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Acknowledgments xi <p>List of Terms Used in This Book xiii</p> <p>Introduction 1</p> <p><b>PART I Breakouts: Transitioning into a New Trend 35</b></p> <p>CHAPTER 1 Example of How to Trade a Breakout 53</p> <p>CHAPTER 2 Signs of Strength in a Breakout 61</p> <p>CHAPTER 3 Initial Breakout 81</p> <p>CHAPTER 4 Breakout Entries in Existing Strong Trends 91</p> <p>CHAPTER 5 Failed Breakouts, Breakout Pullbacks, and Breakout Tests 99</p> <p>CHAPTER 6 Gaps 119</p> <p><b>PART II Magnets: Support and Resistance 139</b></p> <p>CHAPTER 7 Measured Moves Based on the Size of the First Leg (the Spike) 153</p> <p>CHAPTER 8 Measured Moves Based on Gaps and Trading Ranges 165</p> <p>CHAPTER 9 Reversals Often End at Signal Bars from Prior Failed Reversals 175</p> <p>CHAPTER 10 Other Magnets 179</p> <p><b>PART III Pullbacks: Trends Converting to Trading Ranges 183</b></p> <p>CHAPTER 11 First Pullback Sequence: Bar, Minor Trend Line, Moving Average, Moving Average Gap, Major Trend Line 205</p> <p>CHAPTER 12 Double Top Bear Flags and Double Bottom Bull Flags 213</p> <p>CHAPTER 13 Twenty Gap Bars 233</p> <p>CHAPTER 14 First Moving Average Gap Bars 239</p> <p>CHAPTER 15 Key Inflection Times of the Day That Set Up Breakouts and Reversals 245</p> <p>CHAPTER 16 Counting the Legs of Trends and Trading Ranges 253</p> <p>CHAPTER 17 Bar Counting: High and Low 1, 2, 3, and 4 Patterns and ABC Corrections 259</p> <p>CHAPTER 18 Wedge and Other Three-Push Pullbacks 301</p> <p>CHAPTER 19 Dueling Lines: Wedge Pullback to the Trend Line 313</p> <p>CHAPTER 20 “Reversal” Patterns: Double Tops and Bottoms and Head and Shoulders Tops and Bottoms 319</p> <p><b>PART IV Trading Ranges 327</b></p> <p>CHAPTER 21 Example of How to Trade a Trading Range 367</p> <p>CHAPTER 22 Tight Trading Ranges 377</p> <p>CHAPTER 23 Triangles 411</p> <p>PART V Orders and Trade Management 417</p> <p>CHAPTER 24 Scalping, Swinging, Trading, and Investing 419</p> <p>CHAPTER 25 Mathematics of Trading: Should I Take This Trade? Will I Make Money If I Take This Trade? 437</p> <p>CHAPTER 26 Need Two Reasons to Take a Trade 481</p> <p>CHAPTER 27 Entering on Stops 491</p> <p>CHAPTER 28 Entering on Limits 493</p> <p>CHAPTER 29 Protective and Trailing Stops 517</p> <p>CHAPTER 30 Profit Taking and Profit Targets 535</p> <p>CHAPTER 31 Scaling Into and Out of a Trade 543</p> <p>CHAPTER 32 Getting Trapped In or Out of a Trade 567</p> <p>About the Author 571</p> <p>About the Website 573</p> <p>Index 575</p>

<b>Al Brooks</b> is a technical analysis contributor for <i>Futures</i> magazine and an independent day trader. His approach to reading price charts was developed over two decades in which he changed careers from ophthalmology to trading. Brooks graduated from The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in 1978 and received a BS in mathematics with honors from Trinity College in 1974. His website, brookspriceaction.com, outlines his trading approach and views as well as hosts a subscription-based daily trading chat room in which Brooks talks with other traders about the market.

Praise for Trading Price Action Trading Ranges <p>"Al Brooks has written a book every day trader should read. On all levels, he has kept trading simple, straightforward, and approachable. By teaching traders that there are no rules, just guidelines, he has allowed basic common sense to once again rule how real traders should approach the market. This is a must-read for any trader that wants to learn his own path to success."<br /> —Noble DraKoln, founder, SpeculatorAcademy.com, and author of <i>Trade Like a Pro</i> and <i>Winning the Trading Game</i></p> <p>"A great trader once told me that success was a function of focused energy. This mantra is proven by Al Brooks, who left a thriving ophthalmology practice to become a day trader. Al's intense focus on daily price action has made him a successful trader. A born educator, Al also is generous with his time, providing detailed explanations on how he views daily price action and how other traders can implement his ideas with similar focus and dedication. Al's book is no quick read, but an in-depth road map on how he trades today's volatile markets, complete with detailed strategies, real-life examples, and hard-knocks advice."<br /> —Ginger Szala, Publisher and Editorial Director, Futures magazine</p> <p>Over the course of his career, author Al Brooks, a technical analysis contributor to <i>Futures</i> magazine and an independent trader for twenty-five years, has found a way to capture consistent profits regardless of market direction or economic climate. And now, with his new three-book series—which focuses on how to use price action to trade the markets—Brooks takes you step by step through the entire process.</p> <p>In order to put his methodology in perspective, Brooks examined an essential array of price action basics and trends in the first book of this series, <i>Trading Price Action TRENDS</i>. Now, in this second book, <i>Trading Price Action TRADING RANGES</i>, he provides important insights on trading ranges, breakouts, order management, and the mathematics of trading.</p> <p>Page by page, Brooks skillfully addresses how to spot and profit from trading ranges—which most markets are in, most of the time—using the technical analysis of price action. Along the way, he touches on some of the most important aspects of this approach, including trading breakouts, understanding support and resistance, and making the most informed entry and exit decisions possible. Throughout the book, Brooks focuses primarily on 5 minute candle charts—all of which are created with TradeStation—to illustrate basic principles, but also discusses daily and weekly charts. And since he trades more than just E-mini S&P 500 futures, Brooks also details how price action can be used as the basis for trading stocks, forex, Treasury Note futures, and options.</p>

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