How to Day Trade: The Plain Truth Paperback – November 15, 2023

Book is a good companion to watching Ross Cameron's YouTube videos. It gives his basic search criteria (that took him lots of trial and error to discover) and some examples of student success. He gives a little background to his life story and what it took for him to break through and become profitable. His search criteria helps you find the right stocks at the right time with the right strategy. Success or failure ultimately depends on skill, intuition, pattern recognition, and risk management. His YouTube channel and this book give you the right framework to train yourself. I like that he is against mirror-trading and teaches people how to replicate his process so you don't become dependent upon him. This method really isn't able to be mirror-traded as most trades happen in under 2-3 minutes start to finish. But if you can look in the right place at the right time, eventually it just becomes a matter of timing and intuition.His early struggles gave him years of practice before he started getting gains, which in my opinion shows that it isn't a "get rich quick scheme," even if that is the eventual result. It is a "lose riches quick" scheme until you can figure out how to win, and he is trying to help you make the right adjustments to see profitability. Ultimately timing and intuition are everything. Think of it like being a total amateur that has never played baseball, trying to hit the fastest MLB pitches that have ever been thrown at you. It takes a lot of time to gain necessary skill, and no one hits 1.000. One winner can offset 3 strikeouts so following his basic advice seems like a good method. Theory can be different from reality though, so I find the testimonials at the end of the book encouraging because he has proved that his process is replicable with LOTS of practice. Practice is the key to consistency which is the key to profitability. Learning discipline and gaining skill and intuition is a personal journey that takes time and his book and YouTube content is like a funnel guiding you in the right direction, if you choose high speed scalping and day-trading as your preferred strategy.

Easy to read. Has educated me tremendously. He’s very good at explaining things. I’m knew to the stock market and have found this book very helpful.

Ross Cameron’s How to Day Trade is an essential read for anyone considering day trading as a serious hobby or side pursuit. It’s not just a technical manual — it’s a personal roadmap from someone who’s actually walked the walk. Cameron doesn’t glamorize the lifestyle; instead, he lays out a structured, disciplined approach built around his now well-known 5 pillars of stock selection.The book is especially valuable for beginners because it balances theory with personal lessons from Cameron’s early success and painful losses. His transparency — including detailed trade examples and psychological challenges — sets this apart from the fluff found in many trading books. He clearly aims to “give back” to the community by distilling what actually works.

Great content

4* for the folks who skip 5 star reviews.This book is best for folks who are still looking at trading or building toward getting into it, and in that context I'd say it's great. Most of the content is geared toward getting the right mindset, expectations, and learning environment, which I'd tell anyone is more important at the start vs technicals and strategies.I'd also agree that getting into a good trader community is the better way to learn strategy specifics, too. Books get outdated pretty quick, and words on a page just can't compare to watching real-time trades with commentary and feedback from someone who knows what they're doing.

The header above sums it up and is why I joined Warrior Trading. I’m now working through the training curriculum Ross has put together while working in the simulator and diving into the great community of traders of all levels in the Warrior Pro platform!!

If you want to learn trading, learn from the best. Great book RossC you are the best. 😊

Excellent starter book for those looking to get into day trading