Harvey I. Houtkin

Wall street guru Harvey I. Houtkin is the author of Secrets of the Soes Bandit: The Original Electronic Trader Reveals His Battle-Tested Trading Techniques (1998). This book gives the reader tools for trading using SOES (Small Order Execution Systems), DAET (Direct Access Electronic Trading), and a show more PC, and bypassing a broker. Widely known as the "Father of Electronic Day Trading," Houtkin and his firm, All-Tech Investment Group Co., won a pivotal 1993 SEC decision to open up SOES, a decision universally lamented by traditional Wall Street, which abhors the in-and-out system for its volatility. Houtkin's firm has offices nationwide and has been teaching the sophisticated trading system to average people since 1995. Flamboyant and outspoken, Houtkin views himself as an iconoclast and leader of 21st century trading. He has appeared in Fortune magazine wearing a mask. The caption for the photograph reads "Harvey Houtkin, SOES bandit; a man Wall Street hates to do business with." (Bowker Author Biography) show less