Tricks of the active trader : an insider's techniques for getting the edge / Neal T. Weintraub.

Trick: 1 Why are you here? -- Trick: 2 Precious metals are a must for your portfolio -- Trick: 3 Market access: does faster and cheaper always trump slower and more expensive? -- Trick: 4 Save $5,000 on investment advice -- Trick: 5 Always read the fine print -- Trick: 6 Minimizing short-term trading risk: stocks or futures? -- Trick: 7 spiders, diamonds and qubes oh-my! -- Trick: 8 Pump up the volume with Excel -- Trick: 9 Pretend you're a customer -- Tip: 1 Pin drop -- Tip: 2 No cash? Consider a trading arcade, algorithmic trading firm, or FX group -- Prestidigitation: 1 Humility is better than hubris -- Tip: 3 If you can't remember 1929, reflect on September 11 -- Prestidigitation: 2 Is security a problem? -- Tip: 4 Don't count on beginner's luck -- Tip: 5 Action point -- Tip: 6 The government will not protect you -- Tip: 7 A zebra in lion country -- Tip: 8 keep your eye on the ball -- Tip: 9 Meet captain Ron and ship's mate Stubby -- Trap: 1 Insecurity is the enemy -- Trap: 2 You look marvelous; you look too marvelous -- Trap: 3 Electronic trading has trap doors -- Trap: 4 Cramer vs. Kramer vs. Neal -- Trap: 5 Skipping the fundamentals will cost you -- Trap: 6 Money for nothing -- Prestidigitation: 3 Full-service funds or should I say funs? -- Trap: 7 y2= 2px -- Trap: 8 Lisa loves Russell -- Trap: 9 The stock market does not owe you a living -- Trap: 10 Message boards -- Trap: 11 Don't be fooled by randomness -- Prestidigitation: 4 Trading the news -- Hardware, operations, software and the Internet -- Tip: 1 The real commitment -- Tip: 2 PC pioneers can be lead astray -- Tip: 3 To PC or Mac, that is the question -- Tip: 4 Laptops will actually grow legs and walk -- Tip: 5 Monitoring your trading world -- Trick: 1 Be a flasher -- Trick: 2 Improve your screen image -- Trick: 3 the need for CPU speed -- Trap: 1 If you don't know, don't fix it -- Trap: 2 Be careful when you back up -- Trap: 3 The abyss -- Operations -- Tip: 1 People first, computer second -- Tip: 2 Get out of the slow lane -- Tip: 3 Avoid spam or end up eating it -- Tip: 4 It's not your father's email anymore -- Trick: 1 Back up or find your back up against the wall -- Trick: 2 Email client or webmail? with both, you get eggroll -- Trick: 3 There are two ears on that mouse -- Trap: 1 Get out of the dark -- Trap: 2 Avoid malware or get sick quick -- Trap: 3 E-mail can sink your trading -- Software -- Executing the trade without killing it -- Tip: 1 The Internet is your friend -- Tip: 2 Choose a good ISP or lose your choice -- Tip: 3 The need for connection speed -- Tip: 4 Browsing for browsers -- Trick: 1 Bookmark that baby -- Trick: 2 Search the web they weave -- Trick: 3 Save to the web -- Trick: 4 Let the information find you -- Trick: 5 Tidbits -- Trap: 1 Who is that new me? -- Trap: 2 Your kingdom -- Traders notebook -- Trader's notebook: 1 Sooner or later you must excel -- Trader's notebook: 2 Understanding the odds -- Trader's notebook: 3 The Rohr report -- Trader's notebook: 4 Trading software companies -- Trader's notebook: 5 Web sites for traders -- Trader's notebook: 6 If you want to know the markets, know the reports -- Trader's notebook: 7 Trading spreads -- Trader's notebook: 8 Free financial education.