A Book with Gary's trading rules and fat pitch settings in the Appendix.

Here is the Introduction and Table of Contents of this awesome book. I highly recommend this book!! It has over 200 pics in it. It has all of Gary W's stock market trading rules from his 3 trading manuals and his 40-stock market CD's from 2005 in the book too. It also has all of Gary's fat pitch settings for Think or Swim for the PC, laptop, and cell phone in the Appendix of the book also. The Amazon Kindle eBook is S7.99 and the Amazon paperback is $16.99. The book is called "Stock And Option Trading Rules To Live By." fatpitchonthinkorswim@gmail.com

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Contents

Disclaimer 19
Highly Recommended Books by Author 21
Introduction 23

Chapter 1 Why I Wrote This Stock Book 25
Why I Trade 27
The Benefits of Trading Stocks and Options 28
To Trade or Not to Trade? 29
Why 90% Discipline Is Key 30
Discipline Trading Rules 31
Gamblers Anonymous 31

Chapter 2 Stock Market Essentials 33
Stock and Stock Symbol 33
Stock Trading Rules 34
Determining Percentage Gain or Loss 35
Capital Gain 35
A Bull 37
A Bull Market 37
A Bear 38
A Bear Market 38
Margin Calls 39
Margin Calls Trading Rule 39
Market Maker 40
Bid Price and Ask Price 40
Bid Price and Ask Price Spread 43
Bid Price and Ask Price Spread Trading Rule 44
Two Types of Charts 44
Big Charts 44
Small Charts 45
Wash Sales 45
Wash Sales Trading Rules 46
Types of Traders 46
Fundamental Trader 47
Technical Trader 47
Swing Trader 48
Sentiment Trader 48
Market Timer 49
Momentum Trader 49
Scalper 49
Day Trader 50
Intraday Trader 50
Algorithmic Trader 51

Chapter 3 Paper Money Trading Account 53
Paper Money Trading Account Trading Rules 59
Paper Trade 59
Paper Trade Trading Rule 59

Chapter 4 Technical Analysis 61
Technical Analysis Trading Rule 61
Candlesticks 61
Candlesticks Trading Rules 71
Candlestick Wicks 71
Candlestick Wicks Trading Rule 71
The 20-Candlestick Count Rule 72
The 20-Candlestick Count Trading Rule 72
Bollinger Bands 72
Bollinger Bands Trading Rules 73
EMA Line 74
8 EMA Line 75
21 EMA Line 76
SMA Line 77
50 SMA Line 78
50 SMA Line Trading Rules 78
200 SMA Line 79
200 SMA Line Trading Rules 80
The Death Cross 81
The Golden Cross 83
Support Line 85
Resistance Line 86
VolumeAvg Indicator 87
VolumeAvg Indicator Trading Rule 89

Chapter 5 Trading Zones 91
Transitional Trading Zone 91
Transitional Trading Zone Trading Rules 95
Summertime Trading Zone 95
Summertime Trading Zone Trading Rules 98
Fall/Winter Trading Zone 99
Fall/Winter Trading Zone Trading Rules 100

Chapter 6 A Three-Legged Stool 103
Trading Leg 103
Trading Leg Trading Rules 104
W & O Leg 109
W & O Leg Trading Rules 110
Exchange-Traded Fund 113
Exchange-Traded Fund Trading Rule 113
W & O Trade 113
W & O Trade Trading Rules 114
Printing Press Trade 117
Printing Press Trade Trading Rules 119
The Vault Leg 121
The Vault Leg Trading Rules 123
Buffet Method 125
Buffet Method Trading Rules 126
Insurance Trades 128
Insurance Trades Trading Rules 128
Harvest the Money Technique 129
Harvest the Money Technique Trading Rules 129
IRA Leg 130
IRA Leg Trading Rules 130

Chapter 7 Trendlines 131
Trendlines 131
Trendline Trading Rules 136
3 Types of Trendlines 137
A Non-W & O Trendline 137
A Non-W & O Trendline Trading Rule 139
W & O Trendline 139
W & O Trendline Trading Rules 144
3-Quality Trendline 144
Sideways Trend 147
Sideways Trend Trading Rules 148

Chapter 8 Trend, Decision, and Action Charts 149
Trend Chart 149
Trend Chart Trading Rules 153
Decision Chart 154
Decision Chart Trading Rules 156
Action Chart 160
Action Chart Trading Rules 160
Pullback on an Action Chart 161
Pullback on an Action Chart Trading Rules 166

Chapter 9 Entry and Exit Criteria 167
Entry Criteria 167
Entry Criteria Trading Rule 167
Scaled Entry Approach 167
Scaled Entry Approach Trading Rules 168
Exit Criteria 168
Exit Criteria Trading Rules 168
The Scaled Exit Approach 169
The Scaled Exit Approach Trading Rule 169

Chapter 10 My 4 Fat Pitch Indicators Settings You Can Copy 171
The Red and Green Lines Indicator 171
The Red and Green Lines Indicator Trading Rule 172
StochRSI Indicator 172
StochRSI Indicator Trading Rules 173
The MACD Indicator 174
DMI Indicator 174

Chapter 11 Fat Pitch and Home Run Fat Pitch Trades 177
Fat Pitch 177
Fat Pitch Trading Rules 180
Home Run Fat Pitch 182
Home Run Fat Pitch Trading Rules 185

Chapter 12 Long Positions and Short Positions 187
Long Position 187
Long Position Trading Rule 187
Short Position 187
Short Position Trading Rules 188

Chapter 13 Options 189
Call and Put Options 189
Option Chain 189
Call and Put Option’s Strike Price 191
Call and Put Option’s Strike Price Trading Rules 193
Covered Call 194
Covered Call Trading Rule 194
ITM Call 194
ITM Call Trading Rule 195
OTM Call 195
OTM Call Trading Rules 196
ITM Put 196
ITM Put Trading Rule 197
OTM Put 197
OTM Put Trading Rules 198
Naked Calls & Naked Puts 198
Naked Calls & Naked Puts Trading Rule 199
Expiration Friday 199
Expiration Friday Trading Rule 200
Time Decay 201
Time Decay Trading Rule 201
Watchlist 201
Watchlist Trading Rules 202

Chapter 14 Various Trading Orders 205
Limit Order 205
Limit Order Trading Rule 205
Market Order 206
Market Order Trading Rule 206
OCO Order 207
OCO Order Trading Rules 209
Slippage 209
Slippage Trading Rule 209

Chapter 15 3 Types of Stops We Use 211
Stop-Loss Order 211
Stop-Loss Order Trading Rules 213
Stop-Market Condition Order 213
Stop-Market Condition Order Trading Rules 217
Break-Even Stop-Loss Order 217
Break-Even Stop-Loss Order Trading Rules 218
Profit-Taking Order 218
Profit-Taking Order Trading Rule 218

Chapter 16 Invasion Force Trades and Sniper Trades 221
Invasion Force Trades 221
Invasion Force Trades Trading Rules 221
Sniper Trades 221
Sniper Trades Trading Rules 222

Chapter 17 The Futures 225
Dow Futures Ticker Symbol on Think or Swim 226
Nasdaq Futures Ticker Symbol on Think or Swim 227
Futures Trading Rules 227
Futures Written Info in Trading Journal Example 1 230
Futures Written Info in Trading Journal Trading Rule Example 1 231
Futures Written Info in Trading Journal Example 2 231
Futures Written Info in Trading Journal Trading Rules Example 2 232
Futures Written Info in Trading Journal Example 3 232
Stocks Written Info in Trading Journal Example 4 233
Stocks Written Info in Trading Journal Trading Rules Example 4 234
Stocks Written Info in Trading Journal Example 5 234
Stocks Written Info in Trading Journal Example 6 235

Chapter 18 Earnings and Warnings 237
Earnings Announcement 237
Earnings Announcement Trading Rules 237
Earning Season 238
Earning Season Trading Rule 239
Warning Season 239
Warning Season Trading Rule 241

Chapter 19 Stock Splits 243
Stock Splits Trading Rules 243
Reverse Stock Splits 244
Reverse Stock Splits Trading Rule 245

Chapter 20 Miscellaneous Trading Rules 247

Conclusion 253
Appendix 257


Introduction

Trading the stock market with its infinite possibilities requires a trading plan and trading rules to reduce the noise. It is extremely important to have trading rules for your entry, holding time of a stock, call, or put option and exit. Trading rules create order and direction in a chaotic trading environment. The most successful stock and option traders are those having trading rules they live by, and act on those rules without hesitation.

The most successful traders know how to keep their stock and option losses small. It is not the size of your gains, but the size of your losses that really counts! They know how to use their trading past as a guidepost and not as a whipping post. The most successful traders know how to take a loss. They accept loss as part of the trading arena. They regularly keep a trading journal for all their trades, whether it was a live trade or a practice trade. It is okay to have a loss, but learn the lesson from the trade, and vow to never repeat that mistake again. Your first loss is the best loss!

Trading rules act like a filter and filter out the noise that is not applicable in the trading world for that day or for that moment. If you are trading the stock market and have several losses, it is because you have no trading plan, and you have no trading rules within that plan. In trading, I take full responsibility for my gains and losses, while using trading rules as guidance. When I am in a live trade, I always keep an emotional balance. Confidence is gained through memorization of trading rules and tons of practice in the Paper Money account on Think or Swim.

Think or Swim, by TD Ameritrade, [www.tdameritrade.com] is a free trading platform to use, but you will have to pay for commissions when buying and selling stock, calls, and put options. Think or Swim has a Paper Money account that you can do everything as in a real trade, but with fake money.

Think or Swim also has a trading app for your cell phone too. All my professional stock and option settings and indicators I use to trade with for Think or Swim are in the Appendix. Also, the Think or Swim settings for my cell phone app are in the Appendix of this book too. The settings are there for you to copy and are there for you to install and use on your own Think or Swim trading accounts and cell phone app. I have over two hundred pictures to help you with the fat pitch settings and other important things concerning the US Stock Market. My settings are critical for a person’s trading success!

It is highly recommended that you practice stock and option trading in the Paper Money account for 1 year, before using real money in the trading leg on Think or Swim. By regular practice, you will be able to reduce the emotional part, produced by fear and greed, which can be stirred up in a live trade. You must learn how to eliminate fear and greed, or it will kill you in the stock market! Great confidence and low emotions are key to success! Good luck and Godspeed!

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