Diary of an Internet Trader

Practical insights in investment wisdom

By: Alpesh B. Patel

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Product code: 14506
ISBN: 0273656325
256 pages
Format: Pb
Published by: FT Prentice Hall, 2002, 1st edition

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Description of Diary of an Internet Trader

The number of online trading accounts in Europe alone is expected to grow from 4.4 million at the end of 2000 to a staggering 16.8 million by the end of the 2003.

Until recently the world of online trading was ruled by professional men over the age of 30. Today the picture is quite different, with online trading being taken up by homemakers, retirees and teenagers of both sexes, as well as the professional vanguard.

Internet trading has hit the mainstream and it's time to take advantage.

Diary of an Internet Trader evolves the hugely successful column published in the Financial Times, now fully updated and supplemented. A wealth of new websites, screen shots, and additional reference materials have been incorporated, and are packaged within a highly accessible question and answer format.

As well as following the clear but opinionated style that makes the columns essential reading, it provides the most thoughtful insights into Internet trading from the authority on the subject, giving you a glimpse into the life of a successful private investor and the strategies to replicate his phenomenal achievement.

Diary of an Internet Trader - Chapter headings

Picking stocks

What are the different trading styles and which is best for me?
How do I use online trading stock news to my advantage?
Is long-term trading really 'all that and a bag of cash'?
What's all this technical analysis and charting about then?
Is it easier to trade a sector than a stock or a whole index?
Inspire me that an online trader really can beat the professionals
Where does past performance fit into stock picking?

Picking brokers

Online brokers not for all
Just what type of broker is right for me?
Why do so many traders have the wrong broker?

Portfolio and risk management

What do I need to know about my portfolio that the professionals know?
What is risk? How do I quickly and easily measure it like a professional trader?
Why do I want to invest in bonds and what is the best way for me?

Active trading

Should I trade actively? Which are the best tools and what do the wrong ones cost me?
Why do so many people continue day trading? Is there something in it or not?
I want to trade actively, so what about options then?

Foreign trading

I want to trade foreign stocks - am I mad or ahead of the pack?
What about riskier foreign markets then?
How do exchange rates affect my foreign stock

Finale

Am I better off not trading online? Surely not?

Glossary
Further reading
Index

Authobiography of Alpesh B. Patel

Alpesh B. Patel is one of the UK's best known financial commentators and authors. As well as writing 7 bestselling books on trading, he is a regular columnist for the Financial Times newspaper, and presented the popular 'CEO in the Hot Seat' on Bloomberg television. He appears regularly on CNN, Sky Business News, CNBC and BBC radio and television.

Outside the financial field, Alpesh Patel is a Member of the Bar Association of Commerce, Finance and Industry, sits on the Board of Advisors at the Centre for Entrepreneurship, University of Reading, and is a Visiting Fellow in Business and Industry, Corpus Christi College, Oxford University. He maintains an active interest in political and economic affairs, particularly with respect to international relations and the commercial ties between East and West.