Description
For over thirty years, institutional, individual, and learned traders have reckoned with this timeless trading manual – Trading Systems and methods. In this guide, Perry Kaufman shares unabridged concepts, information, and ideas on time-tested trading tools and indicators, trading programs, effective trading systems, and complex algorithms. The book has established its reputation as a dependable guide to traders wanting to corner the market by searching for the best methodologies and practices in trading.
Ample discussions of relevant statistical topics give readers a clear overview of how to use market data on their advantage. It also serves as a how-to manual in operating trading tools efficiently to identify key elements in trading. Every trader needs to learn the basics and complexities of trading by reading this must-have trading book.
About the Author
Best known for developing and introducing complex algorithmic strategies for the futures market is Perry Kaufman. He is regarded as a financial engineer, and his writing contributions were dubbed as the “most authoritative and most comprehensive work” in the trading world.
Table of Contents
This comprehensive book presents twenty-four chapters containing the following topics:
Chapter 1 Introduction
The expanding Role of Technical Analysis
Convergence of Trading Styles in Stocks and Futures
Chapter 2 Basic Concepts and Calculations
Chapter 3 Charting
Chapter 4 Charting Systems
Chapter 5 Event-Driven Trends
Chapter 6 Regression Analysis
Chapter 7 Time-Based Trend Calculations
Chapter 8 Trend Systems
Chapter 9 Momentum and Oscillators
Chapter 10 Seasonal and Calendar Patterns
Chapter 11 Cycle analysis
Chapter 12 Volume, Open Interest, and Breadth
Chapter 13 Spreads and Arbitrage
Chapter 14 Behavioral Techniques
Chapter 15 Short-Term Patterns
Chapter 16 Day Trading
Chapter 17 Adaptive Techniques
Chapter 18 Price Distribution Systems
Chapter 19 Multiple Time Frames
Chapter 20 Advanced Techniques
Chapter 21 System Testing
Chapter 22 Adding Reality
Chapter 23 Risk Control
Chapter 24 Diversification and Portfolio Allocation