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Winning In The Future Markets: A Money-Making Guide to Trading Hedging and Speculating, Revised Edition by George Angell
By Lawrence
Summary: A great introductory book on trading futures. Unlike those tour guide style trading books, the author essentially disclosed a practical method to trade commodity futures and specifically the S&P 500 index future. His LSS method is his distilled wisdom from classic trading techniques. Many famous traders nowadays all acknowledge this book as one of […]
Trading Systems: A New Approach to System Development and Portfolio Optimisation by Emilio Tomasini and Urban Jaekle
By Lawrence
Summary: One of the better trading system design intro for anyone interested in trading system development and deployment. Covered all aspects of trading system design in relatively understandable language for people without scientific research background. Example trading models are provided for open discussion. Highly recommended to not just those interested in systematic trading but also […]
Naked Forex: High-Probability Techniques for Trading Without Indicators by Alex Nekritin and Walter Peters
By Lawrence
Summary: A strong advocate of chart trading without using indicators. The point of view is not new, as it is the practice for majority of successful professional daytraders. It is, however, first time a book coming out to say that trading can be done with simpler and well defined trading plans based on several chart […]
The Day Trader’s Advantage: How to Move from One Winning Position to the Next by Howard Abell
By Lawrence
Summary: A decent trading psychology book with many interviews on well-known traders. Focus on daytrading with outline on the author’s unique approach to making trading decisions. Interesting read and everything still applicable even today. Book Information The Day Trader’s Advantage: How to Move from One Winning Position to the Next Written by Howard Abell [starreviewmulti […]
The Inner Game of Trading by Robert Koppel and Howard Abell
By Lawrence
Summary: A good summary of the psychological profile necessary for consistent profitability in trading. The strength of this book is that it is telling the story as it is – not everyone can become a great trader but it is possible to train anyone in becoming a good one as long as the person is […]
Stan Weinstein’s Secrets For Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets by Stan Weinstein
By Lawrence
Summary: One of the best stock trading books published after 1960s. Reading the book in details and incorporating the best practices into your own game plan will significantly improve your ability to profit from the stock market. Highly recommended. Book Information Stan Weinstein’s Secrets For Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets Written by Stan Weinstein […]
Millionaire Traders: How Everyday People Are Beating Wall Street at Its Own Game by Kathy Lien and Boris Schlossberg
By Lawrence
Summary: An interesting take on how a very diversified group of traders tackling the forex markets successfully. Not a book of the tall tales on legendary traders, if that is what you are looking for. A very good book for beginners to broaden their perspectives on what works with forex trading. A good read overall. […]
How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff
By Lawrence
Summary: The best selling book about statistics of all time. It may not be a very technical book but it gives you good ideas how statistics are manipulated to support an argument. Highly recommended. Book Information How to Lie with Statistics Written by Darrell Huff [starreviewmulti id=2 tpl=31 size=’12’ average_size=’24’]
The Thinking Toolbox: Thirty-five Lessons That Will Build Your Reasoning Skills by Nathaniel Bluedorn and Hans Bluedorn
By Lawrence
Summary: Great introductory book on logical thinking. Examples and exercises accompany each lesson making it easy to track your understanding of the lessons and progress. Highly recommended. Book Information The Thinking Toolbox: Thirty-five Lessons That Will Build Your Reasoning Skills Written by Nathaniel Bluedorn and Hans Bluedorn [starreviewmulti id=2 tpl=31 size=’12’ average_size=’24’]
The Fallacy Detective: Thirty-Eight Lessons on How to Recognize Bad Reasoning by Nathaniel Bluedorn, etc.
By Lawrence
Summary: A great introduction to reasoning with logic and how to detect lies that are told in various situations. Good book for anyone who has no formal training in logic and those who want to build up their critical thinking skills. Highly recommended. Book Information The Fallacy Detective: Thirty-Eight Lessons on How to Recognize Bad […]
