Rogue Alpha
Guy Gentile's day-trading playbook — three decades of momentum, short-selling, and risk-management rules from the founder of DAS Trader, SpeedTrader, and SureTrader.
The desk playbook, written down.
Rogue Alpha is the new book from The Stock Operator — Guy Gentile's day-trading brand. It is a working playbook of the setups, risk rules, and decisions he actually makes at the screens: opening-hour momentum on gappers, short-selling discipline on small-caps and microcaps, position sizing, stops, and daily loss caps. No chat room. No signal service. No affiliate funnel.
Guy is the founder of DAS Trader, SpeedTrader, SureTrader / MintBroker International, and GBOX Trading. He has spent 30+ years building the infrastructure other traders use — and trading on the other side of it. Rogue Alpha is where that desk knowledge gets written down.
What Rogue Alpha covers
- 01
Opening-hour momentum
How to read the first hour of the tape — gap structure, relative volume, and the difference between a real trend day and a fade. The pattern Guy has traded thousands of times since the SureTrader desk in Nassau.
- 02
Short-selling discipline
Where to short, where not to, and the rules that keep a short book from blowing up. Built from 30+ years of running short locates on small-cap and microcap names.
- 03
Risk first, P&L second
Stop placement, position sizing, daily loss limits, and the desk rules that separate professionals from blown accounts.
- 04
The desk mindset
Why most retail traders never make it to year three, and the operational habits that do. No hype. No motivational filler.
About the book
- Who wrote Rogue Alpha?
- Rogue Alpha was written by Guy Gentile — a 30+ year professional day trader and the founder of DAS Trader, SpeedTrader, SureTrader / MintBroker International, and GBOX Trading. The book distills the trading style he runs on the desk today under The Stock Operator brand.
- What is Rogue Alpha about?
- Rogue Alpha covers the setups Guy actually trades: opening-hour momentum on gappers, short-selling discipline and locates on small-caps and microcaps, and the position-sizing, stop, and daily-loss-limit rules that keep a trading account alive. It is a written playbook, not a chat room or a signal service.
- Is Rogue Alpha for beginners or professionals?
- Rogue Alpha is written for serious day traders — anyone taking their own risk on U.S. equities and small-caps. Beginners can read it, but the book assumes you already know what a bid, an offer, and a Level 2 order book are. The value is in the specifics, not the fundamentals.
- How much does Rogue Alpha cost?
- The Kindle edition of Rogue Alpha is $12.99 USD on Amazon.
- Is there a paperback version of Rogue Alpha?
- Rogue Alpha is currently available as a Kindle eBook on Amazon. Additional formats may be released later — the Amazon listing is the source of truth.
- Where can I buy Rogue Alpha?
- Rogue Alpha is sold exclusively on Amazon Kindle. Use the button on this page or visit thestockoperator.com, which links to the same Amazon listing.
- Is Rogue Alpha the same as The Stock Operator strategy guide?
- No. The Stock Operator strategy guide (sold at thestockoperator.com/guide) is a separate written playbook. Rogue Alpha is the Kindle book — a longer, narrative treatment of the same trading discipline, published on Amazon.
- Is Rogue Alpha worth it?
- If you already day trade U.S. equities — especially small-caps and microcaps — Rogue Alpha is worth the $12.99. It is not a get-rich pitch; it is the specific setups, stop rules, and position-sizing math Guy uses at the desk. If you are looking for signals, alerts, or a chat room, this is not that.
- Rogue Alpha vs. Trading in the Zone — how are they different?
- Trading in the Zone (Mark Douglas) is a psychology book about probabilistic thinking. Rogue Alpha is a mechanics book — the actual setups, entries, stops, and short-locate discipline Guy trades. Read Douglas for mindset; read Rogue Alpha for what to click on the screen.
- Rogue Alpha vs. How to Day Trade for a Living (Andrew Aziz) — which should I read?
- Aziz's book is a broad introduction to day trading for beginners. Rogue Alpha is written by a founder of direct-access brokers (DAS Trader, SpeedTrader, SureTrader) and goes deeper on small-cap short-selling, locates, and risk rules — territory Aziz mostly skips. Beginners can start with Aziz; traders already at the screens will get more from Rogue Alpha.
- Rogue Alpha vs. Reminiscences of a Stock Operator — is there a connection?
- Guy's brand The Stock Operator is a nod to the Edwin Lefèvre classic Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, but Rogue Alpha is not a memoir. It is a working playbook for modern U.S. day trading — momentum, short-selling, and risk — not a narrative of a 1920s speculator.
- How long is Rogue Alpha?
- Rogue Alpha is a full-length trading book — chapter-based, with worked setups, risk rules, and desk anecdotes. Exact page and word counts are shown on the Amazon Kindle listing.
- Can I read Rogue Alpha on a phone or without a Kindle device?
- Yes. The Kindle edition of Rogue Alpha works in the free Kindle app on iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac, and Windows, and in any web browser via Kindle Cloud Reader — no Kindle e-reader required.
- Is Rogue Alpha available on Kindle Unlimited?
- Kindle Unlimited availability is set on the Amazon listing and can change. Check the current Amazon page for Rogue Alpha — the button on this page links straight to it.
- Does Rogue Alpha cover short-selling small-cap and microcap stocks?
- Yes. Short-selling small-caps and microcaps is a core part of Rogue Alpha, including how Guy thinks about locates, where the risk actually sits, and the rules he uses to keep a short book from blowing up. It draws directly on his years running short-side flow at SureTrader and SpeedTrader.
- Does Rogue Alpha give specific stock picks or trade alerts?
- No. Rogue Alpha is a playbook — the setups, criteria, and rules — not a stock-picking service. There are no daily picks, no alerts, and no chat room. The point is to teach the process, not to hand out tickers.
- Is there a discount or free preview of Rogue Alpha?
- Amazon typically offers a free Kindle sample of the opening chapters directly on the listing. Any promotional pricing is controlled through Amazon and shows on the product page.
- Who should NOT buy Rogue Alpha?
- Anyone looking for buy-and-hold investing advice, options income strategies, crypto trading systems, or motivational content. Rogue Alpha is narrowly about active U.S. equities day trading — momentum longs and short-selling on small-caps — and nothing else.