Goals to gold : trading the football pitch for the financial markets / by Lee Sandford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sandford, Lee, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sandford, Lee, 1968-.

Sandford, Lee.

Securities.

Brokers--Great Britain.

Brokers.

Soccer players--England.

Soccer players.

Soccer--England.

Soccer.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Trading the football pitch for the financial markets

Place of Publication:

Petersfield, [England] : Harriman House, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An inspirational journey from footballer to traderGOALS TO GOLD tells the fascinating and unexpected story of one man's journey from top-flight football to the cut-and-thrust world of the financial markets.This book also explores the relationship between sports and trading success - making it the perfect book for any sports fan who's ever wondered whether they could make a go of it in the markets.Lee Sandford spent 17 years as a professional footballer, playing for Portsmouth, Stoke City, Sheffield United and Reading. But when his career was over, he didnâ??t retire to a pundit's sofa or the golf course. He entered another fiercely competitive world: the stock market.Goals to Gold tells the story of his days as a footballer and subsequent time as a trader, laying bare the sobering facts of a life scattered with huge achievements, near misses and big disappointments.Part exploration of the unseen side of football and part introduction to financial trading, it shows how the important qualities in football and trading alike are hard work, determination, patience and sticking to your strategy even when the studs-up tackles are flying.Packed with real-life, behind-the-scenes stories involving promotion, relegation and trophies in football and trading through booms and busts in the markets, Goals to Gold is a gripping and revealing read - perfect for football fan and trader alike.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE: THE FOOTBALL YEARS

CHAPTER ONE: HAMPSHIRE HEAVEN

CHAPTER TWO: ON THE BALL

CHAPTER THREE: THE EMOTIONAL DECISION

CHAPTER FOUR: EVEN FURTHER NORTH

CHAPTER FIVE: STICKING MY NECK OUT

CHAPTER SIX: TRADING UP

CHAPTER SEVEN: TRADING COLLEGE

PART TWO: TRADING THE MONEY MARKETS

A basic introduction

CHAPTER EIGHT: THE VIRTUAL WORLD OF MONEY

CHAPTER NINE: YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH MONEY

CHAPTER TEN: TRADING TOOL KIT

CHAPTER ELEVEN: YOUR TRADING PLAN

CHAPTER TWELVE: FOLLOWING THE PLAN

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: SPREAD BETTING

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: LEARNING TO DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: IS TRADING FOR YOU?

PART THREE: TRADING STORIES

CHAPTER SIXTEEN: CRUDE OIL

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: GOLD

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: APPLE

CHAPTER NINETEEN: FACEBOOK

CHAPTER TWENTY:RBS

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE:GBPUSD

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO:LOSING ON AN UPTREND

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE:MORE TRADING STORIES

PART FOUR: TRADING IN FOOTBALL TERMS

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR:THE PERFECT GAME MYTH

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE:THE RELEGATION ZONE

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX:ON THE BENCH

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN:THE OFFSIDE RULE

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT:THE LONG GAME VS. THE SHORT GAME

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE:HOOLIGANS AND #%@* #ANKERS

FINAL WORD

INDEX.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 18, 2015).

ISBN:

9780857193247

0857193244