The Mother of All Day Trading Web Guides

The intent of this collection of articles is neither to encourage nor discourage anyone to day trade.
Rather, the intent is to provide background, education information, and links for individuals
interested in learning more and having a deeper understanding of day trading,
equity markets, and market mechanisms.

Day Trading Topics

Articles About Day Trading Day Trading Books Day Trading Firms & Software Providers Do Day Traders Make Money? Market Making and the Bid/Ask Spread Nightmares and Success Stories SEC and NASAA

What is a Day Trader? from Marketwatch (7/29/99)
The Electronic Traders Association
Glossary from NASDAQTrader.com
The Traders Glossary from Stocks and Commodities Magazine

Day Trading Humor

Doonesbury lampoons the life of a day trader 2/1 2/2 2/3 2/4 2/5 2/6 5/30 11/01 11/02 11/03 11/04 11/05

Day Trading Cartoon from Grant's Interest Rate Observer The Top 13 Signs Your Significant Other is a Day Trader from Top Five

Are you addicted to Day Trading?

• Are You an Addict? from Forbes (11/29/99)
• Questions for online traders
• Quiz for online trading addition

Some free alternatives if you are addicted

• Fantasy Stock Market
• E*TRADE: The Game
• Yahoo! Investment Challenge
• HedgeHog Competitions
• Wall Street Sports (buy and trade athletes)
• Hollywood Stock Exchange (Buy and trade stars and movies)
• Gamesville includes a running clock of "Total Minutes Wasted"

Trading is not investing. The difference is critical and involves much more than the duration of each stock position. Investing is a bet that a company or industry will improve its profitability or market share over time. Trading is a bet the stock will rise or fall in the next ten minutes or hour. Investments can lead to real gains for all shareholders as the market rises, while trades require someone to lose a dollar for every dollar you gain.
Robert X. Cringely in Day Dreaming from Worth (October 1999)

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