Proven techniques to improve market-timing accuracy.
Momentum Stock Selection details a method of combining market momentum with innovative risk management to dramatically increase profitable opportunities for both short- and long-term traders. Learn More
Strategies for achieving the trader's edge.
Beginning with a brief history of futures trading, Jake Bernstein explains how the European futures markets evolved to their current dynamism, covering what is traded, where and how, and highlights "up and coming" markets Learn More
The best time frames for short-term trading
How to TIME PRECISE market entry with small trader sentiment
The INSIDE bar and OUTSIDE bar patterns with timing
Short-Term Bernstein Trend Indicator
Clear examples and exact rules
Step-by-step walk through of each pattern
Best markets for short-term application of the patterns
Time of Day Pattern
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Market sentiment and contrary opinion as measured by various indicators have been used by traders for many years. The theory of contrary opinion asserts that if a majority of traders agrees on the direction of a market move, then the odds are significant that prices will, in fact, move in the opposite direction. Various measures of market sentiment have been used over the years in attempts to apply contrary opinion effectively in the markets. Among these are odd lot short sales, options volatility, broker opinion surveys, and trader opinion surveys. The good news is that the theory of contrary opinion is correct; the bad news is that the traditional measures of contrary opinion either tend to be LATE or generally unreliable. Learn More
Each 90 minute session will deal with a specific trading issue or aspects of that issue and I will provide several working, cogent, solutions to that problem. We will have six sessions in all, each one dedicated to a specific trading problem and its solutions. I will not sugarcoat anything, but I will give you answers that you can really use based on my vast expertise and knowledge! SESSION1: Overview of the most serious trading issues The 5 categories of trading problems that limit performance Behaviors consistent with failure: examples Behaviors consistent with success: examples Methods for change How to overcome issues Practical solutions: 2 procedures you can implement immediately SESSION 2: Problems of discipline Definitions and examples How to identify subtle and obvious discipline issues The origin of discipline Is your system bad for you or are you bad for your system? Finding the right fit Easy to implement solutions and examples SESSION 3: Lack of organization How to identify the problem Consequences and examples Simple solutions Detailed solutions How to vastly improve efficiency SESSION 4: Inability to maximize profits WHY traders take profits too fast HOW to overcome the “get out fast before it’s over” syndrome How LESS is MORE 4 easy to implement profit maximizing strategies Track records compared: with and without profit maximizing strategies SESSON 5: Errors of focus Defining focus How to know if you lack focus Examples of how lack of focus limits profits Types of focus 5 ways to fix your focus SESSION 6: Tell me your troubles Examining trading issues YOU have sent me for discussion An anonymous look at problems sent in by the group Knowing the exact issue(s) FIXES and solutions Summary and overview Learn More
Selected articles from 2000 - 2004
The Best Of Bernstein Volume IV Selected Articles 2000-2004
From Jake Bernstein’s Weekly Commodity Trading Letter Learn More