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Informationen zum Autor DAVID HALSEY is founder of the website EminiAddict.com, which provides trader education and market commentary. His focus is day trading and swing trading stock index futures utilizing techniques designed to stay on the right side of institutional order flow and identify short-term setups. Halsey provides a daily market analysis, predictions, and an interactive forum for his subscribers. His videos are utilized by several brokerage firms and disseminated to their clients.?? Klappentext A timely guide to profiting in markets dominated by high frequency trading and other computer driven strategiesStrategies employing complex computer algorithms, and often utilizing high frequency trading tactics, have placed individual traders at a significant disadvantage in today's financial markets. It's been estimated that high-frequency traders--one form of computerized trading--accounts for more than half of each day's total equity market trades. In this environment, individual traders need to learn new techniques that can help them navigate modern markets and avoid being whipsawed by larger, institutional players.Trading the Measured Move offers a blueprint for profiting from the price waves created by computer-driven algorithmic and high-frequency trading strategies. The core of author David Halsey's approach is a novel application of Fibonnaci retracements, which he uses to set price targets and low-risk entry points. When properly applied, it allows traders to gauge market sentiment, recognize institutional participation at specific support and resistance levels, and differentiate between short-term and long-term trades at various price points in the market.* Provides guidance for individual traders who fear they can't compete in today's high-frequency dominated markets* Outlines specific trade set ups, including opening gap strategies, breakouts and failed breakout strategies, range trading strategies, and pivot trading strategies* Reveals how to escape institutional strategies designed to profit from slower-moving market participantsEngaging and informative, Trading the Measured Move will provide you with a new perspective, and new strategies, to successfully navigate today's computer driven financial markets Zusammenfassung A timely guide to profiting in markets dominated by high frequency trading and other computer driven strategies Strategies employing complex computer algorithms, and often utilizing high frequency trading tactics, have placed individual traders at a significant disadvantage in today's financial markets. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii Chapter 1 Today's Trading Environment 1 Descent of the Pit and Ascent of the Screen 1 Players on the Field 2 The Algo Brothers 4 Where Are You? 7 Chapter 2 Inside the Hidden Market 9 Deep Roots 9 Fibonacci Basics 11 Fibs Make the Moves 15 Why Do Fibs Work? 19 Fibs in the Real World 21 In Summary 26 Chapter 3 Drawing a Road Map 27 Finding Direction 27 A Mountain Range of Price 28 Obstacles in the Road: Pivot Points 32 Navigating Trends 35 Long and Winding Roads 37 Chapter 4 More Tools for Trading Power 39 Filling the Toolbox 39 Watching the Clock (and the Calendar) 39 Tick Tock 43 The Tape and the DOM 46 The DOM (Depth of Market) 49 A Full Toolkit 51 Chapter 5 The 90 Percent Factor-Executing Your Trade 53 Where the Rubber Meets the Road 53 Priorities and Job One 53 What's the Risk, What's the Reward? 55 A Brief Pit Stop 59 Preparing the DOM 60 Crossing the Starting Line 61 Running Off the Road 65 When Multiple Contracts Just Aren't Possible 66 Why 90 Percent? 68 Chapter 6 Three Types o...
