This is the eBook version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the eBook version.   The Investment Strategy That Keeps on Making Money While Everyone Else Is Losing It:How Trend Followers Made a Fortune During the 2008 Stock Market Crash   Did your buy and hold investments survive the crash of 2008? While many were getting hammered, trend followers were earning profits ranging all the way up to +40% for the month of October 2008 alone!   Now, the #1 guide to trend following has been thoroughly updated to reflect 2008’s cataclysmic events. Michael W. Covel reveals exactly how the trend followers achieved those amazing results. Using simple, up-to-the-minute charts from top traders, he doesn’t just prove this strategy works: He shows why only a technical system based on following price trends can win over the long term.   Best of all, he shows you exactly how to apply the same strategies in your own portfolio--so you, too, can keep on profiting no matter what happens next!   For more than 30 years, trend following has been the one trading strategy that’s consistently delivered extraordinary profits in bull and bear markets. While most investors were losing a fortune in the 2008 stock market collapse, stuck in buy and hold investments, trend followers were earning huge profits...up to a whopping +40% in the single month of October 2008! The proof’s in this book: brand-new data you can view for yourself, plus all the information you need to know to utilize the same timeless strategies in your portfolio.   In this fully updated edition, trend following expert Michael Covel introduces the traders and fund managers who’ve been using this strategy for decades, adding brand-new profiles such as David Harding, who manages $10 billion plus dollars through his London-based trend following firm. Then, Covel walks you through all the concepts and techniques you need to use trend following yourself. One step at a time, one simple chart at a time, you’ll learn how to understand price movements well enough to profit from them consistently--in any market.   Today, you need trend following more than ever. Read this book, and put it to work for you! Real proof, real data, real resultsIncludes over a decade of detailed performance charts, updated to include the Fall 2008 market crash All the Information You Need...in One NumberWhy the market price still tells you all you need to know to trade--and always will--in both bull and bear markets Pinpointing Targets of OpportunityWhat to trade, when to trade, and how much to trade Meet Today's Leading Trend FollowersExtraordinary trader profiles, from David Harding to John W. Henry to Ed Seykota

Author: Covel, Michael W.
Publisher: FT Press
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: Trend Following (Updated Edition): Learn to Make Millions in Up or Down Markets
Pages: 00465 (Encrypted EPUB) / 00466 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2009-02-15
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780137020188
Category: Business & Economics : Investments & Securities - General