The Small Stock Trader

"The small stock trader" by Mika is a unique small stock trading and psychology/self-help book that covers most of the major stock trading topics such as the traits of a successful small stock trader, how to choose a few simple focus stocks, market sentiment and industry, fundamental analysis, technical analysis, short selling, your edge and competition, catalysts that move stock prices, stock trading plan, discipline, risk management and psychology. It is a simple book of 100 small-sized pages, more like a collection of simple tips, but it will answer many of your questions, so it is a unique book to start with (no need to mention that about 90 percent of your lessons are going to come from your own experience/mistakes). It is also a fun-to-read book, as it is accompanied with a few jokes and observations from poker, intelligence world, relationships, sports, Zen, and psychology. A "small" stock trader generally refers to retail stock traders with a stock trading capital of no more than a few hundred thousand dollars, and the author himself is an independent self-taught small stock trader (by the way, the author has no other services such as trading software or newsletters to sell except this small book). However, the book does not promise any magic techical tools that may double your stock trading capital every year with almost no efforts; rather the book is about how small stock traders, with at least a few years of experience, may try to make about 30% annual performance (excluding the bear markets) like the author does, by spending over 20 hours a week on their small stock trading business by focusing on a few simple quality small caps, fundamental analysis and technical analysis, market/industry/stocks connection, competition, catalysts, stock trading mind/plan/capital management, balanced life (lifestyle, job, loved ones, health, and hobbies), and learning mainly from your mistakes and also a little from a few great stock traders, poker, Zen/psychology, military, sports, and so on.