The Beginning

Welcome to the The Night Trader blog! With the rise of dozens of online brokerage firms such as Thinkorswim, E*Trade, OptionsXpress, TradeKing and many others, it has made the stock market a reality for millions of small traders like you and me. The other reality however is that it takes more than a brokerage account and a few thousand dollars to make money! Learning HOW to trade in the stock market is a skill that takes time and effort to develop. And education isn't cheap! You can take classes and seminars costing thousands of dollars, or you can lose as much or more at the infamous "School of Hard Knocks". I have done both unfortunately ...

Which is where the The Night Trader blog comes in. I want this to be a place were small traders can come regularly to learn from what I've done right and wrong, and what I'm currently doing. To start out I will be posting as often as possible (hopefully daily) what my current and upcoming plays are. As I have time I will also post lessons I've learned, and more details of the strategies I use to make trades in any market. But as always suggestions and comments are welcome. Let me know what YOU want to see on here :-).