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The UK Trader's Bible by Dominic Connolly
  • The UK Trader's Bible

  • The Complete Guide to Trading the UK Stock Market

  • by Dominic Connolly
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    • Product code: 16702
    • ISBN: 1897597398, ISBN13: 9781897597392, 330 pages, paperback
      Published by Harriman House, 2005
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    Description of The UK Trader's Bible

    This is the only comprehensive UK-published guide to short-term trading, combining detailed reference information with the author's advice on strategy and tactics. Every serious trader in the UK needs this book - not a nice-to-have, but a must-have!

    The 10 key things you will learn:

    - Detailed description of the different trading platforms (SEAQ, SETS, SETSmm, SEATS Plus) on the London Stock Exchange.

    - How to deal inside the spread in market making stocks and get the best price.

    - How auctions work on the London Stock Exchange platforms.

    - The importance of direct market access for active traders.

    - The secrets of programme trading, index arbitrage and block deals.

    - How the cash, futures, lending and derivatives markets interact.

    - The secrets and risks of short selling.

    - Which directors' deals to follow and which are irrelevant.

    - How to make money from takeover situations.

    - Secret strategies from an established and successful trader.

    Contents of The UK Trader's Bible

    Section 1: How The UK Stock Market Works

    The Modern Stock Market
    The markets
    London Stock Exchange trading platforms
    Important Listing Rules
    Retail Service Providers (RSPs)
    Institutional crossing
    Stock-lending and borrowing

    London Stock Exchange Trading Platforms
    SETS
    SEAQ
    SETSmm
    SEATS Plus

    Share Certificates and CREST
    Contracts For Difference
    Spread Betting
    Other Trading Instruments
    Universal Stock Futures
    Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
    Covered warrants
    Benchmark Certificates
    Gold Bullion Securities (GBS)
    American Depositary Receipts (ADRs)

    Portfolio/Basket trading
    Principal portfolio trading
    Agency portfolio trading
    Futures and index arbitrage
    Equity block trades and bought deals


    Section 2: Trading Notes & Strategies

    Daily Diary
    Basic structure of the UK trading day
    07.00-08.00: Pre-market preparation
    07.50-08.00: Opening auction
    08.00: Market Open
    08.00-16.30: Continuous Trading
    Philadelphia Stock Exchange Semiconductor Index (SOX)
    14.30: US markets open
    16.30-16.35: Closing auction
    After market trade reporting
    18.30: RNS closes
    News

    Trading The UK Market On Margin
    CFD Providers' shareholdings

    Company Watch
    Company news
    Company statements
    Court cases and Cause Lists
    Dividends
    Share splits and consolidations
    Stock buy-backs
    IPOs and conditional dealings
    Public offers, placings and rights issues
    Equity lines of credit
    Directors' dealings
    Broker upgrades and downgrades

    Market Watch
    Auction imbalances
    Following the clever money
    Meetings and Resolutions
    Volatility and VIX

    Event Opportunities
    Lock-up expiries
    Index reviews, Re-weightings and Investability changes
    Sector switches and re-ratings
    Credit rating changes
    Futures & options expiries

    Market Neutral Strategies
    Pairs Trading
    Balance sheet arbitrage
    Convertible bond arbitrage
    Dual listed shares and cross border arbitrage

    Takeovers
    The Takeover Code
    Offer period
    When an announcement is required
    Types of announcement
    Bid timetable
    Regulatory issues
    Mandatory offers
    Dealings and Transactions
    Schemes of arrangement
    Substantial Acquisition Rules (SARs)
    Tender offers
    Partial offers
    Comparison of offer types
    The Regulators
    Inducement fees and break fees
    Due diligence
    Transaction types
    Risk arbitrage - Analysis of a situation
    Financing
    Competing offers
    Event failure
    Acceptances
    Protection from siege warfare
    Greenmail
    Offer obligations
    Stub equity
    Accounting changes
    MBOs
    Triple net asset value (property assets)
    Online M&A resources

    Appendices

    About Dominic Connolly

    During his career in the City, Dominic Connolly has worked for some of the most prestigious trading institutions in London. In 1990, he joined the index arbitrage, derivatives and program trading desk at Smith New Court, London's top market-maker, which pioneered the application of the equity contract for difference (CFD) product in the UK. He joined Bankers Trust in 1993, one of the powerhouses of the equity derivatives revolution, where he established the European equity arbitrage desk. In 1999, he joined GNI and was instrumental in establishing GNI as one of the premier providers of equity CFDs to both institutional and retail users.

    During the period 1999 to 2003, the author's trading account returned a net return after all costs of over 1200%, predominantly through utilising CFDs to trade the UK market both long and short with leverage.

    Dominic Connolly is currently Divisional Director of Equity Swaps at Macquarie Bank in Sydney.

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