Unrealized gain:
The appreciation in value of an asset that has not been sold;
paper gains.
Unrealized loss:
The depreciation in value of an asset that has not been sold;
paper loss.
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Uptick rule:
A stock market regulation that short sales can be implemented only
at a price above the preceding transaction.
Uptrend:
A general tendency for rising prices in a given market.
Volatility:
Refers to the range of prices in a given time period. A highly volatile
market has a large range in daily prices, whereas a low-volatility market has a small
range of daily prices. This is a measure of price variability in a market. A volatile
market is a market that is subject to wide price fluctuations.
Volume:
The total number of shares or contracts traded during a given period.
Whipsaw:
A price pattern characterized by repeated, abrupt reversals in trend.
The term is often used to describe losses resulting from a choppy or trendless
market.
Win ratio:
Number of winning trades divided by total number of trades equals
the win ratio percent (example: Win ratio of 60 percent winning trades).
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B
ennett A. McDowell, founder of TradersCoach.com, began his finan-
cial career on Wall Street in 1984, and later became a registered se-
curities broker and financial adviser for Prudential Securities and
Morgan Stanley.
As a financial adviser, Bennett’s niche was active trading and invest-
ing for a community of high-net-worth clients using his own proprietary
trading system. This system later became known as the Applied Reality
Trading, or the ART, system.
Bennett brought the ART software to the public in 2003. This was in
answer to his clients’ many requests for him to share with them his suc-
cessful trading and investing techniques. Today, the ART system is used in
over 40 countries around the world by sophisticated hedge fund managers
and individual investors alike.
Considered an expert in technical analysis and complex trading plat-
forms, Bennett lectures nationally and writes articles for many leading
trading publications, including
Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodi-
ties
magazine and
Traders World
magazine. Internationally recognized as
a leader in trading education, he teaches trading to students worldwide
through his company TradersCoach.com.
Bennett resides in San Diego, California, with his wife and two children
and can be reached by e-mail via Team@TradersCoach.com.
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Index
Account opening, ART
platform (usage), 238
Accumulation distribution
(A/C), 207, 263
Active Trader Magazine, 255
Adding on, 131
Advanced GET, usage.
See
Applied Reality
Trading
Advanced techniques, usage
(timing), 157
Amazon.com, resource, 253
American Stock Exchange
(AMEX), 263
AMP Futures & Forex,
broker, 250
Applied Reality Trading
(ART)
advanced GET, usage,
219f, 220f
advice, 241–242
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