Foreword ixAcknowledgments xiiiChapter 1 Introduction 1Part I Understand the Foreign Exchange Market (FX 101) 7Chapter 2 A Very Brief History of FX 9Chapter 3 Currency Trading Basics 17Chapter 4 Understand Market Structure 37Part II Trade the Foreign Exchange Market 71Chapter 5 Understand Fundamental Analysis 73Chapter 6 Understand Technical Analysis I 107Chapter 7 Understand Technical Analysis II (The Seven Deadly Setups) 155Chapter 8 Understand Correlation and Intermarket Relationships 179Chapter 9 Understand Behavioral Finance 221Chapter 10 Trading the News 255Part III Understand Risk Management 293Chapter 11 Understand Free Capital 295Chapter 12 Understand Position Sizing 321Part IV Understand Yourself 351Chapter 13 Characteristics of a Successful Trader 353Chapter 14 Common Weaknesses in Trading 361Chapter 15 The Voice of Experience 369Chapter 16 Conclusion 379Brent Donnelly's 25 Rules of FX Trading 381About the Author 383Index 385
BRENT DONNELLY has been trading currencies since 1995 and is currently a senior FX trader at HSBC New York. A respected macroeconomic and currency analyst, Brent writes AM/FX, the widely-read macro and FX daily. His work has been quoted by The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Bloomberg, and other influential media outlets. Over the course of his career he has been a market maker, trader, and senior manager at industry-leading foreign exchange banks such as Citi and Nomura and at a major hedge fund in Connecticut.