With the advent of direct access trading, driven by advances in technology and Internet based brokerages, stock trading commissions have gone from paying $50+ / transaction to now virtually free over the years, making retail direct access trading very low cost to entry type of business.
As an independent trader, I have been following the markets with a passion, managing my own accounts since early spring of 2002.
Every day they are open, the capital markets provide opportunity for those individuals that understand how to manage risk. As a former proprietary trader for a major US trading firm, I am skilled in direct access intraday risk management and trading opportunities.
Click Here to see an example of one of my Trades of the Day in my trading blog.