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About Bob Joiner...

If you've spent any time on this web site, then you're probably wanting to know a little about the guy behind the curtain. So, here's a short bio as well as a list of ways you can get more involved.

Figured we'd get the picture out of the way first. I'm a middle-aged, graying guy who loves to trade stocks. I've been trading for a few years now, after discovering a little e-book online that let me know there was another way to trading beyond the "buy-and-hold" method.

In my first year, I lost a lot of money. But I survived. After trying and testing lots of trading strategies, I developed my own and then I wrote a book about it (The GapDownProfits Strategy). The main reason I wrote the book was so my kids, should they ever become interested, could learn from me what took me a year to learn from the school of losses. The book became known to a few people and then I did a few webinars. That book is now out-of-print because it was re-written. The new book/DVD package is part of the package for annual subscribers to MorningHoursTrading.

Then I wrote another book to give an overview of what I look at when I'm trading (The Power of the S-Curve). If you're interested, that's actually the first book you should read if you're new to technical analysis.

I recently completed a new book/video course focused on Trading the Afternoon Market. If you're interested in that, then click here.

I started this web site in late 2008 as a way to provide some free training to people who are learning how to trade. The survival rate among "newbies" is not good. And I would like to improve those odds because I believe that trading stocks is one of the great business opportunities left on the planet. But, like any new business, it takes more than money to survive. You have to learn what you're doing. And a lot of the web site is geared toward making that happen.

The Free Stuff

Beyond this web site, there are several things you can get for FREE from me.

1) One is the e-zine you've seen referenced on some of the pages. The e-zine is issued every two weeks. I discuss one of my public charts and how the technical indicators guided me toward the buy and sell decisions I made.

In case you missed the sign-up, you can do that here:

2) The second thing I'm going to start doing is twittering. For those who haven't heard of it yet, here's the link: twitter.com. When you sign up for twitter (free), then you can look up "bob joiner" and follow me. By following me, you'll receive a morning list of gap down stocks I'm watching. The list is not a buy or sell recommendation. But, it will give you some stocks to watch for possible intraday plays. Occassionally, I'll send a note about what I'm doing or a market comment. But, the comments here are short and random - no extensive analysis on twitter.

3) If you didn't catch the webinars I did for Manny Backus, then you can catch excerpts here. The audio is a little rough and these are just excerpts, but you still might benefit from them.

The first one was done after I wrote the book about the S-Curve. Here's the link for that one: YouTube video about the S-Curve.

The second webinar was on the topic of money management, and has received a good bit of attention. I named it "The Top Twelve Ways to Lose Money in the Stock Market". Here's that link: YouTube video about losing money.

4) You can come back to read my blog. Or, you can subscribe to it. You can also come back to the site periodically, as I'm adding new pages from time to time.

The Day Trading Tools I Recommend

There are certain day trading tools that I endorse. These are the tools of the trade such as news sources, chart services, and brokers. If you want to know who I like and what I recommend, then you can take a quick visit to: Day Trading Tools I Recommend. Even if you don't subscribe to any of these services, they offer lots of free stuff to traders to help you advance your profits. So don't be timid about checking out the menu buttons and see what free training they have available.

Books I've Written

The second level of involvement would require some money. As I've mentioned, I've written two books about trading stocks. They are available from lulu.com as either print or download versions. Both books include color charts to illustrate my strategies. So, if you don't have a color printer and like to hold a book in your hands, that option is available. Here's the link: Lulu Bookstore.

Chat Room

The next level of involvement is for serious traders only.

I lead a morning chat room, called MorningHoursTrading. I'm available in that chat room for the first three hours of each trading day, providing lists of stocks for day trading as well as trade set-ups. I typically trade 3 or 4 stocks "live" each morning and I average 80 - 90% accuracy in my trades.

If you're interested in a 30-day trial offer, then click here.

So, those are some ways you can get a little more involved.

Whatever your level of trading experience, I hope you find this site helpful. If you wish to contact me, then please use the following form to do so.

Again, thanks for visiting.