Lets cut through the bull and answer the question for the OP. Scalping is one of the simplest thing you can do. Step one, place a trade, step two wait for the trade to cross the spread. Step three close the trade. Wash, rinse, repeat. Anything else and well it's not scalping. The book recommended by lexys is my bible. But its not scalping. They are day trading techniques. It is a must you understand the difference. Scalping is a very unique an discipline way to trade. Also incredibly boring and has high trading costs. It takes 2 mins to learn and a life time to master. And it is nothing short of the mother of all headducks. We love it. To learn you'll need a live account. Demo's will teach you bad habits. And you'll need tick charts. Those trading off 1min and 5 min charts are just wasting time. Best of luck with it bro.