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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| The Evolution of Excellence: The O'Neil Trading Method | |
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| Preparation, Study, and Practice | |
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| Buy Expensive-Not Cheap-Stocks | |
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| Averaging Down | |
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| Cutting Losses Quickly | |
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| Taking Profits Too Soon-Letting Your Winners Run | |
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| Position Concentration | |
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| Dealing in Big Stocks and Institutional Sponsorship | |
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| Chart Patterns | |
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| Pivotal Points versus Pivot Points | |
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| Timing the Market: When to Be In, When to Be Out | |
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| Emotions and Predictions | |
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| Listening to Opinions, News, and Tips | |
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| Overtrading | |
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| The O'Neil Approach: Techno-Fundamentalism | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| How Chris Kacher Made Over 18,000 Percent in the Stock Market Over Seven Years | |
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| Gaining a Foothold in the Business | |
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| 1996-"Y2K" Stocks Put Me Over the Top | |
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| 1997-Keeping Profits during the Asian Contagion | |
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| 1998-Demoralization Sets In Just Before the Market Takes Off | |
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| 1999-The Bubble Expands | |
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| 2000-The Bubble Bursts | |
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| 2001-A Lesson in Shorting | |
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| 2002-to Present-Choppy, Sideways Markets and the Birth of the Pocket Pivot | |
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| How Gil Morales Made Over 11,000 Percent in the Stock Market | |
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| A Rocky Start Turns Golden | |
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| Climbing on Board the Rocket Ride | |
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| Joining the 1,000 Percent Club | |
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| Oracle Bubbles Up | |
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| Patience and a Watchful Eye | |
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| Cleared for Take-Off | |
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| Verisign: The "Spice in the Soup" | |
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| Sitting Not Thinking | |
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| Closing In on the Top | |
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| The Theme of Success | |
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| The Secret Ingredients | |
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| Failing Forward | |
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| The Psychology of Success Lies in Taming the Ego | |
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| Learning from Our Mistakes | |
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| Problems, Situations, and Solutions | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Tricks of the Trade | |
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| Dr. K's Laboratory: The Pocket Pivot Advantage | |
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| Characteristics of Pocket Pivots | |
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| Definition of a Pocket Pivot Buy Point | |
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| Pocket Pivots and Standard Breakout Buy Points | |
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| Buying "in the Pocket" | |
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| Bottom-Fishing with Pocket Pivots | |
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| Continuation Pocket Pivots: Using the 10-Day Moving Average | |
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| Improper or "Do Not Buy" Pocket Pivot Points | |
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| Using Moving Averages as Sell Guides | |
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| Dr. K's Laboratory: Buying Gap-Ups in Leading Stocks | |
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| Selling Techniques Using the 10-Day and 50-Day Moving Averages | |
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| Putting It All Together | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Riding the Bear Wave: Timely Tools for Selling Stocks Short | |
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| The Golden Rules of Short-Selling | |
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| Short-Sale Set-Ups | |
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| Shorting Rocket Stocks | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Dr. K's Market Direction Model | |
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| Timing the Market | |
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| Chart Examples | |
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| Stealing the Model's Secrets | |
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| Timing Model FAQ | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Our Bill of Commandments | |
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| Misconceptions | |
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| Surviving by Keeping Ego in Check | |
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| The First Commandment | |
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| The Second Commandment | |
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| The Third Commandment | |
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| The Fourth Commandment | |
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| The Fifth Commandment | |
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| The Sixth Commandment | |
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| The Seventh Commandment | |
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| The Eighth Commandment | |
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| The Ninth Commandment | |
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| The Tenth Commandment | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| In the Trenches with Bill O'Neil | |
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| 1997-1998 | |
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| 1999-2000 | |
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| The Great Bear of 2001-2002 | |
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| 2003-2005 Bull Market | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Trading Is Life; Life Is Trading | |
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| Teaching a Technique That Has Helped Traders around the World | |
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| Helping People Achieve Inner Peace and Greater Fulfillment, a Prerequisite to Optimized Trading and Living | |
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| Teacher of the Law of Attraction | |
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| Seminal Works on Personal Optimization | |
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| Psychological Checklist: Questions to Ask Yourself | |
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| Parallels between Teachings | |
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| In Conclusion | |
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| Appendix: Dr. K's Top 50 Wall Street Books | |
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| About the Authors | |
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| Index | |