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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

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2T & 2B Reversals

2T Reversal

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Either/Or Strategies

Phoenixes & Avalanches

Triangles

Phoenix & Avalanche

Phoenix - Buy

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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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