Understanding Electronic Day Trading: Every Investor's Guide to Wall Street's Hottest Phenomenon
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (667 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0071351523 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Daytrading? NOT!" according to CR. I would have given this no stars but Amazon doesn't allow that. This book was useless except for the laughs I got reading about the authors "daytrading" adventures. For someone serious about daytrading there are MUCH better books out there. If you want to open a browser based online trading account with $2500 and do position trading then maybe, possibly, although I doubt it, you might find something of interest in this book.Don't be misled though - this book has nothing to do with true direct access daytrading. For that check out the excellent "Electronic Daytrading Made Easy. Usless fluff It forced me to give it a star, I wanted to give it zero stars! What a useless book! Half the book is the authors' interviews with various CEO's. The book will tell you what most of you already being online already know. A whole chapter is devoted to telling you which web sites to go to for financial info, like CNN and the Motley Fool. Another tells you which brokers are online. You can get this info at Yahoo. This book is a glancing overview of online trading. No real info, no info on techniques, no info to make you money. Don't waste you time or money. Get Toni Turners "A B. E.R. said Outdated. I bought this book right around the time when the internet bubble was about to burst. At that time, the information in this book helped me get a clear view of the steps to take in order to get started in the business of stock trading. The problem with this book today is that the information is outdated.If you are looking into books on trading, the information in this book will not help you. Some companies like Datek which Carol Troy mentions a lot in this book don't even exist anymore (Datek was bought by Ameritrade). Therefore, if you are a newcomer this book might confused
According to Troy, about a third of all retail customer trades are now being done online, and more and more of these are executed instantly over electronic communications networks (ECNs). "In fact, this new electronic access to the market has put the individual investor one-up on Wall Street. Journalist Carol Troy has written a thorough overview of online investing that is particularly well focused on its evolution toward direct-access trading without a broker. Online investors now buy wholesale. "Thanks to the silent cyberrevolution transforming traditional markets into o
Information and interviews from the front-line entrepreneurs who are making this trading revolution happen. You get cutting-edge sources for real-time market information, news and analysis -- including the free “ticker” you can program to keep you on top of the stocks you're watching. From how this type of trading came into being, to where it might go -- from how to get your feet wet with a $1,000 investment, to a checklist of do's and don'ts -- this is the guide that works for you.