Foreword ix -- Michael Di Gioia-- Chapter 1: Wishing You a Slow Rise 1-- Setting Goals 2-- 1 Percent aDay Keeps the Ka-Chingos Comin’! 3-- Don’t Be in Such a Rush to Lose Your Money 4-- Chapter 2: Bear with Me 5-- The Achilles Have It 6-- Identifying Your Achilles’ Heel 6-- Chapter 3: Breakout City and Riding the Horse to Gains 11-- The 10 a.m. Intraday Break 11-- The Play 12-- The Technical Breakout 16-- The 52-Week-High Breakout 16-- Buy Low and Sell High? 18-- The All-Time-High Blue Skies Breakout 24-- Chapter 4: Power Trading 25-- Be You…Be Powerful! 26-- Intraday Primer 26-- Time Frames 29-- 9:30–10:00 a.m.: Gaps 30-- 10:00–1:00 p.m.: 10 a.m. Rule in Effect 32-- 1:00–2:30 p.m.: Lunchtime Lull/Reversal 33-- 2:30–3:20 p.m.: Post-Lunch Activity 34-- 3:20–3:40 p.m.: Afternoon Lull 34-- 3:40–4:00 p.m.: Market on Close/End of Day 35-- 8:00–9:30 a.m./4:00–8:00 p.m.: After-Hours, News Rules! 35-- Time Frame Examples 37-- News Trader 38-- Swing Trades 40-- Gap Me, Baby 41-- Laggards 41-- Market Close 42-- After Hours 42-- Chapter 5: $12,500 to $3.8 Million 45-- Bull, Bear—I Don’t Care! 45-- Chapter 6: Options (Pretty) Basic Primer 49-- What Are Options? 50-- Underlying Assets 51-- Rights and Obligations 52-- Weekly Options 55-- Option Strategies Introduction 60-- Spreads 62-- Chapter 7: Trading Options 65-- Out-of-the-Money Options 65-- More than One Month Out 69-- Leveraging and Hedging 71-- Index Options 73-- LEAPs 77-- Straddles 78-- Strangles 82-- Bull Spread 83-- Bear Spread 85-- Chapter 8: Trading Gaps Animal Spirit Guide (Stalking, Leopard) 87-- What Are Gaps? 87-- Planning Your Gap Trade 92-- Daily Gap Goals! 92-- Contents vii-- Objectives 94-- News/News/News 95-- Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are, Mr. Gap! 96-- Order Flow 97-- Managing Risk 98-- Know When to Hold ‘Em or Fold ‘Em 100-- Believe! 102-- Trading Gap Downs 103-- Trading Gap Ups 106-- Chapter 9: My Favorite Animal Spirits 109-- Gap Fades 110-- Earnings Runs 113-- Earnings Straddles 121-- FOMC Fades 123-- 10:00 a.m. Rule Plays 126-- Chapter 10: Trading Gaps Using Technical Analysis 133-- Reversal Bars 134-- Doji 134-- When to Enter 136-- Reversal Bars 141-- The OOPS Entry 145-- Gap and Goooooooooo!!! 147-- Exit Strategies 152-- Taking Profits 156-- Know When to Fold ‘Em 159-- Using Stops 161-- Gaining an Edge 165-- Chapter 11: News Rules! Trading News 171-- Laggard News 171-- Guidelines for Trading News 172-- News Stories 174-- Potential News 183-- Managing Risk 185-- Chapter 12: Trading Laggards 187-- What Is a Laggard? 187-- If It Looks Like a Laggard, and It Smells Like One… 188-- Watchlists 188-- Sectors 188-- News and Laggards 192-- Chapter 13: Trends Are Your Friends 193-- Stick with the Trend! 194-- Window Dressing 196-- Earnings Runners 199-- FOMC Runs 206-- The January Effect 210-- Chapter 14: Finding Your Own Animal Spirit 215-- Next Steps 215-- Choices 216-- Laws of Attraction 216-- Are You a Leopard? 218-- Chapter 15: Zen and the Art of Rich 221-- Society 221-- Control… 222-- Money 223-- Cockroaches 224-- Integrity 225-- Zen 226-- Chapter 16: What Animal Spirit Are You? 229-- About the Author 231-- Index 233