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Troy Noonan
Troy Noonan is the author of Day Trading QuickStart Guide and Forex Trading QuickStart Guide.
He is also a full-time professional day trader, trade system developer, and trading coach with decades of experience in the study of markets and their behavior.
The original Backpack Trader, Noonan cut his teeth executing trades in internet cafes while backpacking through Europe and traveling in South America in the late nineties. Using the freedom that trading provides, he continues to travel the globe and execute trades from the road.
As a teacher and mentor, Noonan has helped thousands of students in more than one hundred countries take the plunge and find day trading success on their own terms. He has single-handedly developed and refined numerous effective trading strategies, including the wildly popular Counter-Punch Trader, Spotlight Master Suite, and Catapult Trader methods, to name a couple of his most recent.
His signature strategies are simple, accessible, and highly effective for new and veteran traders alike. The durable and robust nature of Noonan’s creations has been tested and proven time and time again—they are just as effective today as the day they were released.
With a professional trading career that spans decades, Noonan has extensive experience in successfully applying and teaching others the art and science of forex, futures, options contracts, and day trading.
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An approachable, information-rich handbook for investors who want to know more about its specialized form of investing."
- Foreword Clarion Reviews
About Day Trading QuickStart Guide
Troy’s first book Day Trading QuickStart Guide benefits from his considerable experience. The book distills years of successes, failures, strategies, and winning trade plans into the simplest possible ideal path for new day traders, no matter their lifestyle objectives.
Complete with a selection of powerful trading tools available as digital downloads, Day Trading QuickStart Guide smashes the myth that day traders are gamblers or risk junkies. Using Troy's strategies anyone can find success within the exciting world of day trading.
An insightful introduction to trading currencies on the world's largest financial market."
- Kirkus Reviews
About Forex Trading QuickStart Guide
Billions of dollars are moving through the forex market every hour.
Troy Noonan’s second book, Forex Trading QuickStart Guide provides unique insight into the best ways that absolute beginners can learn to trade the in the foreign currency markets. These markets run around the clock and with little more needed than an internet connection, popular currency pairs can be traded from anywhere on the globe.
With high liquidity, a decentralized marketplace, and commission-free trading across the board, foreign exchange trading is a powerful tool for anyone who wants to take control of their own financial success story.
This book presents insights distilled from thousands of trades on the global forex markets, including guidance on technical and fundamental analysis, interpreting charts, and mastering the psychology of successful forex traders. Wild trading successes, the lessons learned from painful failures, and the resulting forex trading fundamentals that Troy has imparted to thousands of trading students are on full display in this book. It doesn’t matter if you are an experienced trader who is new to the foreign currency asset class or a complete novice just getting started—this book will demystify the international foreign currency market and put you firmly on the path to success!