The Day Trader: A Novel
Publisher: WordsworthGreenwich Press
Published: July 10, 2010
Place of publication: Greenwich, CT, USA
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9781453665176
Description: Product Description
Dr. Rich Proffette of the Wharton School in 1999 discovers the Holy Grail of Wall Street: a breakthrough stock trading algorithm with an uncanny ability to predict stock price movements.  His trading model, Market Equilibrium Shock Theory, is widely hailed as one of the great economic ciphers of the 20th century and has rewarded him with a vast fortune amid Wall Street's longest Bull Market rampage. Powerful people covet his precious algorithm from underworld hackers to global banks and the U.S. government: all want to seize his priceless intellectual property. The one true love of his life, Katherine North, is a stunning, gifted, Wharton grad student, who co-invented the algorithm. She knows a dark secret which may cost him everything. Take a random walk down Market Street in the City of Brotherly Love as this comic novel engages you in day trading on Wall Street. 

Reviews
"Lentz is a novelist whose knowledge of the inner workings of Wall Street and day trading fuels his plots." - Greenwich Time 

"A talent for blending a compelling story line with pathos and humor."-The Greenwich Post 

"A 21st century, digital metaphor."- The Redding Pilot 

"Lentz's approach to writing is soul driven."- The Weston Forum 

"He does not manufacture cookie-cutter best-sellers."- The Wilton Bulletin 

"Super entertainment, a real page turner. Before you know it, you are immersed in the day trader's world and fascinated by the action." - J.C. Ackerman, CEO, Day Trader 

"For those who have worked on Wall Street or have merely owned a few shares in perplexing markets this book hits home."- Professor Joseph Connolly, MBA, Paris 

About the Author
Born in Woburn, Massachusetts, David B. Lentz graduated from Bates College and has written professionally for more than 35 years as an executive for global, financial corporations conducting business on Wall Street. He has lived in Boston's Back Bay, the Garden District of New Orleans, Houston and Philadelphia's Main Line. Currently, he resides with his family in Greenwich, CT. In addition to "The Day Trader", Lentz has published five other literary novels -- "For the Beauty of the Earth"," AmericA, Inc.", "Bloomsday", "Bourbon Street" and "The Silver King." He wrote a tragicomic stage play, as an American sequel to James Joyce's "Ulysses", entitled "Bloomsday", and has adapted his novel, "AmericA, Inc.", for the stage. Lentz has published a volume of poetry, "Old Greenwich Odes", and is a Member of the Academy of American Poets. His collected literary works are published in a volume entitled "Essential Lentz." He has served Bates College as an Alumnus-in-Admissions, the Board of Directors of the New Orleans Ad Club, the Philadelphia Mayor's Council for Literacy, Stamford-Greenwich Literacy Volunteers of America, Healing the Children (Board), Midnight Run for New York City Homeless, Hurricane Katrina JazzAid: New Orleans (Founder), Hope + Heroes Children's Cancer Foundation, St. Baldrick's Foundation for Children's Cancer Research and as a Volunteer in St. Paul's Chapel at Ground Zero. He is a Member of the Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association.