Because the market is open six and a half hours a day, five days a week , and some stocks are always rising and falling with the news to great fanfare, most new traders think they should have positions open at all times. Experienced traders know to trade only when he has suffiucient kinowledge to make his play an intelligent play. –Edwin Lefevre
Working on Wall Street
Tutorial on working on Wall Street (2.5 minutes) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2DqFRsPrns
Margin Call: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYQCGgFMrEo&feature=related
The Art of Trading
PLEASE view this video to improve your method of investing. An uplifting lecture on the reality of trading/investing.
A lecture on Market Wizards by Jack Schwager: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SdHlfsA0P4&feature=relmfu This video drives home the importance of why YOU must develop YOUR own method to follow. There are no market gurus for you to mimic.
People are attracted to the markets because they want easy money but all the market wizards share one thing in common: they work obsessively.
Good video from a professional trader Linda Rasche: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jodI8XkdyS4&feature=related
Another good interview of a Professional Trader: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM9wMgRPv8U&feature=related
Excellent video on how to properly implement a trade (options): Jack Schwager: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtyexEZ4tYI
Click on the videos by: fooledbyrandomness. Subscribe (button on the top left of the Linda Rasche video) and view his other videos.
The Other Side of Trading
American Greed on a Hedge Fund Manager: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4mGTkcWV2o&feature=channel&list=UL
Margin call on Hitler: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVB-SSkkLnY
We are traders: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwKYjZ_8EcE&feature=related
Psychology of Trading
Can anyone become a trader (Van Tharp) WORTH VIEWING http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOBKHij84oQ&feature=relmfu
Psych M douglas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhKJ9P3agRc
An inept trader: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnQGXEyViBY Note the absence of rationality.
Day trading ruined my life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goABzyuEfYI&feature=related
Stress in the trading room: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmgcbIyajQA&feature=related
Seven habits of a successful trader: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsOfv_QKl2A&feature=related
Promotion for day trading: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JtCF2i2r2M&feature=related
Why traders fail: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFkXllWe3mY&feature=related
Postscript: What does day trading have to do with value investing or long-term fundamental investing? First, you should realize that successful traders have adopted a style for themselves. Good trading is effortless; the process should be effortless, AFTER a lot of preparation. A low or high is made in a day. You can see the psychology behind price movement.