A Beginner’s Guide to the Stock Market: Everything You Need to Start Making Money Today by Matthew R. Kratter

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THE WORLD’S GREATEST OPPORTUNITY MACHINE
he stock market is the greatest opportunity machine ever created.
I believe that everyone should have access to the stock market, not just
the rich and privileged. That's why I wrote this book.
There is a place for everyone and every strategy in the stock market. You
can invest in stocks, holding them for many years and pocketing their
dividends.
You can also trade stocks. You can day trade them, swing trade them, or
short them (bet that a stock is going to go down instead of up). Don’t ever
let anyone tell you what you can or cannot do with stocks. After reading
this book, you may even come up with your own original way of profiting
from the stock market that no one has ever used before .
In this book, I will give you an overview of many different approaches to
the stock market. When you are first getting started, you should try out
many different trading and investing strategies and see what works for you.
Each one of us has a different psychological make-up and approach to risk.
Some love the quick dopamine hits that come from trading. Others just
want to live their lives, and get rich slowly and quietly without any stress.
There is room for both types of people in the stock market.
I would just urge you to learn how the stock market actually works. Many
people never take the time to learn this. Many people like to yell at the
stock market and tell it what to do.
The stock market is a complex emergent system. It won't listen to you or to
anyone else. It's like the weather-- it just does what it does, so you might as
well get used to it. Take the time to learn how the stock market really
works.
This is important because we live in a world driven by financial markets. If
you can learn even a little bit about how they work, you can give yourself a
huge advantage in life.
To repeat what I said at the beginning of this book:
The stock market is the greatest opportunity machine ever created.
Unfortunately, most people never learn how to harness its energy to create
wealth .
You are clearly not like most people.
You purchased this book because something in the title, cover, or book
description resonated with you.
I believe that you are destined for something greater. You know that trading
and investing are skills that can actually be learned. And you are ready to
put in the time and effort to make that happen. That makes you my ideal
kind of reader. I want to help you to get rich.
The stock market has been really good to me and my family. I'm at the point
where my biggest goal is to give back. That's why for the last few years, I
have been teaching others how to trade and invest through my books and
courses at https://www.trader.university/ .
So read this book slowly, and let its lessons sink in. Read it again after
you've had your first big losing trade. Or just read it whenever you need a
little inspiration.
You can also subscribe to my YouTube channel and follow along as I tell
you what I'm seeing in the markets every week:
https://www.youtube.com/c/traderuniversity
I hope that you find this book helpful. I wrote it for the person who knows
little or nothing about the stock market, but has the intellectual curiosity and

A Beginner’s Guide to the Stock Market: Everything You Need to Start Making Money Today by Matthew R. Kratter