Introduction *What the book is going to achieve *Why it is important to have a New Financial Toolbox *The future and potential dangers of investing in the new century Chapter 1 - The Foundations ~ The Secrets - Of Successful Trading *Common sense *Risk/Reward combined with probabilities *Understand what you're doing, how you will achieve it and then doing it Chapter 2 - Risk Control - Why It Pays To Lose Less *Understanding Risk & Reward *The Risk/Reward ratio - Where do you want to be located *The hidden damage of losses *Treat your trading like a business *Is losing is OK? *Risk is ultimately more important than reward *How do the professionals play the risk/reward ratio *Start with your risk and then reward *How to correctly set up a trade *When are tips good - Be humble and realistic Chapter 3 - Simple & Effective Charting Analysis - Keep It Simple, Keep It Quick *The use of computers *What you don't know can't harm you *The best charting is the simple kind *A closer look at charts - What types are best *Look across different timeframes *Flowing markets *Trading ranges *Support/resistance levels and how to use them *10 second chart analsisy *Technical indicators - Good or bad *Context - It's all important *Using charts as a safeguard - Back to risk *Use charts to quickly understand any market or stock *Sector relationships using charts *Use charts to define probabilities and risk/reward calculations *Cost effective ways to simply and effectively chart the stock market Chapter 4 - Stop Losses - Critical, Critical, Critical *What is a stop loss *How does a stop work *Why use stops - It's important to know your loss *Keeping risk constant letting risk vary - Trade like the professionals *Types of stop loss orders *Use them to protect profits *Problems with using stop losses *Brokers and stop loss orders *Golden rules to use when setting stop losses *Where should stop losses be placed *Stop losses and the risk/reward ratio - Now you've got something very powerful Chapter 5 - Short Selling - Great Flexibility *What is short selling *How is short selling handled in today's markets *Short selling gets a bad name *Is it that dangerous in today's markets *Short selling - adding more flexibility to your toolbox *Simple and effective rules for successful short selling Chapter 6 - CFDs - Yet more Flexibility *What are CFDs *Why were they developed *How they work *Advantages & disadvantages *Shorting stock - A new addition to your toolbox *Pairs trading - What is it *How to trade pairs Chapter 7 - Traded Options - Total Flexibility *What are options *Why were they developed *Who uses options *Option terminology *How are options priced *Volatility - What nobody really speaks about *What option strikes to buy/sell *What months to buy/sell *How to use option volatility *Buying options - Pros & cons *Selling options short - Pros & cons *Option strategies - The best way forward *Speculation and options *Hedging and options - You insure your car and house, why not your portfolio *Income enhancement and options *Advantages and disadvantages of using options *Good rules for successful trading of options Chapter 8 - How To Effectively Build Options Into Your Portfolio *Why do you want to use options? To make money is not a good enough answer! *Watch those spreads - How to get inside the bid/offer *Play the game on your terms - Not the market makers or the brokers *When best to buy options *When best to sell options *Using options for income enhancement *How to buy stock at less than today's price using options *Guaranteed 'free' stop losses using options *Spike trading on stocks using options *More option strategies Chapter 9 - Futures - Only For The Dedicated *What are futures *Why were they developed *How they work *Using futures within your portfolio *Simple rules to keep you out of trouble Chapter 10 - Spread Betting - Tax Free Has It's Advantages *Tax free, yes - Advantage, maybe? *Why where they developed *How do they work *Why Spread betting should be part of your financial toolbox *When you should use spread bets *When you should not use them *Simple rules to keep you out of trouble Chapter 11 - Sector Funds - ETFs The New Stockmarket Trading Vehicles? *How sector relationships can help your trading *It's all about momentum *What are ETFs *Why they were developed *What ETFs are traded *How to buy and sell ETFs *Future trading with ETFs - Time to get clever Chapter 12 - Hedge Funds - Do They Really Hedge? *What are they *Why were they developed *Should you invest in them *How to find a good Hedge Fund *On balance small funds are better Chapter 13 - Foreign Shares - Don't Overlook Them - Returns Are Returns *This is a global market *Dollars, aA A--uros, it's all profit *This is where charts are so useful *Information is plentiful *How to trade Foreign shares Chapter 14 - Information - There's Too Much - You've Got To Sort It *The information age is truly upon us *Too much information dilutes its use *Where to find the best information *Working the web *Don't overload *Again, what you don't know often can't hurt you *Brokers reports - The tooth fairy visits *What recent history has taught us about market commentators *Use information as a contrary indicator Chapter 15 - Future Market Scenarios - Can Your Investments Handle The Uncertain Future? *What can go wrong - There's almost too much *The damage that disasters can have on your portfolio *How to combat this problem *What if nothing happens? - It's a win-win *Preparing for the worst Chapter 16 - Conclusions Glossary *As long as is necessary - At InvestorProfit we've got over 4000 financial words and phrases we can use.
