Contrarian Ripple Trading: A Low-Risk Strategy to Profiting from Short-Term Stock Trades (Wiley Trading)

210 Pages·2007·1.23 MB·English

by  Aidan J. McNamara, Martha A. Brozyna

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Contrarian
Ripple
Trading
A Low-Risk Strategy to
Profiting from Short-Term
Stock Trades
A IDAN J . MCNAMARA
MARTHA A . BROZ˙ YNA
Foreword by
ROBERT TE ITELMAN
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Contrarian
Ripple
Trading
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Contrarian
Ripple
Trading
A Low-Risk Strategy to
Profiting from Short-Term
Stock Trades
A IDAN J . MCNAMARA
MARTHA A . BROZ˙ YNA
Foreword by
ROBERT TE ITELMAN
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Copyright ⃝C 2008 by Aidan J. McNamara and Martha A. Broz˙yna. All rights reserved.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
McNamara, Aidan J., 1957–
Contrarian ripple trading : a low-risk strategy to profiting from short-term stock
trades / Aidan J. McNamara and Martha A. Brozyna.
p. cm.
“Published simultaneously in Canada.”
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-470-13976-9 (cloth)
1. Speculation. 2. Stocks. 3. Investments. I. Brozyna, Martha A., 1973– II. Title.
HG6041.M386 2008
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332.63 22–dc22 2007016901
Printed in the United States of America.
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For our children,
Jonathan, Justine, and Liam
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Contents
Foreword ix
Preface xiii
Introduction 1
CHAPTER 1 The Buttonwood Tree 7
CHAPTER 2 “In the Long Run, We’re All Dead” 15
CHAPTER 3 Tides, Waves . . . and Ripples 37
CHAPTER 4 Ripple Trading a` la Contrarian Style 47
CHAPTER 5 What to Buy, When to Sell? 61
CHAPTER 6 Contrarian Ripple Trading in Practice 85
CHAPTER 7 Special Situation Purchases 111
CHAPTER 8 On Self-Discipline 135
APPENDIX A Trading Record for 2005 (Net of All
Commissions) 149
APPENDIX B Trading Record for 2006 (Net of All
Commissions) 159
APPENDIX C Trading Record for 2007, January–
February (Net of All Commissions) 175
APPENDIX D Stocks Purchased During 2005,
2006, and 2007 and Not Sold as of
February 28, 2007 177
Notes 179
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Bibliography 183
About the Authors 185
Index 187