The StockTwits Edge

Profitable trade set-ups from StockTwits leading traders One of the biggest secrets on Wall Street is that to become consistently profitable, you need to specialize in a distinct setup. That is, you need to know how to read the signals that can help you identify an opportunity to buy or sell. In The StockTwits Edge: 40 Actionable Trade Setups from Real Market Pros, both well-known professional masters of the market and lesser-known individual traders describe their highest probability setups to teach you about an assortment of time frame and asset class-related market methods along the way. Drawing on the wisdom of some of the top minds at StockTwits, the leading stock market social networking site, this book has something for everyone, giving you exactly what you need to come up with profitable ideas and avoid financial risk, every day. Includes key trading insights from the experts at StockTwits Explains which factors of a setup are important, and why While there are many factors involved in successful trading and investing, the ability to identify profitable situations is paramount, and The StockTwits Edge gives you everything you need to achieve that goal.

Profitable trade set-ups from StockTwits leading tradersOne of the biggest secrets on Wall Street is that to become consistently profitable, you need to specialize in a distinct setup. That is, you need to know how to read the signals that can help you identify an opportunity to buy or sell. In The StockTwits Edge: 40 Actionable Trade Setups from Real Market Pros, both well-known professional masters of the market and lesser-known individual traders describe their highest probability setups to teach you about an assortment of time frame and asset class-related market methods along the way.Drawing on the wisdom of some of the top minds at StockTwits, the leading stock market social networking site, this book has something for everyone, giving you exactly what you need to come up with profitable ideas and avoid financial risk, every day.* Includes key trading insights from the experts at StockTwits* Explains which factors of a setup are important, and whyWhile there are many factors involved in successful trading and investing, the ability to identify profitable situations is paramount, and The StockTwits Edge gives you everything you need to achieve that goal.

Introduction xiPART I TREND FOLLOWINGCHAPTER 1 Find Trends, Ride Them, and Get Off 3Howard LindzonCHAPTER 2 Trade, Trend, Tail 13Keith McCulloughCHAPTER 3 Don't Quit 17Michael K. DawsonCHAPTER 4 Know Thyself 25Chris PerunaCHAPTER 5 Insider Information Is Reflected in the Charts 31Keith KernPART II VALUE INVESTINGCHAPTER 6 Margin of Safety 37Todd SullivanCHAPTER 7 The BeanScreen 43Daniel Miller and Jason RobinsonCHAPTER 8 Fallen Angels 53Michael BiggerCHAPTER 9 Dividends Don't Lie 59Eddy ElfenbeinPART III DAY TRADINGCHAPTER 10 Only Price Pays 67Brian ShannonCHAPTER 11 Intraday Earnings Momentum Gap Trade 73John LeeCHAPTER 12 Trading the News 83Mike BellafioreCHAPTER 13 Intraday Momentum 93Steven SpencerCHAPTER 14 The Underlying Psychology of Large Players 99Gilbert MendezPART IV SWING TRADINGCHAPTER 15 Flags and Wedges 107Joe DonohueCHAPTER 16 Breakout from a Tight Base 113chessNwineCHAPTER 17 The Base Is Everything 119HCPGCHAPTER 18 Trading People, Not Stocks 127Joey FundoraCHAPTER 19 The Top-Down Technician 135Greg HarmonCHAPTER 20 Identifying Trend Shifts 141Derek HernquistCHAPTER 21 A Chart Will Never Lie to You 149Sunrise TraderCHAPTER 22 The Short Squeeze Trade 159Frank ZorrilaCHAPTER 23 The Price Tells the Story 165Derald MunizCHAPTER 24 Force Confirmations, Not Trades 175Nick FentonCHAPTER 25 The Birth of a New Trend 181Ivaylo IvanhoffCHAPTER 26 The Trend Intensity Breakout Setup 187Pradeep BondePART V OPTIONS TRADINGCHAPTER 27 Unusual Options Activity 197Joe KunkleCHAPTER 28 Put Ratio Spread 203Jared WoodardCHAPTER 29 Know What You Don't Know 213Adam WarnerCHAPTER 30 There Is Always an Option 217Steven PlaceCHAPTER 31 Selling Premium 225Darren MillerCHAPTER 32 The New High Dip 233Chris StauderPART VI FOREX TRADINGCHAPTER 33 They Call Me Mrs. Cable 241Lydia IdemCHAPTER 34 The Mind of a Chartist 253Raghee HornerPART VII THE ART OF TRADINGCHAPTER 35 Trading Is an Art 263The FlyCHAPTER 36 Embrace the Tape 267Quint TatroCHAPTER 37 Macro Setups at the Crest of Structural Change 275Gregor MacdonaldCHAPTER 38 Broken Butterfly Formation 279Anne-Marie BaiyndCHAPTER 39 Always Happy, Never Satisfied 285Joshua BrownCHAPTER 40 One Step Ahead of the Herd 289John BenedictCHAPTER 41 Change Is the Only Constant 297Steve Gomez and Andy LindloffCHAPTER 42 The Kirk Report 303Charles E. KirkCHAPTER 43 Stick with Names You Know 311Ronald RollCHAPTER 44 Massive Trends and the Trajectory of Noise 315Phil PearlmanCHAPTER 45 We Have Met the Enemy, and It Is Us 321Abdel IbrahimCHAPTER 46 A Contrarian at Heart 329John WelshIndex 333