Career Overview: What Does a Day Trader Do?

By: Burns, Jo

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Have you ever wondered exactly what it is a day trader does and whether or not you have the aptitude for a career as a day trader? This helpful guide outlines how day trading works and explains the difference in a stock, option and futures contract. It also discusses some of the trading strategies employed by successful traders such as algorithmic trading, contrarian investing and trend following as well as defining some common terms like "short sell," "strike price" and "bid-offer spread.

Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1271977494
• ISBN13: 9781271977499
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Webster's Digital Services
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.4" x 9.7"