The best-selling authors of The Electronic Day Trader have written another _must read_ for the growing population of day traders. Electronic Day Traders Secrets is a compilation of interviews with 13 highly successful free agents. The group is a snapshot of the industry: All 13 traders are male, most are under 30 and most started out in the securities industry before giving it all up for the promise of electronic day trading.

The tales are fantastic. Imagine losing $180,000 before you_ve finished your morning coffee, or making $30,000 on a day that the Dow plunges 550 points. These traders have experienced it all, and none is planning to change careers soon. The interviews reveal there is no single strategy for successful day trading. Each traders madness has its own method, and this page-turner tells all.

The success of the men profiled is almost enough to make you quit your day job. Electronic Day Traders Secrets cautions, however, that a career in day trading is risky, and newcomers should be prepared for significant losses. But just as in Vegas, there_s always a chance that the next hand will be a winner.

Electronic Day Traders’ Secrets

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
This timeless, classic investment book was first published in 1923 and is a slightly fictionalized account of the life of the legendary trader Jesse Livermore – a man highly regarded as one of the shrewdest traders and speculators of all time. Despite the fact that it was written quite some time ago, it continues to offer valuable insights into the art of trading and speculation.

Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds
Originally published in 1841, this is study of crowd behavior and human madness and folly. Although not directly related to day trading, this book is an excellent source for understanding human and crowd psychology in the world of finance generally.

The New Market Wizards
In this book, the author interviews and explores the thinking, tactics and strategies of some of the world’s most successful traders. In so doing, the author gives you an excellent perspective into the minds and attitudes of some very successful traders and how they achieved their success. The book is also very entertaining and written in a non-technical style.

Stock Patterns for Day Trading
This book deals with a number of basic trading strategies including a scalping method designed to capture rapid small profits, intraday trend or momentum trading to benefit from large price movements and a swing trading method for trading over a two to five day time horizon.

Technical Analysis of Stock Trends
This book is widely regarded to be the leading reference book in the area of technical analysis of stocks. Now in its 8th edition, the book is a must for anyone who trades based on charting and other market directional indicators. The book describes such matters as the Dow Theory, support and resistance, trendlines and other stock chart patterns and technical analysis tools.

Day trading is undoubtedly the most exciting way to make money from home. It’s also the riskiest. Before you begin, you need three things: patience, nerves of steel, and a well-thumbed copy of Day Trading For Dummies—the low-risk way to find out whether day trading is for you.

This plain-English guide shows you how day trading works, identifies its all-too-numerous pitfalls, and get you started with an action plan. From classic and renegade strategies to the nitty-gritty of daily trading practices, it gives you the knowledge and confidence you’ll need to keep a cool head, manage risk, and make decisions instantly as you buy and sell your positions. Learn how to:

• Set up your accounts and your office
• Connect with research and trading services
• Plan and research trades carefully and thoroughly
• Comply with regulations issues and tax requirements
• Leverage limited capital
• Cope with the stress quick-action trading
• Sell short to profit from price drops
• Evaluate your day-trading performance
• Use technical and fundamental analysis
• Find entry and exit points
• Use short-term trading to establish a long-term portfolio

You’ll also find Top-Ten Lists of good reasons to go into day trading, or run from it in terror, as well as lists of the most common (and expensive) mistakes day traders make. Read Day Trading For Dummies and get the tips, guidance, and solid foundation you need to succeed in this thrilling, lucrative and rewarding career.