The Market Is Always Right (Hardcover)
by Thomas McCafferty (Author)

Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (November 6, 2002) Language: English Book Description
Rules for successful trading, direct from the traders who practice them every day
Even with today's high-speed computers, online accounts, and information access, traders still live or die based on their abilities to control fear, greed, and emotion. The Market Is Always Right gives traders battle-proven advice for avoiding common trading setbacks by understanding human natureboth their own and others'and directing it toward profitable outcomes.
Distilling the wisdom of hundreds of traders, this proactive book starts with 10 overriding rulesfor example, "Evaluate your performance"and then lists the subrules within each, such as "Qualify and quantify your trading pattern." Other examples include:
- Never chase trades
- Watch the opendon't trade it
- When in doubt, get out
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: The Wisdom of the Ages xi
1 The Market Is Always Right 1
2 It's All in Your Head 15
3 You Can’t Prepare Enough 27
4 Supply and Demand Rule the Markets 49
5 Commit Your Thoughts to Paper 61
6 Developing and Perfecting Your Trading Shtick81
7 Enhancing Your Shtick103
8 Dealing with One of the Toughest Parts of the Game:Discipline 123
9 Staying the Course 143
10 On Becoming the Ideal Trader 163
Appendix A: Types of Orders 185
Appendix B: Know the Market Makers on Level 2 189
Appendix C: Sources for More Information 191
Glossary 199
Index 225