Time Compression Trading: Exploiting Multiple Time Frames in Zero Sum Markets

"In the final analysis, when trading in a zero sum market, in order to be the winner you have to do something different than the loser. If you choose to execute an entry hoping to profit, you must do that at or near the price/time relationship that draws other traders into the game on that side. It really doesn′t matter if those orders are made by other traders hoping to profit or by those traders taking a loss; you must be fairly close to the point where the order flow will go into an imbalance on your chosen side. Otherwise, you will be the loser." Jason Alan Jankovsky

In this landmark book, expert trader and market analyst Jason Alan Jankovsky shows what it takes to be a winner in the zero

sum marketplace. He offers the tools needed to develop a better understanding of crowd behavior and shows how to implement the time compression method. Jankovsky′s insights and practical ideas give any trader the advantage to exploit the change in order flow and profit from it time and again.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Part I: The Uniqueness of Zero–Sum Markets.

Chapter 1: Basics of Zero–Sum Markets.

Chapter 2: Who Is the Market?

Chapter 3: The Four Components of Market Structure.

Chapter 4: The Illusion of Market Analysis.

Chapter 5: The Psychology of Initiating and Liquidating a Position.

Part II: The Theory of Time Compression.

Chapter 6: The Development of the Theory.

Chapter 7: Time Compression and Technical Analysis.

Chapter 8: Forced Liquidation and Order–Flow.

Chapter 9: How Leverage Increases the Potential for Forced Liquidation.

Chapter 10: How Traders Lose Perspective.

Part III: Exploiting Multiple Time Frames.

Chapter 11: Basics of Multiple Time Frames.

Chapter 12: Three Market Potentials: Uptrend, Downtrend, and Range.

Chapter 13: The Twelve Choices in Executing Trades.

Chapter 14: Thinking in Probabilities.

Chapter 15: Using Multiple Time Frames.

Part IV: The Five Basic Market Structures.

Chapter 16: Topping Market.

Chapter 17: Bottoming Market.

Chapter 18: Secure Uptrend and Downtrend.

Chapter 19: Secure Range.

Chapter 20: Conclusion.

About the Author.

Index.

Jason Alan Jankovsky has been a trader and market analyst for over twenty years. He operates a Web site, www.theliononline.com, which provides subscribers with twice–daily Forex analysis, guidance, and trade potential. Jankovsky has authored two books, Trading Rules that Work and The Art of the Trade, both published by John Wiley & Sons. He has written for a variety of industry publications, including SFO magazine, TheStreet.com, TradingMarkets.com, TraderSavvy newsletter, and FutureSource.com. He has provided webinars on behalf of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade; and he is a featured speaker at several Traders Expo conferences, both public and private, around the globe.