Trading 101: How to Trade Like a Pro: Amazon.co.uk: Sunny J. Harris: Books

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"I vowed to one day write a book so that other novices would not have to go through the same grueling process to learn about trading."––Sunny Harris

With a surge in the number of people trying their hand at trading today––baby boomers, retirees, individual investors––it′s more important than ever to develop a solid working knowledge of the rudiments of this potentially profitable practice. Trading 101 is a clearly written, concise, and thorough introduction to the basics.

The author, renowned for her successful Trading 101 seminars, creates an indispensable reference covering everything from charting techniques and trading vehicles to technical analysis and current market buzzwords. With easy–to–read charts and graphs supplementing the text, this is an invaluable resource for complete information on:
∗ The whats and the how–tos: What is a put? What is a call? How do I place a trade? How do I select a broker?
∗ Fundamental analysis and its economic indicators –– leading indicators, real GDP, interest rates, productivity
∗ Developing your own trading system––design, costs, backtesting the system, and evaluating your performance
∗ Obtaining fundamental data––bulletin board services, commercial data vendors, the Internet, chart services
∗ Setting up your trading as a business –– developing a business plan, legal and tax questions, back office services
∗ Discipline––sticking to your system, finding coaches that can help you stay motivated, keeping a diary

Trading 101 also provides details on which newsletters offer dependable investment advice, how to choose the best discount brokerage, and which of today′s computers and financial software packages are the best for planning and evaluating trades.

Complete with glossary, bibliography, and listings of networking and educational meetings on the Internet, as well as beginner seminars and conferences, software vendors, and recommended books, this comprehensive, easy–to–use guide is the one to have in hand before entering the unpredictable and competitive world of trading.

Praise for Trading 101

"Trading 101 should be required reading for every new or prospective futures trader. It provides more solid information and all–around knowledge than any other book I′ve ever seen on the subject. It receives my unqualified endorsement and takes top place on my list of recommended titles for futures traders."––Edward Dobson, President, Traders Press, Inc.

"Trading 101 is a great idea. There was nothing like this when I started out. The novice trader now has a place to start the search. Oh, the time it would have saved me!"––John Bollinger, CFA, CMT, President, Bollinger Capital Management, Editor, The Capital Growth Letter

"Sunny has done a great job in bringing a highly complex and diverse topic to the level of human understanding––must reading for every new trader."––Jake Bernstein, author The Investor′s Quotient, Second Edition

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Don't flick through it. Study it!! 19 May 1999

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Format:Hardcover

Like many people, when I first picked up this book I thought that it might be a little light and fluffy without too much useful conetent, least of all for the money. Then someone reccomended it to me, so I paid the money and read it, three times.

It is a must for people who are thinking about getting into trading and investing because it makes people aware that they are embarking on a venture which could be very profitable. As a result, this realyy means that if you are trading, for what ever reason, you are in the business of trading and you had better treat it like a business.

Trading 101 is generally the first book I suggest to people because it is crammed full of subjects which need to be studied if you want to stand a chance of being successful in the high stress world of trading.

One chap I reccomended it to found that it helped him reorganise his existing business so that it ran more efficiently as well.

Sunny's style is light and easy to read, and some mistake this for the content as well. The content is thorough and broad. It is insightful and inspiring. For the mug punter it will probably seem like irrelevant material. That is until it is the only left that they own. Then they will see that it contains the wisdom that would have helped them keep and compound their profits.

When this review was written then listing only gave this book three and a half stars. To me, this was a mistake. It is a definate 5 star for erious starters.

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Exactly what I needed!! 27 July 1998

This book was exactly what I was looking for!! As an engineer and computer programmer with limited experience in stock trading I wanted and needed a guidebook to give me a "bird's eye view" of the trading process and to point me in the right direction for further information. Do NOT buy this book if you are looking for a "how-to" book that tells you exactly how to trade. However, If you need to put together a self study program to learn all about trading I would definitely recommend this book. Sunny lists all of the topic areas you should cover and provides a great list of references to texts and web sites where you can learn everything you need to trade as successfully as she has done. The only reason I didn't give this book 5 stars was that there is some minor repetition of text between chapters and one or two of the texts that Sunny recommends are now out of print. Overall, this is a great introduction to trading - if you take notes as you ! read you will finish with a pretty handy course outline and text book list to tackle. After that it is up to you ...

Simple to read, very basic information. 27 July 1998

This work is great if you know absolutely nothing about futures trading. I would not recommend this book if you have already read other books or taken courses on the subject. This book does not go into enough depth to learn "How To Trade Like a Pro".