Snapshot Trading

Forget the myths and media hype, short-term trading can offer real and steady profits for disciplined traders in Australian markets. Traders are once again coming back to their screens to trade stocks over short-term timeframes ?but this time they are learning from and applying the strategies of the professionals. In this fascinating book, Australia? trading guru, Daryl Guppy, brings together a range of proven techniques for Australian traders. These include: intra-day trading tactics, short-term momentum trades, using leverage to boost returns, warrant trading strategies and trading with Australian intra-day screens. PREFACE

Beersheba and Beyond IX

Part I - TRADING TIME

1 Training Ninja Turtles 3

2 Sabotaging Success 12

3 Magnifying Error 21

Part II - FINDING OPPORTUNITY

4 Inside Running 33

5 Leaked News 44

6 Earning a Dividend 55

Surprise News 63

Fast News 71

Scalping Strategies 83

Lifting the Scalp 92

Rally Invites 103

Startled Rabbits 110

Patterns of Profits 117

Part III - PRODUCING PRO

14 Getaway Cars 129

15 Spreading Profits 139

16 Calling Quick Profits 147

17 Lags in the Fall 158

18 Slingshot Trades 166

Part IV - LETHAL WEAPONS

19 Gapping the Opportunity 175

20 Running with the Gap 181

21 Gap Defence 191

22 Snapshot Trading 199

23 Small Change 209

24 Trading Small Change 220

Part V - PROFIT TAKING

25 Execution Risk 229

26 Crash and Burn 238

27 Mechanics of Execution 245

28 Screen Raiders 259

29 Skill Triggers Success 270

Index 277

Daryl Guppy is the founder and director of Guppytraders.com. He is an active private trader in equity and derivative markets. He is the author of several financial market books including, Trend Trading, Share Trading and Trend Trading Master. Guppy writes in several Chinese language publications, including a fortnightly market commentary column in Beijing's Weekly On Stocks magazine and Shanghai Securities News. His book Trend Trading Master is available in Chinese. He conducts regular financial training seminars in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing and other cities in China. He has guest lectured at Xi'an University. Guppy is a regular contributor to trading and investment publications in Singapore and Malaysia, including The Edge, Personal Money, and Smart Investor. He provides certified professional financial market training for the Singapore Society of Remisiers, and the Hong Kong Securities Institute. A member of Technical Analysis Society of Singapore, the Australian Technical Analysis Association, the International Federation of Technical Analysts and Australian Government Securities and Investors Council, he also belongs to the Australian International Business Council and the Australia China Business Council. Guppytraders.com has offices in Australia, Beijing and Singapore.