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PART 1
Selecting a Market
Comparing Markets
Stocks
Commodities
EMini Futures
Forex
Options
Spread Betting (UK)
Stocks - PDT Rule
An NASD & SEC rule which states that in order to engage in pattern daytrading (buying & selling a security in the same trading day 4 or more times in 5 consecutive business days) must maintain an equity balance of at least $25,000 in a margin account.
Commodities Grains
Gold
Beef
Crude oil
Natural gas…
Currencies and Indices
Futures
Virtually 24 hour market – 18:00 ET Sunday – 16:15 ET Friday. Breaks from 16:15-16:30 ET and 17:30-18:00 ET.
Unlike stocks, futures positions are settled in cash on a daily basis.
Futures
Margin requirements: Overnight = $4500 initial & $3600 maintenance. Individual brokers will vary on intraday margin, but $500-$2000 is typical.
Forex
The most active market in the world.
Traded 24 hours a day, 5 ½ days a week.
Cost to trade is the spread, measured in pips.
Forex
The most traded are the U.S. dollar (USD), Canadian dollar (CAD), the euro (EUR), the British pound (GBP), the Swiss franc (CHF), the New Zealand dollar (NZD), the Australian dollar (AUD) and the Japanese yen (JPY)
Options
Give you the right, but not the obligation to buy or sell an underlying asset at a specific prices on or before a certain date.
A call gives the holder the right to buy an asset at a certain price within a specific period of time, while a put give the holder the right to sell that asset at a certain price within a specific period of time.
Spread Betting
Allows a trader to participate in the financial markets without ever taking physical ownership of the underlying instrument.
No capital gains tax or stamp taxes, but less protection.
Cost is the spread.
http://www.financial-spread-betting.com/
PART 2
Focusing on a Time Frame
Time Frame Styles
Scalping
Intraday Trading / Daytrading
Swingtrading
Position Trading
Correction Periods
~9:35 AM
15 & 45 minutes past the hour in the AM
11:00 AM
11:15 AM
30 min. past & on the hour in the PM
Times to Watch in FX
3:00 AM London opens
4:00 AM Tokyo closes
8:00 AM New York opens
12:00 PM London closes
5:00 PM New York closes
7:00 PM Tokyo opens
Utilizing Time Frames
When trading a setup on any time frame, it is imperative that you study both the larger and smaller time frames and not merely the one on which you located your setup.
PART 3
Focusing on a Strategy
Comparing Strategies
Continuation Strategies
(aka Trend-following)
Reversal Strategies
Either/Or Strategies
Continuation Strategies
Breakouts
Flags
2-Wave Continuations
2-Wave Continuation
Chart © 2008 Townsend Analytics
Breakouts & Triangles
#1 & #4 Continuations
Chart © 2008 Townsend Analytics
#3 Continuation
Chart © 2008 Townsend Analytics
Reversal Strategies
Momentum Reversals
2T / 2B
Momentum Reversal
Momentum Reversal
Chart © 2008 IBFX
2T & 2B Reversals
2T Reversal
Chart © 2008 Townsend Analytics
Either/Or Strategies
Phoenixes & Avalanches
Triangles
Phoenix & Avalanche
Phoenix - Buy
Chart © 2008 Townsend Analytics
Triangle Reversal
Triangle Reversal
Chart © 2008 IBFX
PART 4
Incorporating the Different Aspects of Your Plan
Intraday/Swing Strategy
Utilizing gaps can be a great way to improve your accuracy and reward potential on both daytrades as well as swingtrades in equities.
Breakaway GapsThese types of gaps will break a security out of its previous trend and begin a reversal or correction to that trend. These can include breakouts from a base, flag, triangle, etc.
Trading Range Breakaway
Breakaway Gaps
Chart © 2008 Townsend Analytics
2-Wave Pullback
Chart © 2008 Townsend Analytics
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