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.

Presents tips and tricks used by successful active traders, as well as the traps to avoid. This title offers insights into how the best online traders make money.