The Market Maker's Edge: Day Trading Tactics from a Wall Street Insider - Hardcover

Lukeman, Josh

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071359753 ISBN 13: 9780071359757

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2000

Synopsis

Written by a professional trader who actively trades millions of dollars daily, this work provides tools for individual traders to trade effectively and profitably. Topics covered include: risk control; entry and exit points; methods of stock selection; and trading tactics. Practical advice along with anecdotes, examples, charts and wisdom, shows the reader how to minimize risk and maximize profit.

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Review:

"This book will let you see the little-known but effective trading tactics and methods of today's top market maker's."

From the Back Cover:

A Market Maker Reveals How He:

-Times Entry and Exit Points for Minimum Risk, Maximum Profit.
-Combines Fundamental and Technical Analysis.
-Stays in Control of His Environment Every Day, with Every Trade!

Hundreds of books, written from the buy-side viewpoint of the successful trader, promise you the secret to day trading success. The Market Maker's Edge is the first book to turn the tables, working from the sell side to explain how the market maker­­or "ax"­­routinely maintains the upper hand on individual traders, seizing profits while controlling risk in today's volatile, lucrative marketplace.

Written by Josh Lukeman, a Morgan Stanley Dean Witter market maker who has honed his skills for years against other market makers and traders, The Market Maker's Edge reveals little-known tips and traps that include:

-4 signals for spotting and profiting from a developing trend.
-Important risk control concepts every trader must know to protect against losses.
-Advanced trading strategies based on recurring technical patterns.

Today's top market makers operate in an intensely competitive atmosphere, when split second decisions are made with millions of dollars at stake. The Market Maker's Edge is today's only trading book written from inside, deep inside, the market maker's domain. Use it to open the door, and shed valuable light on the trading tactics and mthods used by Wall Street's most powerful market making institutions.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0071359753
• ISBN 13: 9780071359757
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304