Daryl Guppy is the founder and director of [...]. 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. [...] has offices in Australia, Beijing and Singapore.

Preface to the 10th anniversary edition- A Trade is Still a Trade as Time Goes By IX

Preface-Nuggets or Paper? 1

PART I-ADVANTAGE, PRIVATE TRADER

1 Private Traders: An Endangered Species? 9

2 A Guppy Among Sharks 18

3 Electronic Trading 31

4 Benchmarks for Trading 43

5 Blue Chips-Hold or Fold? 63

PART II-SELECTED TOOLS FOR THE PRIVATE TRADER

6 The Trend is Your Friend 77

7 Your Private Index 93

8 Walk a Mile with the Crowd 109

9 Point and Figure Charting 123

10 Enter the Fool-Not 149

11 Putting it All Together 171

PART III-GETTING PAID

12 Protecting Profits 187

13 Six to Twenty-One 210

14 When Traders Go Sour 258

15 Waylaid by the Holy Grail 273

16 The Brass Ring 283

Glossary 287

Index 293