SHORT-TERM TRADING LONG-TERM PROFITS

Methods to blend short-term techniques and profits into a longer-term trading program

Despite reports of its demise, short-term trading­­or swing trading­­continues to be practiced by millions of investors. Short-Term Trading, Long-Term Profits explains how to learn the ropes­­and lay the necessary foundation­­to become a successful short-term trader. Sidestepping the costly trial-and-error learning process that has forced many traders to leave the arena prematurely, before they truly understood the rules, this timely book provides specific, practical guidelines and strategies for integrating short-term trading into an overall portfolio and financial plan.

Short-Term Trading, Long-Term Profits acts as a solid bridge between the volatile world of day trading and the more traditional world of the long-term, buy-and-hold investor. Providing every tool the short-term trader needs­­from specific strategies for momentum trading and short selling to fundamentals of economic and market environment­­it is the first book to effectively, honestly shorten the time frame for learning to be an effective short-term trader.

Jon Leizman is a proprietary trader for a large New York securities firm and a veteran of years of trading for his own account. He also trains others to utilize state-of-the-art technologies for trading success. Formerly the director of training and a proprietary trader for the direct-access firm On-Site Trading, Leizman also teaches electronic trading at the New York Institute of Technology.