Hit and Run Trading: The Short–Term Stock Traders Bible

"Jeff Cooper is this legendary secretive guru out west, you take his service, you read his books, you understand his method of going in and out without dogma, without religion, and you run with it."

Discover winning methods for day–trading and swing trading from the man who wrote the bible on short–term trading. Professional stock trader Jeff Cooper first released his original Hit and Run Trading books almost a decade ago, taking the short–term trading world by storm. Now, he′s back with a newly updated Hit and Run Trading edition. Jammed packed with a full arsenal of new tools and strategies to help day–traders compete and survive in this fast–paced, volatile arena.

A true trading sensation and classic – now in its newly updated edition!

"In the Hit and Run books, Jeff Cooper brought to me a complete synthesis to understand the behavior of the stock markets and trade them practically day in and day out with regular success. After being active for 34 years in the markets as an international assets manager, I can say that Jeff Cooper has given me the invaluable tools and understanding for consistent success."
LAURENT LEIMGRUBER, Lic. H.E.C. Geneva, Switzerland

"Jeff′s methods have proven to be very successful. Anyone interested in the workings of the market would be well–served to read this book. As one develops more skill, they will find themselves going back over the patterns to reread and relearn the material to better hone their trading. Jeff has truly taken pattern recognition to a higher level."
BILL ABRAMS, Former Specialist, New York Stock Exchange

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix

FOREWORD xi

PREFACE xv

Chapter 1 THE OPENING BELL 1

Chapter 2 TERMS YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING 5

Chapter 3 RULES ARE MADE TO BE BROKEN EXCEPT THESE 9

Chapter 4 CREATING THE HIT LIST 13

PART ONE MAIN STRATEGIES 17

Chapter 5 EXPANSION BREAKOUTSTM 19

Chapter 6 1–2–3–PULLBACKSTM 31

Chapter 7 STEPPING IN FRONT OF SIZETM 47

Chapter 8 EXPANSION PIVOTSTM 59

Chapter 9 180′sTM 69

PART TWO ANCILLARY STRATEGIES 79

Chapter 10 GILLIGAN′S ISLANDTM 81

Chapter 11 BOOMERSTM 89

Chapter 12 SLINGSHOTSTM 97

Chapter 13 WHOOPSTM 103

Chapter 14 LIZARDSTM 113

Chapter 15 SECONDARIES 119

Chapter 16 PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER The Most Important Chapter 127

Chapter 17 MIND OVER MONEY 137

Chapter 18 WALKING THE TALK: A WEEK OF HITAND–RUN TRADING 143

Chapter 19 THE CLOSING BELL 151

APPENDIX 153

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 167