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looks like you don't need any advise or book or whatever..:p

----I never tried to scalp stocks, tried this afternoon on Forest Oil, my rationale being that oil jumped on Bernanke's vagueness and this company is a sufficiently liquid small cap so the price would be more jumpy than an Exxon or BP.--- way to go! :p

i would say something in basic math ,statistics and programming..if you planning some systematic approach..seriously.. something like this-...

http://books.google.com/books?id=BOjW_Y7uPF0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=day+trading&source=bl&ots=aAv1qU5QR4&sig=Ba3h2V_-8oBdG8fwFxI0IFFKkIo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zOtAUOnHI6Sw0AH85YCQDw&ved=0CEYQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=day%20trading&f=false :p

well..yesterday i was wrong 23 times in row..how about that? nice business\hobby..isn't? kill yourself now wasn't bad advise..it might save you some time..don't know what you are trading or planning to trade,but day trading stocks is a dead business now..

looks like subpenny trades,could be trades that are executed via dark pools ,could be trades where broker sells his own inventory to retail and post them. but those are my guess. stock marks are wild wild west now..endless list of exchanges,ecn's,dark pools,market centers..ask provider of that...

+1. followed by good punch in a forehead. just to know,how it feels like to be wrong every time...(trust me,you going to do it by yourself after few trades) like this- i've done it..multiple times..seriously

example please. simple screen shoot

assuming you are talking about stocks-for example hidden orders http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/software/tws/usersguidebook/ordertypes/hidden.htm forget about this buying selling pressure nonsense..or simply don't count those trades

the problem is that any macro news can move market in any direction. ok, rate cut..it is good? yeah! buy!!! better for economy! but wait..if fed cutting the rates-this mean economy is bad and might get even worse..sell! you might need collect a history and response first then calculate your...

the simplest straight forward form would be-buy on upgrade and short on downgrade.it would be just few lines of code.. if you can make money off that-then you can move on to something more complicated :p

in same weightings % you can do it on paper, to check if it will replicate index or whatever. then check the correlation but what's the point? i don't get it..if you want SP performance-buy SPY...

http://us.spindices.com/indices/equity/sp-500

like this http://www.sectorspdr.com/spdr/composition/?symbol=XLF

yes

looks like 'pros' are no better than average retail joe the trader

The DIY Investor http://www.smartmoney.com/invest/stocks/from-pink-slips-to-powertrading-1344974209772/ field day for emg! :p

-----------Jon Corzine: Criminal Or Just Plain Old-Fashioned Stupid?--------- http://www.forbes.com/sites/richardfinger/2012/08/27/mr-jon-corzine-criminal-or-just-plain-old-fashioned-stupid/ how about both?

i would appreciate if you tell us how..seriously.Thank you!

yep..That's some solid advise. max your auto insurance too.