Maybury - Day Trading: A Beginners Guide To Day Trading: Learn The Day Trading Basics To Building Riches

Imagine a fellow named Ben.

Ben is a mechanical engineer in his early 40s who has worked for several years at the same mid-sized firm. He owns a 4-bedroom home, in a prosperous neighborhood, and is 10 years into a 30-year mortgage. He lives with his wife, who is a full time marketing manager, and they have two daughters under the age of 8, and they all lead a fairly active lifestyle. Financially, they are doing well. Ben is especially glad that his family does not feel the need to keep up with the Joneses by buying flashy cars or too many questionable items that would end up in a landfill eventually. But neither does the family scrimp on minor luxuries like Bens golf lessons or his wifes spa days, and their girls have enough toys, clothes, and little extras that round out a comfortable childhood.

One day, Ben goes online and opens up his financial statements to check the status of his investments. Fortunately, he sees a healthy, if pretty much predictable, set of figure on his companys 401(k) plan--both he and his wife contribute their maximums and take advantage of their employers match. Despite the funds limited options for investment options, he doesnt mind, why make waves with a stable ship? Years ago, Ben also signed on board with his fathers full-service broker who works with him to purchase a middle-of-the-road mix of stocks geared toward a conservative portfolio. The broker also advises the family on estate planning and the family taxes as well, and Ben slept well knowing that someone he trusted stewarded his finances.

For a moment, as Ben scrolls through the bylines of the traditional companies in his statement, he thinks briefly about upping his investment game. Just the other week, he was talking to his neighbor about another exotic sounding financial instruments, and at the killing that people were making. Maybe he should set up something? But at the end of the day, the very thought of constantly monitoring the market, following the ups and downs of hundreds of volatile trades makes his stomach churn. Further, as someone who liked to save his money, Ben did not like the idea of paying broker fees, and the more you traded on the market, the higher your fees can be---and you arent even guaranteed to have a successful trade! Why pay to gamble? No, Ben is a true-blue moderate investor, not a trader.

Now, lets take a look at Jennas day.