I would like to know some good books on day trading(stocks) for beginners.?

Congratulations on getting started. Itâ€™ll help you more than you know!

Your first dollars should be spent on getting educated on investing. You don't have to train to trade them professionally, but we are talking about your future here. So the more you learn, the more it'll help you! So let's start there.

You ask a very broad question, so be prepared for a pretty long answer. Just take it in chunks!

How to invest depends on what you already know. We'll assume that you're beginning since you say you want some books for beginners!

A good primer is How to Make Money in Stocks by William O'Neil. You can get it cheap just about anywhere. Itâ€™s widely available new or used.

Another good one is one of Jim Cramer's books (heâ€™s got a few).

Once you finish those, read Mastering the Trade, by John Carter

But books will only get you so far. At some point, you'll also want to get at least a little training. There are some great education companies if you want to make the investment. Investools.com or optionetics.com are both very good companies as is tmitchell.com

For free, you can start by visiting thestreet.com and investopedia.com. That'll get you a pretty good primer so at least you'll understand what the markets are and what a stock is, etc.

If you get a chance, watch Mad Money on CNBC. Don't trade any of his picks until you track many of them over time. Just use the show to get you to understand some basics and get a feel for the market itself.

Next, subscribe to something like Investorsbusiness daily or something like that that can help you identify good stocks.

Once you understand stocks, go to 888options.com. It's a website that'll help you understand options (what they do, how they work, etc). You don't need to trade them, but the more you know, the more you'll see how options can really be the safest way to invest (once you're educated).

For discipline (which is crucial to successful trading), probably Trading in the Zone by Mark Douglas or Mastering the Trade by John Carter

I know thatâ€™s a LOT to absorb. Just take it one step at a time for now. Start with a book or two to give you an idea of where to begin. Take your time, and let it seep in.

As you get up to speed, you should papertrade to practice (highly recommended). This should help reduce your losses in the beginning as you get used to buying/selling.

You can practice for free on almost any reputable broker site (optionsxpress, scottrade, thinkorswim, etc).

Start slow, then as you figure things out, you can buy more shares.

Congrats again on getting started. If you have any questions, please let me know.

Hope this helps!

A great site to look at if you are looking for advice on investing is http://www.top10traders.com The site lists out which investors are doing the best and what stocks they have bought. Just click on the portfolio of the best investors and you can see the stocks they like.

This is a totally free site. You can create your own portfolio of stocks with $100,000 in 'play' money, and then watch how your stocks compare against over traders.

Consider researching your own companies... right here on Yahoo! Finance. I have found some solid performers this way. Go to: http://screen.finance.yahoo.com/stocks.html

I'd start off with "Reminiscences Of A Stock Operator"

other titles: Trading for a Living , Come into my Trading Room , How to get Started in Electronic Day Trading , New Trading Dimensions , Trading Chaos

You can find reviews in amazon.com and more titles.

try one of those "for dummies" books - i bet they have one.

You will learn better by experience than from a book. Get your feet wet with some small trades.

"Which Is Better, Buy-and-Hold or Market Timing?"

"Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Market Timer

The Beginner's Bible in Technical Analysis is:
Edwards & McGee"Tech. Anal. Of Stock Trends"

Droke, ClifTechnical Analysis Simplified

Kahn, Michael N.Tech. Anal. Plain & Simple

Kamich, Bruce M.How Technical Analysis Works

Lefevre, EdwinReminiscences of a Stock Operator

Lofton, ToddGetting Started in Futures

Lowenstein, RogerBuffet (Warren)-The Making of a Capitalist

O'Neil, William J.How to Make Money in Stocks

Oz, TonyHow to Make Money From Wall Street

Take a look at charting and Technical Analysis for following trends in the markets. Why would you own a stock that is in an obvious decline, or a mutual fund that underperforms the idex it follows?

Realize right away there are two sides to the market, not just the upside. Not only can you short the weak ones while you go long the stronger ones, what goes up, eventually comes down at least part way. This is not a business of prediction, but rather knowing what to do if certain price points are reached, say at Support or Resistance levels, or Fibonacci retracement levels, or if a breakout to new highs or lows occurs.

Learn how to analyze risk, and make this your primary approach. We are not in the business of analyzing an unfounded theory of compounding profits and erroneously analyzing how much money you can make. For example, most traders don't make any money at all; more than 80% blow out.

Learn about money management techniques, and maybe you'll stick around awhile.

Develop a plan, then test your plan on a free simulator at Investopedia.com and when you start making "virtual" money, then you can risk your own.

http://simulator.investopedia.com/home.a...
http://investopedia.com
http://investing.sitesled.com/
http://futures.tradingcharts.com/learnin...

Blogs
http://winners-and-losers.com/

Training & classes
http://bettertrades.com
http://investedcentral.com

ETF news and analysis
http://ETF-World.Org/

Article: Trading is Timing
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/tra...

Stock Charts
Bigcharts.com
http://www.stockTA.com
http://www.stockcharts.com
http://www.incrediblecharts.co...
www.prophet.net
americanbulls.com

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