Chapter 1: Introduction. Part One: Understand the Foreign Exchange Market (FX 101) -- Chapter 2: A very brief history of FX -- Chapter 3: Currency Trading Basics -- Chapter 4: Understand Market Structure. Part Two: Trade the Foreign Exchange Market -- Chapter 5: Understand Fundamental Analysis -- Chapter 6: Understand Technical Analysis I -- Chapter 7: Understand Technical Analysis II (The Seven Deadly Setups) -- Chapter 8: Understand Correlation and Intermarket Relationships -- Chapter 9: Understand Behavioral Finance -- Chapter 10: Trading the News. Part Three: Understand Risk Management -- Chapter 11: Understand free capital -- Chapter 12: Understand position sizing. Part Four: Understand Yourself -- Chapter 13: Characteristics of a successful trader -- Chapter 14: Common weaknesses in trading -- Chapter 15: The Voice of Experience -- Chapter 16: Conclusion.
Summary:
"Now you can master the art of foreign exchange trading. While most currency trading and foreign exchange books focus on international finance theory or simplistic chart-based strategies, The Art of Currency Trading is a comprehensive guide that will teach you how to profitably trade currencies in the real world. Author Brent Donnelly has been a successful interbank FX trader for more than 20 years and in this book, he shares the specific strategies and tactics he has used to profit in the forex marketplace. The book helps investors understand and master foreign exchange trading in order to achieve sustainable long-term financial success. The book builds in intensity and depth one topic at a time, starting with the basics and moving on to intermediate then advanced setups and strategies. Whether you are new to currency trading or have years of experience, The Art of Currency Trading provides the information you need to learn to trade like an expert. This much-needed guide provides: an insiders view of what drives currency price movements; a clear explanation of how to combine macro fundamentals, technical analysis, behavioral finance and diligent risk management to trade successfully; specific techniques and setups you can use to make money trading foreign exchange; and steps you can take to better understand yourself and improve your trading psychology and discipline. Written for currency traders of all skill levels, international stock and bond investors, corporate treasurers, commodity traders, and asset managers, The Art of Currency Trading offers a comprehensive guide to foreign exchange trading written by a noted expert in the field"-- Provided by publisher. "AM/FX Commentary: The author is a senior trader at HSBC, where he writes an influential daily commentary called AM/FX. This commentary is distributed to over 4,000 traders and institutional investors daily, and it is a well-known publication in the industry. Many prominent figures are subscribed to the commentary, including John Mauldin, David Kotok, and high-level analysts from companies like Blackrock and Fidelity. The author will use AM/FX to promote the book. AUTHOR PLATFORM: In addition to AM/FX, the author has written for the Globe and Mail and Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities Magazine. His work has been quoted by The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Bloomberg and CNBC. Big names like John Mauldin will endorse the book and use their own newsletters/networks to help promote it. CONTENT NEED: Most existing books on currency trading and foreign exchange are theoretical, about market mechanics more so than trading, or are written by non-professionals. There are no comprehensive currency trading books written by experienced professionals, until now"-- Provided by publisher.
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