Download or read book Confessions of a Futures Trader written by Andrew Lythgo and published by Wrightbooks. This book was released on 2001 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it take to be a futures trader? How much of the skill required is innate and how much can be developed? This book takes readers behind the scenes of the futures industry in Australia, into the world of the private traders. Confessions of a Futures Trader is both practical -- it deals only with those futures products that are actively traded in this country -- and anecdotal -- seasoned traders may find examples within which describe them well. It provides information to help traders work out exactly which futures products might be for them. There are sections on the closely related options market in Australia and the major overseas products traders will encounter. The much underrated psychological aspect of futures trading is dealt with at length to help convince readers of the need to understand that trading is just as much a test of the personal psyche as it is an objective, analytical and potentially rewarding process. The author's experience in the futures world has exposed him to a colourful array of characters, and some of these interesting individuals lend a more light-hearted feel to these Confessions, making the book a useful and sometimes humorous addition to a trader's arsenal.
Download or read book Entry and Exit Confessions of a Champion Trader written by Kevin J Davey and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-04-24 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you looking for trading entry and exit ideas? If so, this book is just what you need. This informative guide includes 41 entry ideas, 11 exit ideas, and code in Tradestation format and plain English for each. Each entry and exit has been used in actual strategies by Champion trader Kevin J. Davey. Also included are detailed steps for how best to incorporate these entries and exits in your own trading. Start building strategies today with these fully described entries and exits!
Download or read book Confessions of a Day Trader written by Lloyd Free and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Main Street grabs for the brass ring. Wall Street snatches it away. The Yin and Yang of trading the Stock Markets. Investing, daytrading, gambling. Based on a true story, Jay and Stevy, retail investors, outsiders, battle the insiders, the wolves of Wall Street: The Market Makers, the smart money, the front running brokerage houses, lying Talking Heads, brazen stock manipulators. Against all odds, will they succeed? "This is the incredible story of precisely why human nature is the ultimate enemy of any investor desiring success. As the new millennium approached, the main character was drawn in by the biggest bull market in US history. The magnetic draw of the stock market was at a historic peak, yet in the twilight zone manner, our unsuspecting hero was drawn into the absolute worst time to be an unseasoned investor as the worst-performing decade for equity performance in US history was about to unfold right after he 'placed his bet'. The story takes you through his incredible journey through the minefield of the financial investment arena and provides a step-by-step horror show of how one man received a priceless education . . . At a remarkable cost."Garrett Jones-- 40+ year Money Manager/Trader. Affiliate with Peter Eliades (Stock Market Cycles Management, INC.) And author of Observations."Free's incandescent novel, Confessions of a Day Trader, drew me into its crazy world of stock market finagling just as surely as it does his characters. Ever wonder what makes the market tick? Free's been there, and he'll show you--in the most revelatory and, indeed, frightening manner possible."Jake Fuchs, Novelist: Death of a Dad: The Nursery School Murders; Death of a Prof: The Nursery School Murders; Conrad in Beverly Hills.By Bill P, Corralitos, CA "From Hawaii to Wall Street, parallel games of chance occur over a rocky road. Confessions is a glimpse behind the curtain, a fun, informative and easy read."By Ronald T, Santa Barbara, CA "Beyond the fascinating, insider details of gambling in Reno and on Wall Street, Confessions of a Day Trader is the detailed and compelling portrait of an addiction that still holds its subject beyond the last page. Recommended reading for all adults."By Derek B, Oceanside, CA"Great story about the wild and crazy times in the stock markets from the late 90's until now. Has anything really changed? The market makers are still toying with all of us just like puppets!"By Craig M, La Paz, Mexico"Great story well written. It was worth the time to read and I couldn't put it down. I highly recommend this book."
Download or read book The Day Trading Journey written by Marina 'The Trader Chick' and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-18 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Day Trading Journey can be filled with bumps, setbacks and uncertainties, especially when it comes to our mindset and emotions. Without knowing what's coming (or having the resources to move through them) they can definitely get the better of us. I've seen it all, and I'm pulling back the curtain. Here's the thing, I'm going to share with you stuff that no one ever talks about, but all pro traders have experienced this one way or another AND HAVE BECOME BETTER PEOPLE because of the journey. As you hear my Day Trading journey, get ready for some roller coaster moments that I wish someone had told me about BEFORE I started. No one tells it like it is. Today, that all changes. Day Trading is not an easy path, but that's why the rewards are so fantastic! The ups and downs that led me to both monumental breakdowns and incredible breakthroughs have been well documented. These swings weren't only in my trading, but within myself. Ultimately, true grit, persistence and determination led to the greatest success of my life. This has allowed me to live life on MY terms. This book is all about my personal journey, to inspire you and motivate you to keep going!
Download or read book The Complete Guide to Futures Trading written by Refco Private Client Group and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2005-08-19 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many investors learn how to trade equity options, but many are unfamiliar with futures. As headlines about commodity prices proliferate, active, self-directed investors are turning their attention to futures. The Complete Guide to Futures Trading is a comprehensive introductory handbook to investing with commodity futures, including the increasingly popular mini(r) stock index futures and the new singles stock futures contracts. It offers how-to advice from finding a broker to opening an account to making a trade, and provides advice based on years of experience to help new traders get started in commodity futures.
Download or read book Confessions of a Street Addict written by James J. Cramer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-06-06 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cramer takes readers on a no-holds-barred tour of life on Wall Street--revealing how the game is played, who breaks the rules, and who gets hurt.
Download or read book Confessions of a Day Trader written by Lloyd R. Free and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Main Street grabs for the brass ring. Wall Street snatches it away. The Yin and Yang of trading the Stock Markets. Investing, daytrading, gambling. Based on a true story, Jay and Stevy, retail investors, outsiders, battle the insiders, the wolves of Wall Street: The Market Makers, the smart money, the front running brokerage houses, lying Talking Heads, brazen stock manipulators. Against all odds, will they succeed
Download or read book Secrets of a Professional Futures Trader written by Henry K. Clasing and published by Windsor Books/Probus. This book was released on 1987 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sophisticated technical futures trading techniques are presented for timing market entries and exits.
Download or read book Trade Stocks and Commodities with the Insiders written by Larry Williams and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-01-19 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The way that Big Money got to be Big Money was by also being the 'Smart Money', and so it is worth paying attention to how the Big Money traders behave. That's the essence of what Larry Williams has to teach us in this book. And it's not just what the Smart Money says or thinks, but how they behave in terms of their trading that we should pay attention to. Larry shows us how to listen to that message." —Tom McClellan, Editor of The McClellan Market Report "Finally, an insider's take on what really goes on behind the scenes in commodity trading. Larry writes his view of trading, as only he knows it, from his twenty-five years of experience." —James Altucher, author of Trade Like a Hedge Fund Successful trader Larry Williams reveals industry secrets that help investors and traders successfully invest and trade side-by-side with the largest commercial interests in the world. You'll be introduced to the COT (Commitment of Traders) report, the best resource for achieving trading success, learn exactly what the information it contains means, and plan for maximizing profits by acting on reported actions.
Download or read book Diary of a Professional Commodity Trader written by Peter L. Brandt and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-02-02 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trading is generally far more difficult in practice than in theory. The reality is that no trade set up or individual trader or system can identify profitable trades in advance with complete certainty. In A Year of Trading, long-time trader Peter Brandt reveals the anxieties and uncertainties of trading in a diary of his 2009 trades. He explains his thought process as he searches for trading opportunities and executes them. Each trade includes charts, an analysis of the trade, and a play-by-play account of how the trade unfolds.
Download or read book Zen in the Markets written by Edward A. Toppel and published by Diane Books Publishing Company. This book was released on 1998-03-01 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like the lessons of Zen, the lessons in this book are brief, simple & profound. They are intended as much for the person who glances at the financial pages in the evening to see how his or her investments are faring as for the full-time trader or professional money manager. Their underlying message is that you are in a contest with yourself & not the market. Just as the lack of sense of self makes the samurai warrior a powerful & formidable opponent, it can make you successful in your stock trading. You will lose less. You will make greater profits. It is simple. "Captures the secret of successful trading."
Download or read book Building Winning Algorithmic Trading Systems Website written by Kevin J. Davey and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-07-21 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Develop your own trading system with practical guidance and expert advice In Building Algorithmic Trading Systems: A Trader's Journey From Data Mining to Monte Carlo Simulation to Live Training, award-winning trader Kevin Davey shares his secrets for developing trading systems that generate triple-digit returns. With both explanation and demonstration, Davey guides you step-by-step through the entire process of generating and validating an idea, setting entry and exit points, testing systems, and implementing them in live trading. You'll find concrete rules for increasing or decreasing allocation to a system, and rules for when to abandon one. The companion website includes Davey's own Monte Carlo simulator and other tools that will enable you to automate and test your own trading ideas. A purely discretionary approach to trading generally breaks down over the long haul. With market data and statistics easily available, traders are increasingly opting to employ an automated or algorithmic trading system—enough that algorithmic trades now account for the bulk of stock trading volume. Building Algorithmic Trading Systems teaches you how to develop your own systems with an eye toward market fluctuations and the impermanence of even the most effective algorithm. Learn the systems that generated triple-digit returns in the World Cup Trading Championship Develop an algorithmic approach for any trading idea using off-the-shelf software or popular platforms Test your new system using historical and current market data Mine market data for statistical tendencies that may form the basis of a new system Market patterns change, and so do system results. Past performance isn't a guarantee of future success, so the key is to continually develop new systems and adjust established systems in response to evolving statistical tendencies. For individual traders looking for the next leap forward, Building Algorithmic Trading Systems provides expert guidance and practical advice.
Download or read book God in the Pits written by Mark Ritchie and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-07 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Andrew Ritchie (featured in Schwager's best-selling Market Wizards II) grew up in the poverty and strangeness of Afghanistan, the deep south of Texas, and an Oregon-coast logging town. The Vietnam War crystallized his love of rebellion. He became an occupational vagabond--funeral home operative, Chicago Transit bus driver, long-haul trucker, jail guard, and more--an unlikely backdrop for launching a career in the take-no-prisoners financial markets of Chicago.
Download or read book Leo Melamed written by Leo Melamed and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1996-05-02 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaim for Leo Melamed Escape to the Futures "A well-written, fascinating memoir of a remarkable man of many parts, who arrived in the United States at age 9, fleeing the Holocaust. Almost single-handedly, he transformed a minor commodity exchange into the leading futures market in the world. His influence was and remains worldwide." —Milton Friedman Senior Research Fellow Hoover Institution, Stanford University "There are only a few people who have revolutionized big portions of the business world. Warren Buffett did it in investing, Bill Gates in software. Leo Melamed, author of this book, is in that same league. He truly revolutionized futures trading in the United States, and in the world. This book tells how." —Ambassador Clayton Yeutter Past President of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Former U.S. Trade Representative "A grizzled old Merc trader once assured me that nobody ever lost by being long on Leo. Why that's so, this endlessly fascinating personal history makes clear. It shows how an immigrant boy, after surviving unimaginable horrors, drew on the 'elan, combativeness, and sophisticated conviction' learned from his equally remarkable father to build the CME and to lay the foundations of the modern, Chicago-based, financial services industry." — Merton H. Miller 1990 Nobel Laureate Emeritus Professor University of Chicago Graduate School of Business "Leo tells it all. To say there would not have been a financial futures industry without Leo is probably only a slight exaggeration!!!" — John Damgard President Futures Industry Association "Escape to the Futures tells the remarkable story of a young boy's escape from the Nazis and the impact of his life on the financial markets of the world. It also serves as yet another poignant reminder of the immeasurable losses —in the arts, sciences, professions, and everyday life—humanity suffered because of the Holocaust." — Benjamin Meed President American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors He is one of the most powerful figures in the world of finance—a visionary who pioneered the modern futures industry and launched the International Monetary Market (IMM). Yet, Leo Melamed was not born to wealth and influence. His is an extraordinary rags-to-riches tale of intelligence, drive, savvy, timing, and the overpowering force of a uniquely charismatic personality. Now the inside story of the remarkable life and career of Leo Melamed is revealed in this long-awaited autobiography. A Holocaust survivor, Leo Melamed had barely begun the first grade in 1939 when he and his parents fled their native Poland one step ahead of the oncoming Nazi juggernaut. Crossing Siberia en route to a brief stay in Japan—just months before Pearl Harbor—the family arrived in the United States to begin life anew. They settled in Chicago, where young Leo became a product of the inner city and embraced his new country and its culture. Seeking part-time employment while attending law school, Leo Melamed answered a classified ad that would change his life. Hired by what he presumed was a law firm named Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Bean, he found himself on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. "I was Alice stepping through the Looking Glass into a world of not just one Mad Hatter, but hundreds. The shouting among the traders, the movement of their bodies and hands, captivated me like nothing before . . . there was a life force on that floor that was magical and exciting, and though I didn't understand what was going on, I wanted to be a part of it." Leo Melamed became much more than just a part of it. From modest beginnings as a pork belly trader, he led the Chicago Merc for the next quarter of a century, introducing finance to an industry that was the exclusive domain of agriculture. As his reputation as a financial genius grew, so did the tales of his larger-than-life personality. In Leo Melamed: Escape to the Futures, you'll meet the man behind the legend. Written with the assistance of award-winning journalist Bob Tamarkin, this enthralling memoir deftly weaves intimate personal details with behind-the-scenes accounts of some of the most momentous financial events of our century—including Leo's role as advisor to the White House after the Hillary Rodham Clinton cattle futures trading episode. You'll read fascinating accounts of his dealings with political powerhouses like Bob Dole, Tip O'Neill, Dan Rostenkowski, and others. Offering penetrating insights into the workings of a multibillion dollar industry, this is a story that has as much to say about human nature as it does about the nature of today's markets. Hailed as both hero and tyrant, Leo Melamed is undeniably one of the most colorful and intriguing personalities of our time. This intimate, revealing personal account is not to be missed.
Download or read book The Definitive Guide to Futures Trading written by Larry R. Williams and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How to make money right away as a Beginner Futures Trader written by J.R. Guita and published by . This book was released on with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The probability that you as a beginner futures trader will ever beat Wall Street is low. You can however learn to see what the smart money is doing and profit with them if you know what to look for and where to look for it on a price chart. This book can help you to understand what you need to see in order to consistently make money with the smart money. If you’re brand new to investing and futures trading you can learn to go from financial mediocrity to financial prosperity in the time it takes you to read this entire book. This book details what it will take to become a consistently profitable investor and trader in today’s financial markets working against the best investors and traders in the world. There is no faking it in the live financial markets for beginners, either you get it or you don’t. The live markets will expose every flaw you have as a human being and then some. Smart money knows you are flawed and make the same mistakes over and over again and they prey on the retail investor and futures trader until they either do get it or are cleaned out of their account and sent on their way. Success in investing and futures trading is only success if it translates to spendable dollars. The lure of easy money has a very strong appeal and attracts innocent new people all the time, very few of them end up successful, while the rest become the Sheeple of the herd and Muppets for Wall Street pros. The learning of this business is time consuming and most of what is taught to brand new investors and traders is not realistic to do in the live markets with the best futures traders on the planet. This book has some powerful information in it to guide the beginner investor and futures trader to the easiest way to reduce the long learning curve there can be in the business of making money with money. No other business in the world other than financial market trading allows you to work at your own pace and make an unlimited amount of money. A brand new futures trader with no experience can read this book and depending on how fast they can grasp the concepts and learn them can be making an income for themselves in as little as 30 days to 6 months.
Download or read book The Art of the Trade written by Jason Alan Jankovsky and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-11-19 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of the Trade is a searing portrait of the futures and options industry as seen through the eyes of someone who has participated in this arena for more than twenty years. On one level, it's a brutally honest, no-punches-pulled look at the individuals and institutions that comprise this unique community. On another level, The Art of the Trade is a personal story of the challenges author Alan Jankovsky faced as he battled the markets, the brokerage industry, and his own early penchant for self-destruction.
