| Dedication | | v | |
| Acknowledgments | | vii | |
| Introduction | | xv | |
| 1 So You Want to Trade FOREX? |
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| Your Personal Litmus Test |
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| 2 Introduction to the FOREX |
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| History of the Forex Market: How It All Began |
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| The Market Traders Institute Philosophy |
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| The Three levels of Trading |
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| The 21-day, 3 Percent Rule |
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| 3 Self-Empowerment via Trading Software |
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| How to Determine Market Direction |
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| Using Indicators to Determine an Entry Point |
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| Using Indicators to Determine Exit Strategies |
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| Using Multiple Time Frames to Trade |
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| 4 Trading Japanese Candlesticks |
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| The History of Japanese Candlesticks |
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| How to Read a Japanese Candlestick |
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| Reading a Japanese Candlestick Chart |
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| Understanding the Different Japanese Candlesticks |
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| Bullish Candlestick Formations or Buy Signals |
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| Bearish Candlestick Formation or Sell Signals |
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| Trading Candlestick Patterns |
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| 5 The Financial Game of Support and Resistance |
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| How do Bulls and Bears Score Points? |
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| Identifying Highs and Lows |
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| Learning to Short the Market |
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| Past Resistance can Become Future Support |
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| Past Support can Become Future Resistance |
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| Visually Observing the Game |
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| Trading a Trend Until it Bends |
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| Finding and Drawing Inner, Outer, and Long-term Uptrend Lines |
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| Incorrect Ways of Drawing Uptrend Lines |
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| Finding and Drawing Downtrend Lines |
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| Finding and Drawing Inner, Outer, and Long-term Downtrend Lines |
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| Incorrect Ways of Drawing Downtrend Lines |
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| Shorting the Market When It Enters the Sell Zone |
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| Going Long in the Market When It Enters the Buy Zone |
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| The Fibonacci Numerical Sequence |
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| The Fibonacci Sequence in Nature |
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| The Fibonacci Retracement and Extension Ratio Relationship |
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| The Value of Adding the Fibonacci Numbers to your toolbox |
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| 9 The Reality of the Fibonacci Secret |
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| Fibonacci Market Movement on September 11, 2001 |
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| Fibonacci Retracements Everywhere |
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| 10 Fundamental Analysis | | 161 | |
| Fundamental Announcements Analysis |
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| Trading Days Versus Trending Days |
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| Increased Risk with Trading Fundamental Announcements |
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| The Importance of Fundamental Announcements |
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| 11 Consolidating, Bracketing, Accumulation, or Sideways Movement | | 175 | |
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| Not All Fundamental Announcements Move the Market |
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| 12 Learning the Rules of Equity Management | | 187 | |
| What Is Equity Management? |
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| The Equity Management Formula |
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| Percentages Mean Nothing When Trading |
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| 13 The Final Analysis | | 201 | |
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| Our Habits Control Our Lives |
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| Glossary | | 209 | |
| Index | | 213 | |