New Electronic Traders: Understanding What It Takes To Make The Jump To Electronic Trading

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Synopsis In surprisingly candid interviews, successful day traders reveal their secrets for reaching the top - and staying there!The New Electronic Traders is packed with valuable insights for beginning electronic traders. Superstars of this hot field talk openly about how they learned the basics of electronic trading, acquired the necessary discipline to become full-time day traders, carved out their own trading styles, overcame common mistakes, and more. Written in an entertaining, non-technical style - and focusing on the hands-on information so valuable to new traders - this fast-moving book shows traders what to expect when they make the jump from online investing to the faster pace of direct access trading. It provides more hands-on information to help readers make better trading decisions. Topics covered include: The importance of a trading mentor; Strategies to levrage your assets; Alternative trading methods and techniques. From the Publisher Insights and trading tips from today's hottest electronic traders. The New Electronic Traders is unlike any electronic trading, day trading, or online investing book you've ever read. It explores the revolutionary new way to trade directly?and eliminate the middleman?through candid interviews with some of the msot successful electronic traders in the world. These leaders of the electronic trading industry bring the fast-moving, high-profit world of electronic trading industry bring the fast-moving, high-profit world of electronic trading into focus and keep things simple as they get right to the heart of the most important questions facing electronic traders at all levels: what is your trading strategy? how do you control risk? how do you research your trades? how can electronic traders compete against seasoned pros? where is electronic trading heading? what is the most valuable advice you ever received? how do you maintain your edge in the markets? The New Electronic Traders tells you in the words of some of today's most successful electronic traders?including Omar Amanat.chairman, CEO, and president of Tradescape.com; top traders David Lu and Sohail Khalid; and other E-DAT pioneers?how to dramatically increase your changes of success. No matter what your level of electronic trading?from the occasional trade in your online brokerage account to 100 or more trades a day through a Nasdaq Level II terminal?you'll get immediate tips that will greatly increase your skills as they increase your chances at locking in amazing returns. Table of Contents Introduction. Electronic Trading Overview. The Internet Revolution, John Cassimatis. Electronic Trading Strategies, Dan Ripoll. Making the Jump from Online Investing, John Moore and Arthur Herman. Realistic Expectations, Michael Trica. Putting the Odds in Your Favor, Jonathan Tanzman. Learning the Basics, Scott Dishner. The Electronic Trader's Advantage, Kirk Kazazian. The Million Dollar Opportunity, Jason Rosen. Electronic Trading Tools, Jeffrey Hooper. The Master, David Lu. The Electronic Trading Commitment, Ed Lee. The Winning Psyche, Sohail Khalid. Surviving as an Electronic Trader, David Kuang. The Future of Electronic Trading, Omar Amanat.