
Online trading has unlocked the secrets of the trading floor for budding investors worldwide. It has leveled the playing field among market participants, and more people are making money in the financial markets than ever before. Whether you re just entering the world of online trading or are already a Level II player, you will find practical advice and insightful ideas to incorporate into your trading practice. SFO, the premier American journal on stocks, futures and options, has published some of the most successful traders and market analysts in the field today. With this book, we ve done the rip-and-save for you by selecting the best articles from SFO over the past six years, from authors like William O'Neil, chairman and founder of Investors Business Daily and New Market Wizard Linda Bradford Raschke. You ll find practical advice like how to set up your home office with the right equipment, how to develop a solid trading plan and how to incorporate technical analysis into your trading decisions.SFO Personal Investor Series: Online Trading is an essential manual for your online trading toolbox. In addition, this comprehensive anthology includes: articles from 28 of the most knowledgeable traders in the industry;dozens of charts and graphs; a complete index to assist you in finding pertinent topics of interest; and full glossary of trading terms.
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At some point, every trader every trader encounters a mental block, makes a trade he or she regrets, or faces an emotional challenge related to an investment. All the technical expertise in the world won't help you succeed if you don't have the right mindset. This collection of the top psychology-related articles from SFO, The Official Journal for Personal Investing, will help you assess what kind of trading is right for you and how to manage your personal mind games. This book explores managing mind games and controlling emotions, as well as behavioral economics and how the act of trading affects the internal workings of the brain. Learning about the hard science behind economic decision making and how brain function contributes to trading decisions can help give you the edge you re seeking.
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Trading forex is completely different from trading other markets. With low entry costs, 24-hour accessibility, global players and high degrees of leverage, there are enormous opportunities but also very real potential hazards along the way if you don t know what you re doing. Leverage can work both ways you control large positions, but small moves in your favor can mean big returns on your investment. For these reasons, we thought forex trading deserved its own volume, devoted entirely to SFO articles explaining the ins and outs of currency trading. Forex traders don t need to follow hundreds of stocks or commodities to get a flavor for the market just the movements of eight major currencies: the U.S. dollar, Japanese yen, European Union euro, British pound, Canadian dollar, Australian dollar, New Zealand dollar and Swiss franc. Trading a country s currency is like trading the outlook for the country, so it helps to have a bit of fundamental knowledge. But it s also a highly technical form of trading. We ll help you assess how to best synthesize your forex strategies to make the most of market movements. Learn from the top forex trading experts in the world, including: The key to trading currencies is figuring out what central banks will do before they actually make their moves. Kathy Lien, a master forex trader shares her top strategies on trend analysis, the most popular currency trading style Margin can be a highly useful tool for many traders, but it can be scary and risky if used improperly. Marilyn McDonald, author of the book Forex Simplified, writes on developing a simple yet effective forex trading plan The next phase for online platforms will be similar to what occurred in the interbank market. That will involve the transition from a single market maker system to a multi-counterparty system. Peter A. Rosenstreich, a Geneva-based currency expert, explores the path to online forex trading At their core, currencies can be viewed as ultra-short-term bonds, since each currency is attached to an interest rate set by that country s central bank. Boris Schlossberg, one of the most frequently quoted currency analysts in the world, weighs in on investing in exotic currencies Unpredictable currency values create risk, but it should not be forgotten that they also create opportunity. For everyone who has been hurt by the falling dollar, there is a doppelganger somewhere in the world that has gained. David Silverman, reveals his black market Israeli money-changing path to trading currencies The good old days of traders inadvertently getting fat off of an uncommonly lucrative combination of steadily climbing exchange rates along with steadily climbing interest-rate differentials is almost certainly a thing of the past. James Chen, CMT, CMT, author of Essentials of Foreign Exchange Trading, shares how you can use the carry trade effectively in today s volatile global economy I can t emphasize enough how important it is for traders to find a market that fits their own personality if they hope to be successful. John F. Carter, author of Mastering the Trade, explains two of his favorite currency setups.
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