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STRATEGIES

Rick Swope

Senior Strategist of Investor Education,

E*TRADE Securities

  • Senior Strategist of Investor Education at E*TRADE Securities
  • Contributor to TV and Radio Media
  • Author of Five Points for Trading and Co-Author of Trading By Numbers

About Rick

Rick Swope is a senior strategist of investor education with E*TRADE Securities. As a veteran in the industry, he has presented at hundreds of seminars across the US and around the world. His expertise covers technical analysis, market strategy, and risk management, and he has extensive media experience, including a regional PBS weekly show, a national PBS pledge program, and numerous radio and television appearances. Mr. Swope is the principal author of the Amazon best seller, Five Points for Trading Success (Wiley, 2007) and co-author of Trading By Numbers (Wiley, 2012).

Rick's Videos

At TradersExpo LV, Rick Swope on education tools he shares with investors and traders at E*Trade in live events and online. The more successful our investors and traders are, the better we'll do.
At MoneyShow Las Vegas, Rick Swope offers ideas on how investors and traders can evaluate the many education and training courses available. "Ask the question: does it make sense?"
Rick Swope, The Market Guys, suggests a plan that starts with education about markets, setting your goals, identifying the markets and products and then the set-up, analysis, and execution.
When it comes to risk management, Rick Swope of Pro Market Advisors describes what drives traders. “These two things: risk aversion and loss aversion."

Rick's Books

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Trading by Numbers: Scoring Strategies for Every Market

For retail traders, knowing which possible strategies to employ when has always been a challenge. That is, until now. For the first time, popular E*Trade educators Rick Swope and Shawn Howell introduce their two-dimensional scoring system for determining how bullish/bearish a trade setup looks by reading charts.
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The Market Guys' Five Points for Trading Success: Identify, Pinpoint, Strike, Protect, and Act!

E*TRADE is a strong advocate of investor education, understanding a knowledgeable investor is a successful investor. The Market Guys have been a key contributor to our worldwide educational efforts - deliv
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