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Author Weldon, Gregory, 1960-

Title Gold trading boot camp : how to master the basics and become a successful commodities investor / Gregory T. Weldon
Published Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 348 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cover -- TOCONTENTS. FOREWORD. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. Part I: Evolution of a Trader -- Trial by Fire / CHhapter 1 -- Neophytes and Neanderthals / CHhapter 2 -- The Show / CHhapter 3 -- The Firm / CHhapter 4 -- Character / CHhapter 5 -- Evolution of a Macromonetary Era / Part II -- "Top-Down"-It Starts at the Top / CHhapter 6 -- The Golden Bull / CHhapter 7 -- Bretton Woods and the "System". CHhapter 9: Seniorage / CHhapter 8 -- The Goldbug Is Born / CHhapter 10 -- The Emperor with No Clothes / CHhapter 11 -- Capital Markets: Looking Inside the Market / Part III -- Welcome to My Boot Camp / CHhapter 12 -- Intermarket Analysis-The Tape Tells a Story / CHhapter 13 -- Who's on First? / CHhapter 14 -- Know the Players -- Looking Inside the Market Technically / Part IV -- Reading the Tea Leaves-Technical Analysis / CHhapter 15 -- Charts / CHhapter 16 -- Moving Averages / CHhapter 17 -- Oscillators / CHhapter 18 -- Rate-of-Change Indicators / CHhapter 19 -- Fibonacci Retracements / CHhapter 20 -- Historic Volatility and Volatility Bands / CHhapter 21 -- Volume, On-Balance Volume, and Money Flow / CHhapter 22 -- The Commitments of Traders Report / CHhapter 23 -- Looking Inside the Market: Top-Down Macro / Part V -- Again, Everything / CHhapter 24 -- U.S. Monetary Fundamentals and the Federal Reserve System / CHhapter 25 -- Energy Market Fundamentals / CHhapter 26 -- Global Trade / CHhapter 27 -- U.S. Fiscal Fundamentals / CHhapter 28 -- Inflation and Labor Market Fundamentals / CHhapter 29 -- U.S. Housing and the Consumer / CHhapter 30 -- Trend Identification and Momentum Trading / Part VI -- Why ... Trend Identification?. CHhapter 32: Trend Identification Techniques-Momentum, Timing, and Trading the Trend / CHhapter 31 -- Countertrend Trading-Divergence, Saturation, and Exhaustion / CHhapter 33 -- The "TIMID" Matrix / CHhapter 34 -- Defining and Managing Risk / Part VII -- Defining Overall Risk / CHhapter 35 -- Diversity / CHhapter 36 -- Position Leverage / CHhapter 37 -- Trade Risk / CHhapter 38 -- CH
Chapter 39: Correlated Risk -- Sector and Portfolio Risk / CHhapter 40 -- Psychological Risk / CHhapter 41 -- Putting It All Together / Part VIII -- Using What You Know When Making Decisions / CHhapter 42 -- Global Supply-and-Demand Fundamentals: The Mining Industry, Gold Consumption, Gold Holdings, and Central Banks / CHhapter 43 -- Chart Library / CHhapter 44 -- Precious Metals: A Secular-Macro Overview / Appendix -- IDXNDEX. Last Page
Part One, Evolution of a Trader. Trial by Fire -- Neophytes and Neanderthals -- The Show -- The Firm -- Character -- Part Two, Evolution of a Macromonetary Era. "Top-Down" -- It Starts at the Top -- The Golden Bull -- Bretton Woods and the "System" -- Seniorage -- The Gold bug Is Born -- The Emperor with No Clothes -- Part Three, Capital Markets: Looking Inside the Market. Welcome to My Boot Camp -- Intermarket Analysis -- The Tape Tells a Story -- Who's on First? Know the Players -- Part Four, Looking Inside the Market Technically -- Reading the Tea Leaves -- Technical Analysis Charts -- Moving Averages -- Oscillators -- Rate-of-Change Indicators -- Fibonacci Retracements -- Historic Volatility and Volatility Bands -- Volume, On-Balance Volume, and Money Flow -- The Commitments of Traders Report -- Part Five, Looking Inside the Market: Top-Down Macro. -- Again, Everything Matters! -- U.S. Monetary Fundamentals and the Federal Reserve System -- Energy Market Fundamentals -- Global Trade -- U.S. Fiscal Fundamentals -- Inflation and Labor Market Fundamentals -- U.S. Housing and the Consumer --Part Six, Trend Identification and Momentum Trading. Why ... Trend Identification? -- Trend Identification Techniques -- Momentum, Timing, and Trading the Trend -- Countertrend Trading -- Divergence, Saturation, and Exhaustion -- The "TIMID" Matrix -- Part Seven, Defining and Managing Risk -- Defining Overall Risk -- Diversity -- Position Leverage -- Trade Risk -- Correlated Risk -- Sector and Portfolio Risk -- Psychological Risk -- Part Eight, Putting It All Together. Using What You Know When Making Decisions -- Global Supply-and-Demand Fundamentals: The Mining Industry, Gold Consumption, Gold Holdings, and Central Banks -- Chart Library -- Appendix, Precious Metals: A Secular-Macro Overview -- Index
Summary Praise for Gold Trading Boot Camp. ''If speculate you must, read Weldon first.''. James Grant, Editor, Grant's Interest Rate Observer. ''This book delivers on all of the essential elements of successful financial literature
Notes Print version record
Subject Gold.
Gold -- Purchasing
Commodity exchanges.
Gold -- United States
Gold -- Purchasing -- United States
Commodity exchanges -- United States
teocuitlatl.
commodity exchanges.
gold (metal)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Investments & Securities -- General.
Commodity exchanges
Gold
Gold -- Purchasing
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2006034740
ISBN 9781119201342
1119201349
9780470127407
0470127406
1280900229
9781280900228