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Stock Market Training & Technical Analysis Course. The Next Generation
Posted by: | CommentsThe next generation of Stock Market Training has arrived.
Built by a certified technical analyst, the Liberated Stock Trader PRO training course is designed specifically for the independent investor.
So what is so special about this stock market training course?
- Designed to take your from a follower to a leader.
- Learn the skills of professional Stock Market Technical Analysts
- Know what to buy, how much to buy and when to buy
- Master Risk vs. Reward for stellar stock market returns
- Create your own detailed trading strategies & systems
- Be the master of your own destiny!
Don’t be the sheep, be the shepherd!
- Learn what REALLY moves the market
- Learn HOW the markets move
- Learn WHAT makes a great company
- Learn how to find GREAT stocks.
- Harness the power of Fundamental AND Technical Analysis
- Learn how the professionals make price targets
- Learn how to manage the RISK versus REWARD payoff
- Learn how to build YOUR own system
Only through education and knowledge can you truly be free from the scam artists, the hot stock newsletters and the so called market gurus.
A real Stock Market course for the Independent Investor, giving you the advantage in the marketplace.
Available when you want it, how your want it.
- Streaming High Quality to your PC or MAC
- Complete course available on the iPod Touch and iPhone
- The complete Liberated Stock Trader Book (pdf for the iPad)
- All this at an unbelievable introductory price.
Find out more here.
Liberated Stock Trader PRO Training – Release ETA 7 Days
Posted by: | CommentsTechnical Analysis Course – Stock Market Training and investing made clear.
The countdown has begun…the release of the Liberated Stock Trader PRO Training Course is scheduled for May 20th.
A technical analysis course combined with the best of fundamental analysis and practical hands on application of theory. 16 hours of steaming video, for the PC, MAC, iPhone and iPod Touch. All this at a price that will blow the competition away.
Want a sneak preview…
Here is it. Excerpts from the first 15 chapters.
Chapter 1 – Essential Stock Market Knowledge – Fundamentals
Chapter 2 – What Really Moves Markets – Why do Booms and Busts Occur?
Chapter 4 – Is the Company in great shape – P/E Ratio
Chapter 5 – How to find the best stocks
Chapter 6 – Chart Reading made easy – Japanese Candlesticks – Bullish Reversal Patterns
Chapter 7 – Trend Lines and Price Patterns – How to draw trend lines
Chapter 8 – Chart Indicators are your friends ! – ROC Rate of Change Indicator
Chapter 9 – Chart Indicators Volume – The Price Volume Relationship
Chapter 10 – Advanced Stock Charting Techniques Parabolic SAR
Chapter 11 – Sentiment Indicators & Trading the News – How to trade the news
Chapter 12 – Trading Strategy – What type Of Investor are you?
Chapter 14 – Putting it all together
I hope you enjoy the previews and it gives you a taste of things to come.
Chapter 15 – Making the trade – Cash Allocation
Posted by: | CommentsThis is an excerpt from the Liberated Stock Trader Professional Stock Market Training Course, Chapter 15 – Making the Trade – Section 4 – Part 1 – Cash Allocation.
Making the trade – Cash Allocation
We have covered stop losses and elements of risk, we also covered how many stocks to purchase and now we are looking at how to allocate your money to stocks. Otherwise known as betting styles, cash allocation is important to understand. There are two approaches, Martingale and Anti-Martingale. They help us understand cash allocation strategies.
The Martingale Approach
Before I understood the term “Martingale” I had worked out a way to win at roulette. I thought it was highly original until I learned that any top level trader or professional technical analyst understands this approach. When I was younger, before I found the stock market, marriage and children, I enjoyed a regular night out at the casino with friends gambling a small amount. I used to go with $50 dollars in my pocket and utterly refuse to gamble any more money. This was play money and when it was gone, it was gone. My strategy paid off quite well when it worked but when it did not work I went bust.
My strategy was to only bet Black or Red, if I won, I won double. If I bet $2, I won $2 and got my $2 stake back. If I lost I would double my next bet to $4, so that if I won I would win back my original loss. The idea was that I could sustain with $5, 5 straight losses before going bankrupt. But by constantly doubling my stake I only needed one win to come out ahead.
Martingale Betting Style
Quick Tip: On a losing streak do not double your betting size to recover your losses in the Stock Market.
This I now know is called the “Martingale Betting Strategy” and it certainly is not recommended for the stock market. When it worked it was good, especially if lady luck was one my side, but if I hit a losing streak I was broke. Sometimes I would come out with my money doubled, but sometimes I came out with nothing. If you adopt this approach in the stock market you may do well for a period, but all it will take is to go bust once, then you have no money, which means you have to leave the table. In the example above, after my 5th successive loss, I was one bet away from bankruptcy.
This chapter goes on to discuss in detail:
- How to track your trades
- How many stocks to own
- Timing and Stop Losses
- Risk reward
- Setting price targets
Chapter 14 – Putting it all together – Performing a Stock Market Analysis
Posted by: | CommentsThis is an excerpt from the Liberated Stock Trader Book & Trading Academy Pro Stock Market Training Course. Chapter 14, Section 1. This Chapter is Dedicated to bringing together all the knowledge you have learned, starting with performing a Stock Market Analysis.
In this chapter we attempt to pull together what we have learned to enable us to decide if the time is right to begin investing in the stock market.
We do this by completing the following steps.
- Perform a market analysis – is it the right time to buy?
- Perform a sector analysis – what are the strongest sectors at the moment?
Performing a Stock Market Analysis
Before I buy, I like to understand what is going on in the market. As much of an individual stocks movement is defined the overall direction of the market. If we analyze the state of the market, we should be able to understand the future short term, medium term direction of the market, thus increasing the probability of us being on the right side of any individual trade.
I have chosen to apply the “Technical Approach”, and will be evaluating the S&P500 index; this is a good barometer of the rest of the US Market and is a standard approach for many technical analysts. Of course analyzing the Russell 3000 is also beneficial as it encompasses almost half of US stocks which is an important barometer. All of the lessons shown here can be reused to evaluate individual stocks also.
Part 1: S&P 500 Long Term View
To help review the history and direction of the market, I have used the following:
- A monthly Logarithmic Chart
- Moving Averages 10, 20, 200
- Trend lines
To start analyzing an index it is best to at first review the long term and then drill down into weekly then daily charts, to look at the market action.
Performing a Stock Market Analysis SP-500
Chapter 12 What type of investor are you?
Posted by: | CommentsThis is an excerpt from the Liberated Stock Trader Book & Trading Academy Pro Stock Market Training Course. Chapter 12, Section 2. This Chapter is Dedicated to Trading Strategy
Before you start to buy and sell stocks it is important to look at who you are and what you want to achieve. To begin with we need to understand some basic terms.
The term investor has many different meanings, the Collins English dictionary defines it as “An investor is a person or organization that buys stocks or shares or pays money into a bank in order to receive a profit”. But this is a little generic to be used clearly for us to reference.
In the world of finance, investments and speculation the way in which you seek to gain your profit dictates what you are.
The Speculator:
A speculator seeks to exploit short term trends, loopholes, momentum or news to seek a gain on money invested. For example, if I see that there is incredible Volume on a stock and I want to trade into that stock to get a quick gain without having any in depth understanding of the company, industry or management team I am essentially speculating that this event will make the stock rise.
Alternatively, someone who enters into an Options Contract shorting a stock, in order to make a profit is also speculating that the stock price will drop during a given time frame. This certainly is not investing. None of the Cash invested in the Options Contract will ever be seen by the company in question; therefore you are not investing in that company.
George Soros could be considered one of the ultimate Speculators, and indeed the most successful with a net worth of circa $7 Billion. Soros, known as the “man who broke the Bank of England” took out a $10 Billion Short Position betting that Pound Sterling would fall. Although the Bank of England did everything it could to prop up the currency it failed dramatically and Soros bagged $2 Billion profit from the bet. Soros was betting on a future event happening. Was this risky? George Soros does not take undue risk, his knowledge of the Global Finance and Capital markets enabled him to take a calculated risk which paid off handsomely. What he did is classic speculation.
Those who speculate in stocks usually use Charts and News events to trade with.
Chapter 10 Advanced Stock Charting Techniques
Posted by: | CommentsThis is an excerpt from the Liberated Stock Trader PRO Book and Training Course. Chapter 10, Section 2. In this section we will look at some other techniques used in charts that may be considered advanced techniques, these are perhaps not critical to success, but when you learn them can provide additional insights. Chapter includes Parabolic SAR, Ichimoku Charts, Bollinger Bands, Directional Movement System ADX and Market Sentiment
Parabolic SAR – Stop and Reverse
The Parabolic system created by Welles Wilder, is a popular trading system that gives extremely clear buy and sell signals. The SAR in the name means “Stop and Reverse”. In essence this is a system that keeps you in the market all the time. When the indicator signals a “Buy” you should buy the stock and go long. When it signals a “Sell” you should sell the stock and go “Short”
Other indicators like moving averages or oscillators may have a delay between when the stock changes direction and when a signal is generated; Parabolic SAR aims to improve the situation by adding two factors:
- Acceleration Factor Increase : A factor to accelerate the buy and sell signal responsiveness.
- Acceleration Factor Max : A factor to limit the acceleration of the signals.
Below is a chart of General Electric for 2009, you can see that the Parabolic SAR is plotted as a series of dots (this could also be a line). When the Dots are above the Price this is a downtrend and is interpreted as a Sell or go Short. When the Dots are below price, this is an uptrend and the signal is a Buy or go long.
The actual signal is when the price cuts through the Parabolic SAR line and the Dot move from above to below and vice versa. The signal is the first dot. The acceleration factors come into play when a stock has moved in a trend for a substantial amount of time, the indicator will then move the dots closer and closer to the price line as the trend slows or falters. This theoretically maximizes your gains. The two configurable parameters allow you to tweak the acceleration of the Dots to the price line.
The way this indicator works is quite impressive however it is not perfect, like most oscillators when the stock is in a period of lateral consolidation or channeling then many false signals may be produced and losing trades can occur.
A great place to experiment with the Parabolic SAR indicator is over at FreeStockCharts.com
Other Chapters of the Liberated Stock Trader Book are listed below
Chapter 1 – Essential Stock Market Knowledge – Fundamentals
Chapter 2 – Why do Booms and Busts Occur?
Chapter 3 – Stock Market Cycles – Business & Economic Cycles – Kondratieff to Kuznets
Chapter 4 – Is the Company in great shape – P/E Ratio
Chapter 5 – How to find the best stocks
Chapter 6 – Japanese Candlesticks – Bullish Reversal Patterns
Chapter 7 – How to draw trend lines
Chapter 8 – ROC Rate of Change Indicator
Chapter 9 – Chart Indicators Volume – The Price Volume Relationship
Chapter 10 Advanced Stock Charting Techniques Parabolic SAR
