A detailed guide to profiting from trend reversals using the technical analysis of price action The key to being a successful trader is finding a system that works and sticking with it. Author Al Brooks has done just that. By simplifying his trading system and trading only 5-minute price charts he's found a way to capture profits regardless of market direction or economic climate. His first book, Reading Price Charts Bar by Bar, offered an informative examination of his system, but it didn't allow him to get into the real nuts and bolts of the approach. Now, with this new series of books, Brooks takes you step by step through the entire process. By breaking down his trading system into its simplest pieces: institutional piggybacking or trend trading, trading ranges, and transitions or reversals (the focus of this book), this three book series offers access to Brooks' successful methodology. Trading Price Action Reversals reveals the various types of reversals found in today's markets and then takes the time to discuss the specific characteristics of these reversals, so that you can use them in your everyday trading endeavors. While price action analysis works on all time frames, there are different techniques that you can use in trading intraday, daily, weekly and monthly charts. This, among many other issues, is also addressed throughout these pages.* Offers insights on how to handle volatility and sharp reversals* Covers the concept of using options when trading certain charts* Examines how to deal with the emotions that come along with trading* Other books in the series include Trading Price Action Trends and Trading Price Action Trading Ranges If you're looking to make the most of your time in today's markets the trading insights found in Trading Price Action Reversals will help you achieve this goal.
Acknowledgments xi List of Terms Used in This Book xiii Introduction 1 PART I Trend Reversals: A Trend Becoming an Opposite Trend 35 CHAPTER 1 Example of How to Trade a Reversal 73 CHAPTER 2 Signs of Strength in a Reversal 79 CHAPTER 3 Major Trend Reversal 83 CHAPTER 4 Climactic Reversals: A Spike Followed by a Spike in the Opposite Direction 111 CHAPTER 5 Wedges and Other Three-Push Reversal Patterns 151 CHAPTER 6 Expanding Triangles 181 CHAPTER 7 Final Flags 189 CHAPTER 8 Double Top and Bottom Pullbacks 217 CHAPTER 9 Failures 225 CHAPTER 10 Huge Volume Reversals on Daily Charts 257 PART II Day Trading 261 CHAPTER 11 Key Times of the Day 263 CHAPTER 12 Markets 271 CHAPTER 13 Time Frames and Chart Types 273 CHAPTER 14 Globex, Premarket, Postmarket, and Overnight Market 287 CHAPTER 15 Always In 293 CHAPTER 16 Extreme Scalping 317 PART III The First Hour (The Opening Range) 331 CHAPTER 17 Patterns Related to the Premarket 353 CHAPTER 18 Patterns Related to Yesterday: Breakouts, Breakout Pullbacks, and Failed Breakouts 357 CHAPTER 19 Opening Patterns and Reversals 373 CHAPTER 20 Gap Openings: Reversals and Continuations 395 PART IV Putting It All Together 401 CHAPTER 21 Detailed Day Trading Examples 403 CHAPTER 22 Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Charts 415 CHAPTER 23 Options 431 CHAPTER 24 The Best Trades: Putting It All Together 455 CHAPTER 25 Trading Guidelines 527 About the Author 541 About the Website 543 Index 545