In How to become a Self-Directed Investor and Trader you'll find out the truth of what happens in real life, in real time and in real money in the live markets every day. There are no short cuts and you must do the time if you want to drive your own money train. I try to keep the explanations clear concise, simple and uncomplicated. How to become a Self-Directed Investor and Trader gives you substantial value and is going to be the foundation of your pre education as a self-directed beginner. As a brand new investor and trader with zero knowledge of the business you are at a loss as to what information you actually do and do not need. Much of what the current trading education industry is putting out is not only giving you information that is all backwards, it is very unrealistic to do in the live markets, and can get you and your account into a lot of trouble. Why would you want to learn something that could potentially cause you to lose money right away in your new trading business? The trading education industry is not regulated so beware of that. Anyone can put out a YouTube video of anything and brand new traders who are watching these types of things thinking that what they are viewing are the right things to do. Brand new traders all make the same mistakes over and over because they don't know any better, now by reading this entire book you do. They do what everyone else is doing and study what everyone else is studying thus they have the same results and failures as everyone else. Don't be that trader If you can just take the time to read the information in How to become a Self-Directed Investor and Trader, let it sink in and then continue on your educational journey you will have done yourself a huge favor and also begun to give yourself the needed edge to succeed in this business. This business isn't really an H&P type of business, what is H&P you might be asking, hoping and praying. You don't need a rosary you need an edge. I'm not going to sugar coat it, this business is an ugly place for an untrained and underfunded beginner. There are very bad people in the live market who are looking to take all of your money from you, and they will should you not be prepared properly to go to work in the live markets. Again, don't say I haven't tried to warn you. There are only two groups of people who are doing business in the markets, the professionals and the retail investors and traders. Each day, the wealth from self-directed retail investors and traders accounts is transferred from those without an edge into the accounts of those who have developed a razor sharp winning edge. Which one do you want to be? When you are done reading How to become a Self-Directed Investor and Trader you will have an excellent basic explanation of what and what not to do before you even study anything or do any kind of education. The information in How to become a Self-Directed Investor and Trader will put you on the fast track to becoming a successful self-directed investor and trader with very little money invested other than the cost of this book, learning it Harvard or Columbia business school would cost one hundred thousand dollars or more. You don't need a big fancy MBA to work in the live market and even a 12 year can do it. How old are you right now?