| Description |
1 online resource (387 pages) |
| Series |
For Dummies |
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--For dummies.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Day Trading Fundamentals -- Chapter 1 All You Need to Know about Day Trading -- It's All in a Day's Work -- Speculating, not hedging -- Understanding zero-sum markets -- Keeping the discipline: Closing out each night -- Committing to Trading as a Business -- Trading part-time: An okay idea if done right -- Trading as a hobby: A bad idea -- Working with a Small Number of Assets |
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Managing your positions -- Focusing your attention -- Working with risk capital -- Personality Traits of Successful Day Traders -- Independence -- Quick-wittedness -- Decisiveness -- The Difference between Trading, Investing, and Gambling -- Investing is slow and steady -- Trading works fast -- Gambling is nothing more than luck -- Busting Some Day Trading Myths -- Myth #1: I can make millions -- Myth #2: Profits are guaranteed -- Myth #3: Day trading is dangerous -- Myth #4: It's easy -- A lot of other worthwhile activities are stressful too -- Chapter 2 The Business of Day Trading |
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A Day in the Life of a Trader -- Setting Up Your Trading Laboratory -- Where to sit, where to work -- Count on your computer -- See it on the big screen -- Connect to the Internet -- Fix hours, vacation, and sick leave -- Stay virus- and hacker-free -- The department of redundancy department: Back up your systems -- Planning Your Trading Business -- Setting your goals -- Finding volatility -- Investing in your business -- Evaluating and revising your plan -- Getting Mobile with the Markets -- Controlling Your Emotions -- Dealing with destructive emotions -- Having an outlet |
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Setting up support systems -- Watching your walk-away money -- Managing the Risks of Day Trading -- It's your business -- It's your life -- Chapter 3 Introducing the Financial Markets -- Having a Firm Grasp How Markets Work -- Supply and demand -- Exchanges versus over the counter -- Commissions, fees, and spreads -- Understanding zero-sum games -- Opening an Account and Placing an Order -- Opening a brokerage account -- Placing your initial order -- Closing out your order -- Taking your cash -- Defining the Principles of Successful Day Trading -- Working with a small number of assets |
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Managing your positions -- Focusing your attention -- Understanding Risk and Return -- Recognizing what risk is -- Getting rewarded for the risk you take -- Market efficiency in the real world -- Chapter 4 Assets 101: Stocks, Bonds, Currency, and Commodities -- Grasping the Different Things to Trade -- Defining a Good Day Trading Asset -- Looking for liquidity -- Homing in on high volatility -- Staying within your budget -- Making sure you can use margin -- Taking a Closer Look at Stocks -- How Canadian and U.S. stocks trade -- Where Canadian stocks trade -- Where U.S. stocks trade |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-310) and index |
| Notes |
The high-risk over-the-counter exchanges |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 01, 2021) |
| Subject |
Day trading (Securities)
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Electronic trading of securities.
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Day trading (Securities) -- Canada
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Electronic trading of securities -- Canada
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Day trading (Securities)
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Electronic trading of securities
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Canada
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Borzykowski, Bryan
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| ISBN |
9781119736745 |
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1119736749 |
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9781119736721 |
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1119736722 |
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9781119736714 |
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1119736714 |
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