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Description of Pocket Guide to Trading Online

Five years ago Internet trading did not exist; today there are more than 4 million online accounts; by 2002 there will be 14 million, with assets of $700 billion. With one quarter of all retail stock trades made this way, cyber-investors are becoming bolder. It's easy to see why-online trading is rapidly becoming the most efficient way to invest. Low commissions let investors make profitable trades with just a few thousand dollars, and with an explosion of market information available to investors on the Internet, it's now possible to surf and trade with confidence.

Title Information

ISBN:

9780273656357

Pages:

272 pages

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

13932

Publisher:

Pearson Education Limited

Published:

01/11/2001

Edition:

New title Edition

Press and Industry Reviews

'The best guide on how to use the internet to improve investing performance and reduce costs.'
Internet Investor

'You have two choices: buy this book or atend a $5,000 course on cyber-trading. I'd take the former.'
Neil Weintraub, author of Trading Chicago Style

' Read the book, jump aboard the cyber-train and become a better investor.'
Guy Knight, Vice President, Charles Schwab Europe

'Trading Online is a unique resource for intrepid internet travellers. Readers will save hours of time lost on the back roads and blue highways of the internet.'
Pat Arbor, Chairman, Chicago Board of Trade

'The investment landscape has been changed dramatically by the internet; this book is the roadmap for this new landscape. A very well done and much-needed guide.'
Bernard Oppetit, Global Head of Derivatives, Paribas

'You have two choices: buy this book or attend a $5,000 course on cyber-trading. I'd take the former.'
Neil Weintraub, author Tricks of the Floor Trader

'Patel is a pioneering online trader. Keep Trading Online by your computer for its straightforward guide to trading practices and time-saving reviews of investor resources on the internet.'
Greg Glass, Electronic Share Information

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About Alpesh B. Patel

Alpesh is a barrister who trades online globally. He placed his first trade 16 years ago at the age of twelve. Whilst living in Washington D.C, he started using the internet as a trading resource before most people had even heard of the Net. He owns equities in Europe, US and Indian companies. Alpesh is the director of several internet companies. Alpesh is the author of The Mind of a Trader (FT Pitman, 1998) and the best-selling Trading Online (FTPH) and Net Trading (tf.com). Alpesh writes the popular Diary of an Internet Trader in the Financial Times, and Patel on the Markets on the UK-invest website. He also lectures around the world and appears on regular shows on Bloomberg TV.

Contents of Pocket Guide to Trading Online

1. Trading online is easy and trading online is difficult
2. Getting going: opening accounts and all that jazz
3. Getting trading ideas
4. On trading systems
5. Charts, technical analysis and momentum indicators
6. The anatomy of a price rise and strategy clues
7. Fundamentals
8. More fundamentals
9. The trade planned
10. Money and risk management for e-trading
11. Eyes and ears open
12. Essential trading psychology for online trading
13. Top trading psychology tips from leading traders of the world
14. Chats and boards
15. Speeding things up

Appendices

i) Quotes sites
ii) Earnings sites
iii) Fundamental data
iv) Brokers
v) Technical analysis sites