This book tells the extraordinary true stories of twelve ordinary people who became millionaires through day trading. What drives them and how they did it makes for astonishing stories of human emotion, of lives transformed and lessons learnt. Each of the 12 traders developed a unique strategy, one that suited their own personal situation, style and preferences. You will discover:

• How Teresa Lo grew $20,000 into $1 million in one “horrible” year through intelligent speculation

• How Brendan DeLamielleure became a millionaire by trading microtrends

• How the gap trader Terry Bruce made his million

• Why the “teacher” Oliver Velez traded for knowledge

• On-the-edge momentum trading strategies of Barbara Hamilton

• How Chris Farrell scalped “pennies from heaven”

• Why the quintessential contrarian Mary Pugh bet it “all”

• How Scott Slutsky rode the storm to profit from good markets and bad

• Why Dave Gordon turned to friends when the market turned mean

• The techno-fundamentalist secrets of the earnings player, Barbara Simon

• The gorilla hunter Bob Martin’s long-term holds and covered calls

• The way of Scott McCormick, the artificial intelligence guy

Mark Ingebretsen has been writing about finance and investing for over 20 years. He is a featured columnist at TheStreet.com and his articles have also appeared in Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Chicago and numerous other magazines. He and his family live in Iowa, USA.