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Book SynopsisMaster Traders provides access to top traders and their unique approaches to analyzing the markets and managing risk. The contributors, including leading hedge fund managers, technical analysts, and top traders, discuss the new and provocative methods they use to tame today's highly volatile and unpredictable markets.
Table of ContentsForeword by Steve Shobin ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xvii
INTRODUCTION: Trader Evolution and the Keys to Success 1
Greg Collins
PART I Technical Analysis
CHAPTER 1 Playing with Fear and Arrogance 13
Jeff deGraaf
CHAPTER 2 Sector Analysis: Tools of the Trade 27
Frank Barbera
CHAPTER 3 Evaluating Probabilities to Improve Profitability 60
Kevin Tuttle
CHAPTER 4 The Secret Science of Price and Volume 87
Tim Ord
PART II Fundamental Analysis
CHAPTER 5 The Keys to Biotech Investing 109
David Miller
CHAPTER 6 Investigative Investing: Themes and Methods for Uncovering Value 122
Kai-Teh Tao
PART III Sentiment
CHAPTER 7 The Secret Messages of Equity and Options Markets 139
Fari Hamzei
CHAPTER 8 Trading Seasonality 158
Phil Erlanger
PART IV Derivatives
CHAPTER 9 Volatility and Its Importance to Option Investors 183
Alex Jacobson
CHAPTER 10 A New Options Game: The Market Taker 205
Jon “Doctor J” Najarian
PART V Trading Size
CHAPTER 11 Making Sense of Market Moves: Using Technical and Fundamental Analysis Together223
Jeffrey Spotts
CHAPTER 12 New World Trading of Old World Markets: European Derivatives 242
Timothy Corliss
CHAPTER 13 Options Applications to Pairs Trading 263
Dennis Leontyev
EPILOGUE: Beyond the Horizon 284
Fari Hamzei
About the Author 292
About the Contributors 293
Index 296
