Trading 101

A comprehensive guide to day trading, with prescriptive information and actionable advice to help you achieve financial success. It may seem that day trading is only for savvy investors who know the ins and outs of the marketplace—but it doesn’t have to be. All it takes is the right information and staying on top of the market. Day Trading 101 simplifies all the terms, strategies, and processes involved in day trading, helping even the most novice investor find financial success. With information on recognizing trading patters, mastering trading options, keeping tabs on the market, establishing strategies to make the most profit, and understanding trading lingo, this guide can get you on track to becoming a smart investor. Full of expert advice on the best paths to trading success, Day Trading 101 leaves no stone unturned, and no trading option undiscovered.

"I vowed to one day write a book so that other novices would nothave to go through the same grueling process to learn abouttrading."--Sunny Harris With a surge in the number of people trying their hand at tradingtoday--baby boomers, retirees, individual investors--it's moreimportant than ever to develop a solid working knowledge of therudiments of this potentially profitable practice. Trading 101 is aclearly written, concise, and thorough introduction to thebasics. The author, renowned for her successful Trading 101 seminars,creates an indispensable reference covering everything fromcharting techniques and trading vehicles to technical analysis andcurrent market buzzwords. With easy-to-read charts and graphssupplementing the text, this is an invaluable resource for completeinformation on: * The whats and the how-tos: What is a put? What is a call? How doI place a trade? How do I select a broker? * Fundamental analysis and its economic indicators -- leadingindicators, real GDP, interest rates, productivity * Developing your own trading system--design, costs, backtestingthe system, and evaluating your performance * Obtaining fundamental data--bulletin board services, commercialdata vendors, the Internet, chart services * Setting up your trading as a business -- developing a businessplan, legal and tax questions, back office services * Discipline--sticking to your system, finding coaches that canhelp you stay motivated, keeping a diary Trading 101 also provides details on which newsletters offerdependable investment advice, how to choose the best discountbrokerage, and which of today's computers and financial softwarepackages are the best for planning and evaluating trades. Complete with glossary, bibliography, and listings of networkingand educational meetings on the Internet, as well as beginnerseminars and conferences, software vendors, and recommended books,this comprehensive, easy-to-use guide is the one to have in handbefore entering the unpredictable and competitive world oftrading. Praise for Trading 101 "Trading 101 should be required reading for every new orprospective futures trader. It provides more solid information andall-around knowledge than any other book I've ever seen on thesubject. It receives my unqualified endorsement and takes top placeon my list of recommended titles for futures traders."--EdwardDobson, President, Traders Press, Inc. "Trading 101 is a great idea. There was nothing like this when Istarted out. The novice trader now has a place to start the search.Oh, the time it would have saved me!"--John Bollinger, CFA, CMT,President, Bollinger Capital Management, Editor, The Capital GrowthLetter "Sunny has done a great job in bringing a highly complex anddiverse topic to the level of human understanding--must reading forevery new trader."--Jake Bernstein, author The Investor's Quotient,Second Edition

Praise for THE DAILY TRADING COACH "A great book! Simply written, motivational with unique content that leads any trader, novice or experienced, along the path of self-coaching. This is by far Dr. Steenbarger's best book and a must-have addition to any trader's bookshelf. I'll certainly be recommending it to all my friends." —Ray Barros CEO, Ray Barros Trading Group "Dr. Steenbarger has been helping traders help themselves for many years. Simply put, this book is a must-read for anyone who desires to achieve great success in the market." —Charles E. Kirk The Kirk Report "'Dr. Brett', as he is affectionately known by his blog readers, has assembled a practical guide to self coaching in this excellent book. The strategies he outlines are further enhanced with numerous resources and exercises for the reader to refer to and keep the principles fresh. I enthusiastically encourage anyone interested in bettering their trading and investing to read this book and keep it on their desk as a constant source of learning." —Brian Shannon, www.alphatrends.net author of Technical Analysis Using Multiple Timeframes "Dr. Brett has distilled his years of experience, as both a trader and a psychologist/coach, into the 101 practical lessons found in The Daily Trading Coach. Those lessons provide effective strategies for coping with the stumbling blocks that traders often face. This book should be a cornerstone of any serious trader's library." —Michael Seneadza equities trader and blogger at TraderMike.net

Are you looking to break into the stock market, but it's just too confusing? Scared you'll only lose money? Worry no more! Written by Ronen Itzkovitch, a stock trader and chemist who has been trading since 2011, Stock Trading 101: A Practical Beginners Guide To Profitable Stock Trading and Technical Chart Analysis gives you everything you need to understand the market and begin making money the smart way! With over 130 colour charts and illustrations designed with the visual learner in mind, inside this beautifully-crafted, comprehensive book, you'll discover: How to Read and Analyse Price Charts Understand Technical Analysis (And Why it Matters) Know How to Manage Your Risk and Minimizing Loss (So You Can Trade Safely!) Proven Strategies for Long and Short-Term Trades The Best Time to Enter and Exit Trades For Maximum Profit Market Trends, Patterns, and Formations (And How to Make Them Work For You!) The Psychology of Trading The Skills, Insights, and Attributes YOU Need to Become A Long-Term Successful Trader And More! Presented in a practical, easy-to-understand way, Stock Trading 101 is perfect for anyone looking to enter into the world of stock trading and understand how to make money trading online! From understanding charts patterns, risk management and trader psychology, this book contains everything you need to succeed in this challenging market. Get your copy and start your trading career!

Supply and demand trading is not rocket science and no one owns it or has a patent on it. The good news is that anyone can learn it, it is a simple market principle that has been in existence since there was a market and it will always be the same principle till there is no more market which will be the end of days. The even better news is that you don’t need an MBA or even a high school diploma to learn it and use it to make an unlimited income from trading. Using supply and demand is a no brainer and doesn’t require years to learn it and use it. Supply and demand is the only way live markets work meaning for every buyer there has to be a seller and for every seller there has to be a buyer, it’s that simple. Supply and Demand Trading 101 is written for brand new beginner traders who wish to be a self-directed investor and trading and do trading on their own. The best way to learn supply and demand trading is by actually learning it the right way from the start. There are a lot of tips and tricks in the book that can help a beginner cut down their learning curve and get them making real money right away. When you have completed the reading of this entire book you will have an understanding of what a brand new self-directed beginner trading needs to know to make an unlimited income from trading the financial markets and how and where to get further information and even mentoring to help you to expedite your learning curve so you can begin making money right away.

This comprehensive beginner’s guide reveals profitable option trading strategies for limiting your risk while multiplying your profits in today's markets. Options Trading 101 offers a complete introductory course for investors and traders who want to understand the world of options. Author Bill Johnson explains essential topics in clear, concise language, giving readers all the knowledge they need to get started with options trading. Beginning with the most fundamental concepts, this guide takes readers step-by-step through basic strategies they will be able to master and use immediately. Options Trading 101 also makes use of fun examples to illustrate key lessons—including Gordon Gekko's disastrous misunderstanding of put-call parity in the hit movie Wall Street.

Comprehensive coverage of the four major trading styles Evolution of a Trader explores the four trading styles that people use when learning to trade or invest in the stock market. Often, beginners enter the stock market by: Buying and holding onto a stock (value investing). That works well until the trend ends or a bear market begins. Then they try Position trading. This is the same as buy-and-hold, except the technique sells positions before a significant trend change occurs. Swing trading follows when traders increase their frequency of trading, trying to catch the short-term up and down swings. Finally, people try Day trading by completing their trades in a single day. This series provides comprehensive coverage of the four trading styles by offering numerous tips, sharing discoveries, and discussing specific trading setups to help you become a successful trader or investor as you journey through each style. Trading Basics takes an in-depth look at money management, stops, support and resistance, and offers dozens of tips every trader should know. Fundamental Analysis and Position Trading discusses when to sell a buy-and-hold position, uncovers which fundamentals work best, and uses them to find stocks that become 10-baggers—stocks that climb by 10 times their original value. Swing and Day Trading reveals methods to time the market swings, including specific trading setups, but it covers the basics as well, such as setting up a home trading office and how much money you can make day trading.

In Volatility Trading, Sinclair offers you a quantitative model for measuring volatility in order to gain an edge in your everyday option trading endeavors. With an accessible, straightforward approach. He guides traders through the basics of option pricing, volatility measurement, hedging, money management, and trade evaluation. In addition, Sinclair explains the often-overlooked psychological aspects of trading, revealing both how behavioral psychology can create market conditions traders can take advantage of-and how it can lead them astray. Psychological biases, he asserts, are probably the drivers behind most sources of edge available to a volatility trader. Your goal, Sinclair explains, must be clearly defined and easily expressed-if you cannot explain it in one sentence, you probably aren't completely clear about what it is. The same applies to your statistical edge. If you do not know exactly what your edge is, you shouldn't trade. He shows how, in addition to the numerical evaluation of a potential trade, you should be able to identify and evaluate the reason why implied volatility is priced where it is, that is, why an edge exists. This means it is also necessary to be on top of recent news stories, sector trends, and behavioral psychology. Finally, Sinclair underscores why trades need to be sized correctly, which means that each trade is evaluated according to its projected return and risk in the overall context of your goals. As the author concludes, while we also need to pay attention to seemingly mundane things like having good execution software, a comfortable office, and getting enough sleep, it is knowledge that is the ultimate source of edge. So, all else being equal, the trader with the greater knowledge will be the more successful. This book, and its companion CD-ROM, will provide that knowledge. The CD-ROM includes spreadsheets designed to help you forecast volatility and evaluate trades together with simulation engines.