identifying the trend with confidence and catching the trend after it has started, and on getting out as soon as possible after the uptrend turns into a downtrend. The book examines in detail the steps in finding, assessing, selecting, managing and monitoring a long-term trend trade. These are proven, successful methods which are easy to understand and apply. Included are the most recent updates and developments in using the count back line and the Guppy Multiple Moving Average. Daryl Guppy also includes a practical look at setting stop loss conditions to protect capital and profits, and a bonus section on Darvas-style trend trading which is the first significant update of this technique in forty years. Trend Trading shows readers how to use and apply the analysis tools to find effective long-term trades. These can be applied to any group of selected stocks, whether chosen on fundamental criteria, from stock tip newsletters, or found using database technical scans. From this starting point, Guppy shows how the better trades are identified, how risk is managed, and how the trades are closed successfully. The book includes examples of Daryl's personal trades.

Author Biography

Daryl Guppy is the founder and director of Guppytraders.com. He is an active private trader in equity and derivative markets. He is the author of several financial market books including, Trend Trading, Share Trading and Trend Trading Master (available in Chinese).Guppy writes in several Chinese language publications, including a fortnightly market commentary column in Beijing's Weekly On Stocks magazine and Shanghai Securities News. His book Trend Trading Master is available in Chinese. He conducts regular financial training seminars in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing and other cities in China. He has guest lectured at Xi'an University.
Guppy is a regular contributor to trading and investment publications in Singapore and Malaysia, including The Edge, Personal Money, and Smart Investor. He provides certified professional financial market training for the Singapore Society of Remisiers, and the Hong Kong Securities Institute.
A member of Technical Analysis Society of Singapore, the Australian Technical Analysis Association, the International Federation of Technical Analysts and Australian Government Securities and Investors Council, he also belongs to the Australian International Business Council and the Australia China Business Council. Guppytraders.com has offices in Australia, Beijing and Singapore.

Table of Contents

Preface: A flea on an elephant 1 Part I Gone fishing 1 How do I start making money? 17 2 Fish finding 36 3 A hitchhiker's guide to the sharemarket 48 4 No secrets 56 Part II Hey good looking 5 Heads up 67 6 Overcoming bias 79 7 No secrets 93 Part III Line of lode 8 Classic trend lines 101 9 Line managers 110 10 Curve balls 119 11 No secrets 127 Part IV Testing character 12 Building character 137 13 Tracking traders and investors 155 14 Trend travellers 163 15 Using price weakness 175 16 Rally breaks 184 17 Breakout trading 194 18 Better exits 204 19 Bubble baths 212 20 No secrets 225 Part V Price check 21 Breakout confirmation 235 22 Entry management 245 23 Keeping the most 253 24 IPO profits 268 25 No secrets 275 Part VI Calculating size 26 Three figures 285 27 Stop 293 28 A danger to ourselves 306 29 No secrets 317 Part VII Modern Darvas 30 Boxing the trend 329 31 Building a box 341 32 Classic Darvas 352 33 Modern Darvas 362 34 Playing with the edge 376 35 Technical Darvas 382 36 No secrets 388 Part VIII Performance plus 37 Personality blues 399 38 Lucky you 407 39 No secrets 417 40 Found in translation 426 Index 429

Long Description

If you have no time to follow the market closely, then Trend Trading is the book for you. Trend trading is one of the most effective and easy-to-use methods for making money in the market. Success depends on identifying the trend with confidence and catching the trend after it has started, and on getting out as soon as possible after the uptrend turns into a downtrend. The book examines in detail the steps in finding, assessing, selecting, managing and monitoring a long-term trend trade. These are proven, successful methods which are easy to understand and apply. Included are the most recent updates and developments in using the count back line and the Guppy Multiple Moving Average. Daryl Guppy also includes a practical look at setting stop loss conditions to protect capital and profits, and a bonus section on Darvas-style trend trading which is the first significant update of this technique in forty years. Trend Trading shows readers how to use and apply the analysis tools to find effective long-term trades. These can be applied to any group of selected stocks, whether chosen on fundamental criteria, from stock tip newsletters, or found using database technical scans. From this starting point, Guppy shows how the better trades are identified, how risk is managed, and how the trades are closed successfully. The book includes examples of Daryls personal trades.

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