Lore of the Global Trader


Book Description

Reading trading books has always been necessary for traders, whether experienced or novice. Today, rapidly changing and hostile global stock markets have permanently altered the playing fields, rendering traditional trading methods practically obsolete. Consequently, everyone has the same uncompromised access to financial markets around the world, but with a stockbroking twist. This unique opportunity to turn novice traders into professional billion-dollar dealers is also inextricably linked to discipline, work ethic, experience and knowledge. Lore of the Global Trader maps out a clear plan for the online day trader to achieve unbelievable success in any market - anywhere in the world, simply from a personal computer. The book focuses on the interests of the online day trader, who wants to access global markets. It hones into a variety of trading styles and gives clear guidelines on what makes a person a successful trader, how to prepare for global trading, how to create an inter-market trading plan and how to use technical analysis to follow one's predetermined global trading strategy. While this book will guide new investors to becoming self-employed traders with balanced and diversified global portfolios, it will equally appeal to more experienced traders in terms of rethinking their strategies and reinforcing their trading disciplines.




Flash Crash


Book Description

On May 6, 2010, financial markets around the world tumbled simultaneously and without warning. In the span of five minutes, a trillion dollars of valuation was lost. The Flash Crash, as it became known, represented the fastest drop in market history. When share values rebounded less than half an hour later, experts around the globe were left perplexed. What had they just witnessed? Navinder Singh Sarao hardly seemed like a man who would shake the world's financial markets to their core. Raised in a working-class neighbourhood in West London, Nav was a preternaturally gifted trader who played the markets like a computer game. By the age of thirty, he had left behind London's trading arcades, working instead out of his childhood home. For years the money poured in. But when lightning-fast electronic traders infiltrated markets and started eating into his profits, Nav built a system of his own to fight back. It worked-until 2015, when the FBI arrived at his door. Depending on whom you ask, Sarao was a scourge, a symbol of a financial system run horribly amok, or a folk hero-an outsider who took on the tyranny of Wall Street and the high-frequency traders. A real-life financial thriller, Flash Crash uncovers the remarkable, behind-the-scenes narrative of a mystifying market crash, a globe-spanning investigation into international fraud, and the man at the centre of them both.




Welcome to My Trading Room, Volume I


Book Description

This first volume builds a foundation of knowledge in a comprehensive body of literature on trading-to prepare novices to become professional traders. This book starts with the absolute basics of stock markets as a precursor to more advanced global trading methods in the next two volumes. The aim is to set out to demystify the myths about stock markets, and ultimately remove the enigma that has been bestowed on the industry. The author includes an overview of how stockbroking works, establishing the link between the various departments and how these interact. Novice traders will find sections on Wall Street rules, age-old axioms and how to avoid common pitfalls and mistakes interesting and also a warning that trading is not a game. The latter section includes an outline of portfolio management theory and practice.




The World for Sale


Book Description

The modern world is built on commodities - from the oil that fuels our cars to the metals that power our smartphones. We rarely stop to consider where they have come from. But we should. In The World for Sale, two leading journalists lift the lid on one of the least scrutinised corners of the world economy: the workings of the billionaire commodity traders who buy, hoard and sell the earth's resources. It is the story of how a handful of swashbuckling businessmen became indispensable cogs in global markets: enabling an enormous expansion in international trade, and connecting resource-rich countries - no matter how corrupt or war-torn - with the world's financial centres. And it is the story of how some traders acquired untold political power, right under the noses of western regulators and politicians - helping Saddam Hussein to sell his oil, fuelling the Libyan rebel army during the Arab Spring, and funnelling cash to Vladimir Putin's Kremlin in spite of western sanctions. The result is an eye-opening tour through the wildest frontiers of the global economy, as well as a revelatory guide to how capitalism really works.




The World That Trade Created


Book Description

In a series of brief vignettes the authors bring to life international trade and its actors, and also demonstrate that economic activity cannot be divorced from social and cultural contexts. In the process they make clear that the seemingly modern concept of economic globalisation has deep historical roots.




Master Trader


Book Description

In this comprehensive, practical and easy to use guide, Jacques Magliolo outlines the basic steps for anyone wanting to trade online. These six steps allow you to get trading immediately by showing you how market conditions and technical indicators can be used together to make informed trading decisions. Instead of promising easy money through the use of a few technical signals, Master Trader aims to develop a sustainable strategy that takes account of overall market conditions and by doing so improves your chances of trading profitably long-term. Master Trader is the result of the many mentorship workshops Jacques Magliolo has presented since the launch of online trading in South Africa in 2003. The most frequently asked question at these workshops is always 'How do I start trading right now?' Not only does his unique approach offer you instant access to the online markets, but it also provides tried and tested trading strategies that are easy to understand and implement.




Charlie D.


Book Description

In praise of Charlie D. "Falloon's eloquent explication of the life of the legendary Charlie D delivers a good read while exposing that most under-publicized commodity of them all-a mega-trader with a low public profile whose superhuman trading abilities were exceeded by only one thing-the extended reach of his heart and soul." -Patrick H. Arbor Chairman, Chicago Board of Trade "Charlie D. is a tribute to the entrepreneurial spirit of Charlie D, whose legend still lives today on our trading floors. It also captures the essence of the men and women of Chicago who, working in a unique environment, through their trading provide economic benefits around the world." -Thomas R. Donovan President and Chief Executive Officer Chicago Board of Trade "Charlie D was unique-a poker-faced, unemotional, swashbuckling trader every other trader seeks to emulate. At the same time, he was also a model of trading integrity and one of the most generous people I have ever known. Whether trading or gambling, vacationing with family or go lfing with superstars, he did everything with a special flair and spirit. Charlie was truly larger than life." -Thomas DeMark Author of The New Science of Technical Analysis and New Market Timing Techniques "Falloon captures the essence of the Charlie D I knew and rekindles my memories of a larger-than-life individual-how he laughed in the face of cancer, his generosity, and his sense of humor." -Mike Manning Rand Financial Services, Inc. "Charlie D was the most dynamic trader I've ever seen in my nineteen years in this business, and, beyond that, the best human being I've known." -Tom Fitzgerald TPF Trading




Richer than Buffett


Book Description

Using the billionaire American investor Warren Buffett as an example, bestselling international author Jacques Magliolo illustrates cutting-edge trading strategies to succeed in today's highly volatile and hostile global markets. This book is at the forefront of interpreting what traders need to do to survive and prosper in a rapidly changing South African and global environment. Richer than Buffet explains the differences between an investor and a day trader, the mental attitude required to trade, and the steps to follow to trade daily and to do so for a living. It outlines why day trading does not have to be complicated and sets out in simple, jargon-free language the few basic strategies, in combination with simple tools and day trading indicators, that can mean the difference between success and failure. This book will open the door to your trading skills and show you how to profit from both good times and from bad. Jacques Magliolo is the author of 12 financial books, including the bestselling Become Your Own Stockbroker, The Guerrilla Principle, Lore of the Global Trader and Master Trader.




The Rainmaker


Book Description

This book will help you find faults and then solutions to establish a solid foundation for your company and, when required, quickly fix, coordinate recovery, raise finance, and advise you on how you can run a profitable business. Global statistics proclaim that 80 percent of new businesses fail within the first 18 months—shocking and true, but preventable. Many entrepreneurs use the poor excuse of undercapitalization, but recently over $1 trillion was invested in new projects. There are more simple and basic reasons for failure. The Rainmaker is thus called on to assist entrepreneurs to succeed past that financial ruin barrier of 18 months by helping them to properly structure and run a company that meets ultimate best practice solutions and systems—which are realistic and competitively better than peers. This book looks at how The Rainmaker is able to bring sunshine to desperate companies, by finding faults and then matching solutions to establish a solid foundation for your company and, when required, quickly fix, coordinate recovery, raise finance, and advise you on how you can run a profitable business. The Rainmaker is a combination of troubleshooter, advisor, mentor, and financier.




The Penny Share Millionaire


Book Description

So, you're interested in becoming penny share millionaire? The simple answer is: Follow trading rules and you can live your dream. Trading takes courage and an understanding of market psyche. In a world fraught with economic and political upheaval, it becomes essential to plan to find lucrative shares while minimizing downside risk. This book shows you how to research, assess and discover profitable shares.