How to Day Trade for a Living: Tools, Tactics, Money Management, Discipline and Trading Psychology
Aziz, Andrew
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Chapter 1: Introduction
2020 Hindsight
Chapter 2: How Day Trading Works
Day Trading vs. Swing Trading
Buying Long, Selling Short
Retail vs. Institutional Traders
High Frequency Trading (HFT)
Trade the Best, Leave the Rest
Chapter 3: Risk and Account Management
Three-Step Risk Management
Trading Psychology
Chapter 4: How to Find Stocks for Trades
Stocks in Play
Float and Market Cap
Pre-Market Gappers
Real Time Intraday Scans
Planning the Trade Based on Scanners
Chapter 5: Tools and Platforms
What Broker to Use?
Trade for Proprietary Trading Firms
Trading Platform
Real Time Market Data
Nasdaq Level 2 and Bid-Ask
Indicators on my Charts
Buy and Sell Orders
Hotkeys
Watchlist and Scanners
Community of Traders
Chapter 6: Introduction to Candlesticks
Price Action and Mass Psychology
Bullish Candlesticks
Bearish Candlesticks
Indecision Candlesticks
Candlestick Patterns
Chapter 7: Important Day Trading Strategies
Trade Management and Position Sizing
Strategy 1: ABCD Pattern
Strategy 2: Bull Flag Momentum
Strategies 3 and 4: Reversal Trading
Strategy 5: Moving Average Trend Trading
Strategy 6: VWAP Trading
Strategy 7: Support or Resistance Trading
Strategy 8: Red-to-Green Trading
Strategy 9: Opening Range Breakouts
Other Trading Strategies
Develop Your Own Strategy
Trading Based on the Time of Day
Chapter 8: Step by Step to a Successful Trade
Building a Watchlist
Trading Plan (Entry, Exit, and Stop Loss)
Execution
How Did I Do Them?
Chapter 9: Case Study of a Newly Successful Trader
Insight from a Newly Successful Trader
Early Trading Education
Beginning to Day Trade
Hitting My Low Point
Risk the Same Amount of Money Per Trade
Risk a Small Amount of Money Per Trade Until You Are Consistent
Use Hard Stops to Exit Trades
Focus on a Single Strategy Until You Master It
Listen to Experienced Traders
Step-by-Step Examination of a Trade
Conclusion
Chapter 10: Next Steps for Beginner Traders
The Seven Essentials for Day Trading
Do Not Be a Gambler. Be a Trader.
Plan Your Trading Business
Journaling Your Trades
Trading and Climbing
Final Words
Andrew’s 10 Rules of Day Trading
Glossary
Table of contents
How to Day Trade for a Living
Table of Contents
Foreword
Chapter 1: Introduction
2020 Hindsight
Chapter 2: How Day Trading Works
Day Trading vs. Swing Trading
Buying Long, Selling Short
Retail vs. Institutional Traders
High Frequency Trading (HFT)
Trade the Best, Leave the Rest
Chapter 3: Risk and Account Management
Three-Step Risk Management
Trading Psychology
Chapter 4: How to Find Stocks for Trades
Stocks in Play
Float and Market Cap
Pre-Market Gappers
Real Time Intraday Scans
Planning the Trade Based on Scanners
Chapter 5: Tools and Platforms
What Broker to Use?
Trade for Proprietary Trading Firms
Trading Platform
Real Time Market Data
Nasdaq Level 2 and Bid-Ask
Indicators on my Charts
Buy and Sell Orders
Hotkeys
Watchlist and Scanners
Community of Traders
Chapter 6: Introduction to Candlesticks
Price Action and Mass Psychology
Bullish Candlesticks
Bearish Candlesticks
Indecision Candlesticks
Candlestick Patterns
Chapter 7: Important Day Trading Strategies
Trade Management and Position Sizing
Strategy 1: ABCD Pattern
Strategy 2: Bull Flag Momentum
Strategies 3 and 4: Reversal Trading
Strategy 5: Moving Average Trend Trading
Strategy 6: VWAP Trading
Strategy 7: Support or Resistance Trading
Strategy 8: Red-to-Green Trading
Strategy 9: Opening Range Breakouts
Other Trading Strategies
Develop Your Own Strategy
Trading Based on the Time of Day
Chapter 8: Step by Step to a Successful Trade
Building a Watchlist
Trading Plan (Entry, Exit, and Stop Loss)
Execution
How Did I Do Them?
Chapter 9: Case Study of a Newly Successful Trader
Insight from a Newly Successful Trader
Early Trading Education
Beginning to Day Trade
Hitting My Low Point
Risk the Same Amount of Money Per Trade
Risk a Small Amount of Money Per Trade Until You Are Consistent
Use Hard Stops to Exit Trades
Focus on a Single Strategy Until You Master It
Listen to Experienced Traders
Step-by-Step Examination of a Trade
Conclusion
Chapter 10: Next Steps for Beginner Traders
The Seven Essentials for Day Trading
Do Not Be a Gambler. Be a Trader.
Plan Your Trading Business
Journaling Your Trades
Trading and Climbing
Final Words
Andrew’s 10 Rules of Day Trading
Glossary
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