The Compleat Guide to Day Trading Stocks (Hardcover)

by Jake Bernstein (Author)

Day trading is Wall Street's hottest trend and, in The Compleat Guide to Day Trading Stocks, famed futures trader and author Jake Bernstein turns his attention, knowledge, and experience to the exciting world of stock trading. Bernstein covers timing systems, trend following systems, breakout systems, and more--all illustrated with chart examples based on intra-day time frames, and supported by results from his meticulous, historically accurate back testing.

Basic enough for novice traders--yet with enough detail for the most demanding market veterans--Bernstein's book gives day traders the tools they need to succeed in this fast-paced, relentless market. Special attention is given to:
• Day trading the technology sector
• Risk management and diversification
• Little-known nuances of order placement Jake Bernstein (Northbrook, IL) publishes MBH Weekly, a newsletter covering the commodities and futures markets. Author of The Compleat Day Trader and Strategies for the Electronic Futures Trader, Bernstein is a popular speaker at trading seminars and regularly appears on radio and television.

From the Back Cover
From the bestselling author of The Compleat Day Trader

A Thorough, Real-World Education in Successful Stock Day Trading--From Famed Futures Market Analyst Jake Bernstein

"No sensible person would think about getting into the cockpit of an airplane and attempting to fly without lessons. In order to achieve success, you must begin with a minimal skill level. And most day traders haven't the slightest idea how to win at the game…."--Jake Bernstein, The Compleat Guide to Day Trading Stocks

The Compleat Guide to Day Trading Stocks will give you more than just an idea of how to play the game correctly. This fast-moving guide to the tactical, technical side of day trading is filled with innovative methods, techniques, and systems--many adapted from Jake Bernstein's own proprietary methods, systems, and indicators. Using specific examples, illustrations, and discussions, supported by clear, concise charts and historical tests, Bernstein--one of the best-known voices in the futures industry--explains how to design and implement your own stock day trading system and methods using:
• Timing, trend following, and breakout systems
• Chart patterns
• Stochastics
• Support and resistance concepts
• Gap methods
• Hit-and-run trading
• Oscillators
• One-hour breakout signals and parameters
• Computerized short-term trading
• MAC methods
• and more With the right system and risk management, stock day trading can be exceptionally profitable. Get the facts and figures on exciting day trading breakthroughs--combined with hands-on guidance from one of today's leading market experts--in Jake Bernstein's The Compleat Guide to Day Trading Stocks.