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Lee Sandford. Goals to Gold
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About the author
Introduction
If I can do it…
Humble beginnings
Learning to ask
If you want to learn, teach
The big gamble
Plan to change
About the book
Chapter One: Hampshire Heaven. Early days in Elephant and Castle
Move to Basingstoke
Getting serious about football
Team photo from my childhood club Beechdown FC (I am in the middle row, second from the right) Interest from Southampton and Portsmouth
Hampshire Cross Country Championships
Apprenticeship begins
Chapter Two: On the Ball. Getting to know Alan
England youth team
Turning pro
First Division
Mental strength
Chapter Three: The Emotional Decision. Starting out in the Potteries
Seeking stability
Future planning
At Stoke under Lou Macari
Stoke City, winners of Division 2, 1992-3
Chapter Four: Even Further North. Signing for Sheffield United
A difficult start in South Yorkshire
On the ball for Sheffield United
Heartbreak
Chapter Five: Sticking My Neck Out. FA Cup semi-final
Serious injury
A stint at Woking
Reflecting on my career
No longer putting football first
A new start
Chapter Six: Trading Up. The value of things
Learning about myself
Chapter Seven: Trading College. An introduction to trading
Turning pro again
Teaching trading
My new profession as a trading teacher
Working smarter, not harder
Importance of family
PART TWO: TRADING THE MONEY MARKETS
Chapter Eight: The Virtual World of Money. What money is
The credit trap
What can you trade?
Derivatives
What is spread betting?
Trading time frames
Trading is not gambling
Derivatives trading is open to you
Chapter Nine: Your Relationship With Money. Severing emotional ties
Money experiences
Taking control of money
Chapter Ten: Trading Tool Kit
1. A computer
2. An internet connection
3. A trading account and broker
4. A pot of money
5. A chart package
6. Your time
7. Discipline
Completing the London Marathon. 8. Patience
9. An open mind and willingness to learn
10. Your trading plan
Chapter Eleven: Your Trading Plan. What goes in a trading plan
Choosing your market and trading vehicles
Deciding on your trading values
Setting your profit targets
Setting your stop losses
Why you need a trading plan
1. To prevent overtrading
2. To make controlled decisions
3. To control your emotions
4. To avoid common pitfalls
Theory versus practice
What most unsuccessful traders do
What most successful traders do
Mastering your plan, mastering yourself
Chapter Twelve: Following the Plan
Chapter Thirteen: Spread Betting. My preferred investment vehicle
Basics of spread betting
A spread bet on Lee’s Boots
Tax and spread betting
Long positions and short positions
Chapter Fourteen: Learning To Drive Your Vehicle
Choosing what to trade
Foreign exchange market
Money management
Betting £1 per point
Betting £5 per point
Betting £10 per point
Example of two new traders
Alice’s story
Candlestick anatomy
EURUSD chart showing a week of grey (red) candlesticks
AUDUSD chart showing five days of grey (red) candlesticks
EURJPY chart showing today’s candlestick to be black (green)
Betsy’s story
Back to Alice’s story
Back in Betsy world
Alice cracks it
Chapter Fifteen: Is Trading For You?
Protect your account
There is no magic formula
Introduction
My Pro-Trading System (PTS)
Chart 1: Normal price chart
Chart 2: Price chart with the PTS overlaid
Dynamic Divergence Using the MACD
Bullish divergence, Dow Jones Futures
Bearish divergence, crude oil
Chapter Sixteen: Crude Oil. What trading crude is about
Crude oil
Watching crude oil rise to $150 a barrel
Chapter Seventeen: Gold. Finding the top of the gold market
Gold price over the last five to six years
Chapter Eighteen: Apple. Finding the top of Apple shares
Chapter Nineteen: Facebook. The Facebook IPO fiasco
Chapter Twenty: RBS. Banking crisis
Shorting RBS
The government bans shorting banks in 2008
Chapter Twenty-One: GBPUSD. Shorting GBP against USD for 1000 pips profit
GBPUSD
Chapter Twenty-Two: Losing on an Uptrend. Shorting the stock market in an uptrend in 2013
Chapter Twenty-Three: More Trading Stories
Trade one: Making 1000 pips profit
GBPUSD
Trade two: major divergence signal in S&P 500
S&P 500 weekly chart
Trade three: EURJPY trade
EURJPY
Trade four: EURAUD trade
EURAUD
Trade five: In and out of USDCAD in a day
USDCAD
Trade six: trading crude oil
Crude oil
Trade seven: Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs
Trade nine: No gold for me
Gold
Trade ten: 132 points profit on AUDUSD trade
AUDUSD
Trade eleven: Europe in a mess
EURUSD
Trade twelve: A trend in EURAUD
EURAUD
USDJPY
USDJPY
A gift from the trading gods
Chart showing price of US company Potash
A nice way to book a holiday
USDJPY
Chapter Twenty-Four: The Perfect Game Myth. The Invincibles
Lose the fear of losing
Coming close to perfect
Control what can be controlled
Chapter Twenty-Five: The Relegation Zone. Playing like you’re not going down
Playing without fear
Conquering emotion
Chapter Twenty-Six: On the Bench. Frustration of waiting
Constant readiness
Coming off the bench
Patience is key
Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Offside Rule. The rule
Choosing tactics for the situation
Strategy in the markets
Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Long Game vs. The Short Game
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Hooligans and #$%@* #ankers
Talking vs. delivering
FINAL WORD
Complete your Harriman House Trading Library. 4 Keys to Profitable Forex Trend Trading
101 Ways to Pick Stock Market Winners
Diary of a Currency Trader
Kathleen Brooks on Forex
The Naked Trader
Spread Betting the Forex Markets