Biography and Awards

CHRISTOPHER A. FARRELL is a national bestselling author of two books, Day Trade Online and The Day Trader's Survival Guide. He is a former Wall Street bond trader and currently runs the Farrell Preferred Stock Arbitrage Fund, LP, a hedge fund. Written as a first time author at the age of 25, his book Day Trade Online became a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek and USA Today "business" best-seller, and he has been a guest on numerous television and radio programs, including CNBC , BBC World News, and Fox 5 Good Day New York. His works have been featured in magazines such as The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Worth and Online Investor Magazine and he has been a guest speaker at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.). Chris has also written articles on trading for Active Trader Magazine. Farrell's books have been translated into numerous languages worldwide, including Korean, German, Russian, and Italian. Farrell has over 13 years of trading experience and has traded over 3 billion dollars worth of stock since he began. He is a graduate of Colgate University, and lives in New York City.

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One of the highlights of Chris's career was making the New York Times business bestseller list.

In addition, Chris spent several months on the bestseller lists of the Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Business Week.

Day Trade Online, 1st edition in Korean Day Trade Online, 1st edition in Russian

Chris was a featured chapter in Thestreet.com editor Mark Ingebretsen's book "The Guts and Glory Of Day Trading: True Stories of Day Traders Who Made (or lost) $1,000,000"

Chris has written several articles for Active Trader Magazine, including this cover story on trading the NYSE's specialist system. (for reprints, please contact Active Trader Magazine's website at www.activetradermag.com)

Worth Magazine reviewed Chris's first book, Day Trade Online.

Online Investor Magazine reviewed Chris's second book, The Day Trader's Survival Guide.