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Section I. NSThe World of the Day Trader. |
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Chapter 1. NSExploiting the Excesses of Capitalism. |
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Section II. NSIntroduction to Day Trading. |
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Chapter 2. NSTrading 101: Buying on Bad News and Selling on Good News. |
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The Mind-Set of an Online Day Trader. |
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A Buyer When the Market Needs Buyers. |
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Hit Singles, Not Home Runs. |
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Brokerage Commissions Can Destroy Profits. |
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Buy in on Fear, Sell in on Greed. |
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Is the NYSE an Easier Market to Trade? |
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Section III. NSHow to Beat Wall Street at Its Own Game. |
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Chapter 3. NSExploiting Wall Street's Conflict of Interest: Market Orders versus Limit Orders. |
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Understanding Wall Street's Conflict Interest. |
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Price Makers versus Price Takers. |
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The Process of Price Negotiation: Market versus Limit. |
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Prelude to the Bid-Ask Spread. |
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Chapter 4. NSThe Day Trader's Crystal Ball: Understanding the Bid-Ask Spread. |
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A Snapshot of a Moving Picture. |
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The Mechanics of Price Movement: Understanding What Makes a Stock Move Higher. |
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Example 1: The Quote—A Snapshot of a Moving Picture. |
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Example 2: The Market Order to Sell—Hitting the Bid. |
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Example 3: The Market Order to Buy—Lifting the Offer. |
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Example 4: The Limit Order to Buy—Bidding for Stock. |
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Day Orders vs Good-Until-Cancelled (GTC) Orders. |
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Example 5: The Limit Order to Sell—Offering Stock. |
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Haggling Over Nickels and Dimes. |
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Example 6: Moving the Stock Higher. |
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Chapter 5. NSThe Role of the Specialist on the New York Stock Exchange. |
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Using the Specialist System to Your Advantage. |
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What If There Was No NYSE Specialist? |
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Is the Profit the Specialist Makes Justified? |
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The Specialist's Limit Order Book. |
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Being on Both Sides of the Market. |
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Narrowing the Bid-Ask Spread. |
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Wide Spreads Protect the Specialist from Volatility. |
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Handling a Large Sell Order. |
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The Real Intentions of the Specialists. |
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Beware When the Specialist Takes the Other Side of Your Trade. |
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The Daytrader as a Shadow Specialist. |
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The NYSE's Fair Order Handling Rules. |
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How Can You Determine Where the Specialist Lurks in the Stock? |
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How Do You Know Where You Stand in Line? |
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When in Doubt, Ask the NYSE Floor |
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Tipping the Odds in Your Favor. |
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Beware of the Specialist. |
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Section IV. NSIntroduction to Scalping the NYSE: Taking Food out of the Specialist's Mouth. |
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Chapter 6. NSThe Day Trader's Secret Weapon: Exploiting the Bid-Ask Spread. |
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How Can You Possibly Make any Money Trading Stocks That Don't Move? |
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Scalper's Keys to Success. |
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Hit Singles, Not Home Runs. |
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Make Sure the Order is Routed to the NYSE Floor |
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Avoid the Glamour Stocks. |
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Exploiting the Bid-Ask Spread. |
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Finding the Trade's Sweet Spot. |
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Simplifying a Complex Process. |
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The Other Moving Parts to This Trade. |
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Trading Do's and Don't's. |
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Take a Quick Glance at the Specialist's Order Book. |
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Is This Too Much Work for Only $100 In Gross Profits? |
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Section V. NSTrading The Market's Momentum: How to Profit From Volatility. |
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Chapter 7. NSExploiting Market Volatility and Momentum: Strategies For Trading the NYSE's Most Volatile Stocks. |
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The Specialist and the Upper Hand. |
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Playing the Gap Open: A Strategy for Betting with the House. |
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Betting on the Specialist. |
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Joining the NYSE Specialist as a Buyer of Last Resort. |
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An Extreme Case of Buying on the Bid. |
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The Specialist Goosed the Market. |
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Riding on the Specialist's Back. |
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The Parameters of the Gap Opening Trade. |
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How to Tell If the Opening Trade Will Clear: The Specialist's Limit Order Book. |
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Sell before the Second Wave. |
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Trading Tick for Tick with the Market Indexes. |
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Why Limit Orders Don't Work in a Rally. |
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Riding the Wave of Momentum. |
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Using the S&P Futures to Gauge the Sustainability of a Rally. |
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The Lightning-Fast Market Upsurge: How Offers Vanish in the Vapor Trail. |
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Stock for Sale Becomes Scarce. |
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Introduction to the Nasdaq Market: The Role of the Market Makers. |
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The Stock Market of the Next Hundred Years. |
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The “Real” Day Trading Firms. |
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Tracking the Nasdaq Comp. |
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A Few Words on Short Selling. |
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Taking Food Out of the Market Makers' Mouths. |
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Two Methods for Day Trading Nasdaq Stocks. |
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The Apple Computer Trade. |
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Buying Strong Stocks on Pullbacks. |
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Opening the Stock Abnormally High. |
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The Dangers of Buying a Strong Stock on the Opening Trade. |
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Inflicting Heavy Damage on the Market Makers by Attacking their Vulnerability. |
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Making a Profit at the Expense of the Market Makers. |
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Chapter 8. NSThe Day Trader's Ticket to the Poorhouse: How I Managed to Lose $12,000 in Less Than 24 Hours. |
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The Pain of Missing a Trade |
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How Could the Stock Go Any Lower? |
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The Terrifying Feeling of Getting Caught in a Downdraft. |
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A Feeling of Irresistible Greed. |
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Buying the Stock for the Third Time. |
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A Feeling of Devastation. |
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Abnormally Wide Bid-Ask Spreads. |
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Trading on Old Price Information. |
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The Dangers of Attempting to Short-Term Invest Instead of Trade. |
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Refusing to Cut My Losses. |
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Going Back into the Stock after Losing Money in It. |
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Buying Twice as Many Shares. |
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Choosing to Trade a Volatile Stock on the Afternoon before a Holiday Weekend. |
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Learning from the Mistake and Moving On. |
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Can the Quoted Market Always Be Trusted? |
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A Fool and His Money are Soon Parted. |
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Appendix A. NSThe Day Trader's Arsenal: Choosing and Using Online Brokers, Negotiating Trade Commissions, Real-Time Quote Systems and the Home Office. |
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Choosing an Online Broker. |
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Negotiate the Best Possible Commission Rate. |
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Make Sure that the Broker Can Route Directly to the NYSE. |
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Per Share versus Per Trade Commission Rates. |
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Setting Up at Least Two Accounts. |
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System Crashes and the Late Fill. |
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Customer Service, Back Office Problems, and Trade Discrepancies. |
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The Remedy: Keep Good Trading Records. |
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The Home Office and the Virtual Trading Floor. |
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The Psychological Effects of Working from Home. |
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Appendix B. NSConsiderations for Trading for a Living: The Allocation of Trading Capital, Using Margin, and The Pattern Day Trader Rule. |
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The Allocation of Trading Capital. |
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Part-Time versus Full-Time. |
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What Is the Pattern Day Trader Rule? |
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The Pros and Cons of Trading Part-Time. |
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