Overview
This is the only comprehensive UK-published guide to short-term trading, combining detailed reference information with the author's advice on strategy and tactics. Every serious trader in the UK needs this book - not a nice-to-have, but a must-have! The 10 key things you will learn: - Detailed description of the different trading platforms (SEAQ, SETS, SETSmm, SEATS Plus) on the London Stock Exchange. - How to deal inside the spread in market making stocks and get the best price. - How auctions work on the London Stock Exchange platforms. - The importance of direct market access for active traders. - The secrets of programme trading, index arbitrage and block deals. - How the cash, futures, lending and derivatives markets interact. - The secrets and risks of short selling. - Which directors' deals to follow and which are irrelevant. - How to make money from takeover situations. - Secret strategies from an established and successful trader.
Full Product Details
Author: Dominic Connolly
Publisher: Harriman House Publishing
Imprint: Harriman House Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 18.90cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 24.60cm
Weight: 0.662kg
ISBN: 9781897597392
ISBN 10: 1897597398
Pages: 330
Publication Date: 15 May 2005
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
General/trade
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Author Information
Author Website: http://www.harriman-house.com/pages/authors.htm?Index=574&Author=Dominic_Connolly
Dominic Connolly has been at the forefront of equity derivatives and contracts for difference (CFD) trading for nearly fifteen years. In 1990 he joined the index arbitrage and derivatives desk at Smith New Court, London's premier market-maker where the equity CFD product was pioneered in the UK. In 1993, he joined Bankers Trust, one of the powerhouses of the derivatives revolution where he established the European equity arbitrage desk. In 1999 he joined GNI and was instrumental in transforming GNI into one of the UK's premier CFD providers to both institutional and retail clients. He is currently director and head of CFDs at ING. Dominic has written articles for all the industry's major publications, spoken at numerous seminars and conferences and appeared on Bloomberg Television and CNBC. He has recently written one of the few definitive books on short-term trading in the UK stock market, The UK Traders' Bible. Dominic Connolly is currently Divisional Director of Equity Swaps at Macquarie Bank in Sydney. He remains an active investor and in his spare time plays squash, skis and snowboards as well as flies microlights. He plays bridge for his home county, Bedfordshire, a passion shared by Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Jimmy Cayne and Stuart Wheeler.
