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From your first trade to your first profits, A Beginner's Guide to Day Trading Online by Toni Turner teaches a new trader how to day trade in the stock market safely and profitably. Unlike other day trading books, it s written by an award-winning journalist so the instructions and tips are written in a clear, easy-to-follow manner. Toni just recently appeared on Street Sweep/CNNfn and Power Lunch/CNBC-TV discussing the various guidelines found in her book including: Unique psychological characteristics of day traders Basic technical analysis of the market Market fundamentals Skills and strategies of professional traders What to look for in an online broker And plenty more! A Beginner's Guide to Day Trading Online is an interactive book, designed to help the reader get the most out of the book as quickly as possible. Each chapter ends with a quiz to reinforce the important topics. This unique book also includes Center Points, short passages inserted between chapters to add a psychological look at what it takes to be a day trader.
Foreword xiAcknowledgments xiiiIntroduction xvThis Ain't No Dress Rehearsal! 1Benefits of Day Trading: The Good NewsThe Flip Side: Wall Street Takes No PrisonersWhat Does a Day Trader Look Like?To Trade or Not to Trade?Author's NoteCenter Point: The Power of CommitmentWall Street: A View from the Top of the Skyscraper 7The First TradersThe Birth of Wall StreetWho Are Wall Street's Biggest Party Animals? The Bulls and the BearsThe Land of Greed and FearSupply and Demand or How Much Will You Pay for That Cookie?Price: The Bottom LineThe New York Stock ExchangeThe NASDAQ Stock MarketThe American Stock Exchange, or AmexWhere You Come InThe Bid and Ask, or Offer: What They MeanNASDAQ Level II SystemThe Ringmaster, CNBCCenter Point: Empower Your Personal BeliefsDay Trading Is Your Business: Let's Set It Up That Way 23Your Day Trading Stash: A Reality CheckChoose Your WeaponWhat Type of Trader Are You: Part-time or Full-time?Trading with an Online Broker: Which One Is Right for You?Advantages of Using a Direct-access Trading PlatformShould You Open Two Trading Accounts?Slippage and Commissions: How They Affect Your WalletTrading On Margin: How to Do It and Still Sleep at NightDevelop a Simple Business PlanCreate a Success-oriented EnvironmentPaper Trading: Should You Do It?Center Point: Your Vision: Life's Invitation to GreatnessThe Winning Market Mentality That Leads toProfits 41Protect Your PrincipalTrade to Trade Well, Not to Make MoneyWhy the Stock Market Is Always RightThe Trader's Most Formidable FoeWhy Faith and Hope Should Be Left in a Basket by the DoorWhy "The Devil" Made You Lose All That MoneyCelebrate Your Positive Trading CharacteristicsReality Check: What Color Is the Stock Market?Don't Push the River: Swim with It and the Money Will Flow to YouResponsibility and Respect: How They Play Leading Roles in Your SuccessCenter Point: Extend Your ReachTrading Fundamentals You'll Build On 59The Market Has No Price or Time LimitsFundamental Versus Technical AnalysisDifferent Trading Time Frames: What They Mean to YouTrading with the Clock for ProfitsIntroduction to Charting TechniquesCenter Point: The Miracle of GivingTechnical Analysis 101: The Trend Is Your Friend 83Stock Cycles: How They Help You Plan Your TradesSupport and Resistance: What They Are, How to Recognize ThemMoney-making Breakouts and Breakdowns: How to Identify ThemHow to Draw Trendlines or Where to Connect the DotsCenter Point: Coincidence or Synchronicity?Choose a Stock to Trade 121Volume: A Simple Indicator That Says a LotMoving Averages: What They Are, How to Use ThemThe Final Touch: Momentum IndicatorsCenter Point: Detachment-Pathway to FreedomWhen the Tough Get Going: Beginning Trader's Boot Camp 155Beginner's Boot Camp: Week 1Beginner's Boot Camp: Week 2Order Types and DefinitionsCenter Point: The Power of IntuitionPlan Your Trade and Trade Your Plan 177How to Design Your Trading LogViewpoint: Top Down Versus Bottom Up ApproachPlan Your Trade with Risk-reward AnalysisMoney-making Chart Patterns for Position TradesThe Basics: Continuation and Reversal PatternsDouble-bottom PatternCup-with-handle PatternReverse Head-and-shouldersPlain Vanilla BreakoutKnow Your Stop Before You ShopCenter Point: Practice Healthy SelfishnessThe Swinging Day Trader 203Fibonacci NumbersMoney-making Setups for Swing Trades and Day TradesGap Openings: How to Manage ThemTo Hold Overnight, or Not to Hold OvernightNitty-gritty Stuff about Day TradingDoes Your Stock Waltz or Jitterbug?Where to Place Your Stop-loss OrdersDay Trading Setups: What You're Looking ForQuick Level II Review and Intraday Trading TacticsPre-market and After-hours Trading SceneThe Ultimate Day Trading SceneCenter Point: Release the PastScalps and Shorts, or the Quick and the Dead 231What Is Scalping?Basic Scalping TacticsPrice Behavior at Whole and Half NumbersScalping Technique: Early EntriesLevel II Review and Scalping StrategiesAdditions to Your Intraday ToolboxTick ChartsScalping SetupsBoost Your Scalping Profit PotentialScalping ChecklistSelling Short: Don't Sell It Short!The Shorting Process: How It WorksChart Patterns for Selling Short: What to Look ForBottom Line Shorting StrategiesCenter Point: Create a Prosperity MindsetLove Your Losses: They're a Trader's Best Friend! 269Seven "Suicide Scenes": How to Avoid Them, Protect Your Principal, and Live to Trade Another DayStuff HappensThe Good News, Bad News Roller-coaster RideDrop the Stop GameHow Not To Catch a Falling KnifeHey, Wait for Me!The Whipsaw ClubGoing BallisticCenter Point: The Truth about FearTrading Survival Techniques 281The "if, Then" Mentality: How It Boosts You to the Ranks of ProfessionalsStay Aware of Big Picture DynamicsThe Advance-decline Line as a Superb StorytellerMeet Another Storyteller: U.S. Thirty-year Treasury BondsOther "If, Then" SettingsToo Much Chocolate?Watch Out! It's Options Expiration WeekProgram Trading: A Jolt Out of the BlueLearn How to Change GearsTrading Day In a CapsuleWhere to Find Stocks to TradeTrading Fitness: Your Body. Your MindTrading Rules to Prosper ByCenter Point: Live Consciously and Succeed!The Future Is Now! 299Trading From the State of OverwhelmMicrolist of High-caliber Financial Web SitesPump and DumpShould You Take a Trading Course?In ConclusionCenter Point: We Are All ConnectedRecommended Reading List 307Index 309