On the Back Cover
Praise for The Part-Time Trader
"For those of you who toe the line between nine-to-five jobs and trading, Ryan Mallory's The Part-Time Trader is a godsend. His advice and insights will help you make money in the markets and maintain your career."
--Jason Raznick, CEO, Benzinga.com
"The idea of quitting your job to trade the markets full-time from home sounds fantastic but is unrealistic for most people. The Part-Time Trader will show you how anyone can do both well. Ryan's personal stories about how he managed both his career and trading accounts will serve as a road map for anyone who wants to have the best of both worlds. You'll learn how to balance both 'lives, ' excel in your career, and earn extra income with your trading."
--Tim Bourquin, TraderInterviews.com
"Sick of your day job? Want to trade full-time or enjoy a retirement career that needs nothing but your computer and some stock charts? If this sounds like you, I want you to meet Ryan Mallory, founder of SharePlanner.com and author of The Part-Time Trader. Ryan has walked the walk, and in his new book, he lays out a clear and easy-to-follow blueprint to reach your goal of trading for a living."
--John Nyaradi, Publisher, Wall Street Sector Selector (www.wallstreetsectorselector.com)
"In The Part-Time Trader, Ryan provides a road map for aspiring traders to become successful while still holding a full-time job. Ryan combines personal experience with practical tips to develop trading strategies that don't require constant monitoring (and how to avoid detection from coworkers!). If you dream of becoming a trader but don't see how that's possible within your current limitations, this book may hold the solution for you."
--Corey Rosenbloom, CMT, President, AfraidtoTrade.com, author of The Complete Trading Course
"I have known Ryan personally for over a decade as both a great friend and business partner. I have found him to be a unique trader who is committed to extracting profits from the market. This is a must-read for those traders trying to balance a corporate schedule and wanting to make consistent profits in the market. His book is an outstanding, humorous, and helpful investment/trading resource. It is thorough, easy to understand, and has a uniquely appealing style and readability. But most important, it will teach you to be a better, more disciplined trader, no matter your circumstance."
--Matt Walters, cofounder of SharePlanner.com
Front Cover Glimpse
Few resources exist that explain to the masses what full-time traders know well: that anyone can learn to navigate and profit in our dynamic stock market. In The Part-Time Trader, author Ryan Mallory debunks the myth that successful trading requires a supernatural skill set, a PhD in economics, or even one's full-time attention.
Spurred by a deep-rooted frustration with his nine-to-five job, Mallory made the risky move to abandon his corporate career and become a fulltime stock trader. Finally able to devote himself to full-time trading, Mallory cofounded SharePlanner Inc., a finance trading website that gives real-time trade setups, ideas, and analysis for day-traders, swing-traders, and position traders. Over 75 percent of SharePlanner's readers are part-time traders, college students, and those who find themselves in a desk job that previously hampered their ability to trade.
With an easygoing and relatable voice that is more of a self-help and strategic guide for part-time traders than an impersonal financial manual, The Part-Time Trader imparts the practical advice and step-by-step guidance necessary to successfully incorporate part-time trading into your everyday life, by focusing on how to balance job responsibilities with one's trading activities.
Through anecdotes of his own experience trading part-time while working in corporate America to realizing his dream as a full-time trader, Mallory's advice ranges from learning to consistently profit from part-time trading to managing one's expectations, the office environment, and responsibilities. Learn how and why to:
- Navigate the corporate speed bumps that get in the way of your trading
- Manage risk in such a way that will keep your trading systematic and unemotional
- Trade successfully in any work environment
- Implement ideal trading strategies that will benefit the part-time trader
- Turn part-time trading into a full-time occupation
- And much more!
From big problems to tiny ones--like how you should trade when traveling or in meetings--Mallory has thought of a solution to every part-time trading issue. Don't let your day job keep you from indulging in the lucrative stock market; read The Part-Time Trader for straightforward, profitable advice.
