| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| Foreword | p. viii |
| Introduction: America's Love Affair | p. ix |
| How the Romance Began | |
| My Relationship with the Stock Market | |
| Why I Wrote This Book | |
| Strategy Overview | |
| Short-Term Trading: The Good News | |
| The Journey ... | |
| It's Showtime! | |
| Meet Jesse Livermore | p. xv |
| Wall Street: The Greatest Game on Earth | p. 1 |
| Where It All Started | |
| Out of Chaos Comes Order: The Crash Of 1929 | |
| The New York Stock Exchange: How It Works | |
| The NASDAQ Stock Market: How It Works | |
| The American Stock Exchange: How It Works | |
| Let's Dissect the Indexes | |
| Wall Street as "The Animal House": The Bulls and the Bears, the Sheep and the Hogs | |
| Two Emotions That Rule the Markets (And the Rest of the World) | |
| Check Your Understanding | |
| What Are "Center Points"? | |
| Center Point: You ... A Golden Buddha | |
| Off to a Running Start: Setting Up Your Business | p. 19 |
| Map Your Business Plan | |
| Selecting/Updating Your Office Equipment | |
| Choosing a Broker | |
| The Commission Maze | |
| Slippage: What It Means | |
| Margin Accounts: How They Work | |
| Establish Realistic Goals | |
| Check Your Understanding | |
| Center Point: Commit: Convert Your Dreams into Goals | |
| Master a Moneymaking Mindset | p. 37 |
| The Market as an Unstructured Entity | |
| The Stock Market Is Always Right | |
| Meet Your Emotions-Up Close and Personal | |
| The End Result: What It Looks Like | |
| R & R: Don't Go to the Markets Without Them | |
| Self-Respect and Deservedness | |
| Check Your Understanding | |
| Center Point: Make Your Circle Bigger | |
| Market Machinations 101: The Fuel That Sparks the Energy | p. 49 |
| The Buck Stops Here | |
| Fundamental Analysis Versus Technical Analysis: The Tug of War | |
| Fundamental Analysis: Quick Yet Thorough Evaluation Resources | |
| Wonderful Web Sites to Wander Through | |
| Magazines | |
| Check Your Understanding | |
| Center Point: Invite Spontaneity into Your Life | |
| Market Machinations 102: Cycles as the Foundation of Technical Analysis | p. 61 |
| Cycles: The World's Operating System | |
| How Cycles Move: Basic Stage Analysis | |
| Different Stages Call for Different Reactions | |
| Additional Cycle Components | |
| Support and Resistance, or Action and Reaction | |
| Quiz | |
| Center Point: Develop a Prosperity Mindset | |
| Jump-Start on Chart Basics | p. 79 |
| Charting Essentials: Line Charts and Bar Charts | |
| Candlestick Charting Basics | |
| Quiz | |
| Center Point: Reach for Your Highest Potential | |
| Chart Close-Ups: The Pieces of the Puzzle | p. 105 |
| Anatomy of Your Friend: The Uptrend | |
| Buy Signals: What to Look For | |
| Trading in a Range, Congestion, and Consolidation | |
| Anatomy of a Downtrend | |
| Overview of Sell Signals: What to Look For | |
| Quiz | |
| Center Point: The Power of Synchronicity | |
| Fitting the Puzzle Together | p. 131 |
| Volume: A Mega-Important Indicator | |
| Moving Averages: What They Are, How to Use Them | |
| Quiz | |
| Center Point: Thoughts Are "Things" | |
| Additional Chart Indicators: Techniques for Using Them Successfully | p. 147 |
| Oscillators: What They Are | |
| The RSI: What It Is, How to Use It | |
| Stochastic Oscillator: What It Is, How to Use It | |
| The MACD: What It is, How It Works | |
| On-Balance Volume: What It Is, How to Read It | |
| Bollinger Bands: What They Are, How to Read Them | |
| Fibonacci Retracements: What They Are, How to Read Them | |
| Price Gaps: Play Them Wisely | |
| Quiz | |
| Center Point: You Are Perfect Right Now | |
| It's Showtime! | p. 173 |
| Continuation and Reversal Patterns: What They Are | |
| Trading Reversal Patterns in Non-Trending Markets | |
| Let's Take It from the Top | |
| Quiz | |
| Center Point: Forgiveness: Key to Success | |
| Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Money-Management Techniques | p. 201 |
| Plan Your Trade and Trade Your Plan | |
| Piece of the Pie | |
| Risk/Reward Ratio: What It Means, How to Calculate It | |
| Where to Place Your Stop Orders | |
| Now That You've Got It, What Do You Do with It? | |
| Intraday Reversal Periods: What They Are, What They Mean to You | |
| Order Types: Market Orders, Limit Orders, and More | |
| In Times of Crises | |
| Quiz | |
| Center Point: The Circle of Giving | |
| Winning Strategies for Selling Short | p. 221 |
| Overcoming Mental and Emotional Roadblocks to Selling Short | |
| Fundamentals: What to Look For | |
| Chart Patterns and Setups: What to Look For | |
| Shorting Indicators: Ugly Is Good! | |
| How to Place Your Order | |
| Shorting Strategy: The Overextended Stock | |
| Shorting Strategy: The Overextended Double Top | |
| Shorting Strategy: The 18 / 40 Moving Average Crossover | |
| Quiz | |
| Center Point: Let Go of Fear and Let Your Light Shine | |
| Exchange Traded Funds: Tools for Sharpening Trading and Hedging Profits | p. 247 |
| ETFs: What They Are | |
| Where ETFs Started: A Brief Timeline | |
| Benefits of Using ETFs as Trading and Investing Tools | |
| Where to Find ETFs | |
| Index and Sector Strategies Using Swing and Position (Core) Trades | |
| Diversifying with ETFs | |
| Hedging Tactics Using ETFs | |
| Quiz | |
| Center Point: Boost Your Personal Productivity | |
| Anatomy of a Trade | p. 265 |
| Find an Industry Group or Sector to Target | |
| The Preparation | |
| At Journey's End | |
| Center Point: Develop the Art of Detachment | |
| You, The Wizard Of Odds | p. 283 |
| Back Up and Look at the Big Picture | |
| The "If, Then" Mindset | |
| Analyze the Broader Markets | |
| Learn to Assess the Trading Environment | |
| The Advance/Decline Line: Market Narrator in a Capsule | |
| Stay Updated on Economic Reports | |
| The Granddaddy of All Reports: The FOMC | |
| Mother Market's Contrarian Indicators | |
| Stay Tuned to Changing Conditions | |
| A Word about Losses | |
| The Best Gift to Give Yourself: A Trading Journal | |
| Quiz | |
| Center Point: Come Back to Center | |
| Glossary | p. 299 |
| Recommended Reading | p. 317 |
| Index | p. 318 |
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