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My Favorite Trading Books
By an Amazon.com customer
Mastering the Trade: Proven Techniques for Profiting from Intraday and Swing Trading Setups (McGraw-Hill Traders Edge Series)Mastering the Trade: Proven Techniques for Profiting from Intraday and Swing Trading Setups (McGraw-Hill Traders Edge Series) by John F. Carter
Buy new: $37.77 / Used from: $29.97
Market Wizards: Interviews with Top TradersMarket Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders by Jack D. Schwager
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $2.50
Great read for insights about the reality of trading by the best
The New Market Wizards: Conversations with America's Top TradersThe New Market Wizards: Conversations with America's Top Traders by Jack D. Schwager
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $1.99
More of the same as the original Market Wizards. Not as strong, but still a worthwhile read
Stock Market Wizards: Interviews with America's Top Stock TradersStock Market Wizards: Interviews with America's Top Stock Traders by Jack D. Schwager
Buy new: $12.44 / Used from: $1.77
Market Wizards updated for the stock market, before the crash
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of RiskAgainst the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter L. Bernstein
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $3.89
Absolutely love this book. Explains the events and discoveries that led to today's quantitative analysis and financial engineering.
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the MarketsFooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $3.70
Humbling book. Are we talented or just lucky? Most likely the latter.
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly ImprobableThe Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Buy new: $18.48 / Used from: $8.75
Investing: The Last Liberal ArtInvesting: The Last Liberal Art by Robert G. Hagstrom
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $2.86
Thought-provoking.
Wall Street Meat: My Narrow Escape from the Stock Market GrinderWall Street Meat: My Narrow Escape from the Stock Market Grinder by Andy Kessler
Buy new: $11.92 / Used from: $0.01
Running Money : Hedge Fund Honchos, Monster Markets and My Hunt for the Big ScoreRunning Money : Hedge Fund Honchos, Monster Markets and My Hunt for the Big Score by Andy Kessler
Buy used from: $2.49
How We Got Here: A Slightly Irreverent History of Technology and MarketsHow We Got Here: A Slightly Irreverent History of Technology and Markets by Andy Kessler
Buy new: $11.69 / Used from: $1.96
A better, more polished treatment of the ideas touched upon in Running Money. Altogether, Andy's best book so far.
Pit Bull: Lessons from Wall Street's Champion Day TraderPit Bull: Lessons from Wall Street's Champion Day Trader by Martin Schwartz
Buy new: $13.26 / Used from: $6.85
Arrogrant, brash, rude, and crude, but highly enjoyable. Just one of the many personality types that can succeed in the markets.
Damn Right: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie MungerDamn Right: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger by Janet Lowe
Buy new: $17.05 / Used from: $7.22
Charlie Munger is one fascinating and accomplished person. Struck by how well-rounded, astute, and convincing Charlie is. The one person able to convincingly show Warren Buffet a better way of investing than by following the principles of Ben Graham.
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (Wiley Investment Classics)Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (Wiley Investment Classics) by Edwin Lefèvre
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $8.50
The Bible!
The Professional Commodity TraderThe Professional Commodity Trader by Stanley Kroll
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $9.95
Dated, but still a pleasant read on the trial and tribulations of futures trading.
How I Made $2,000,000 In The Stock MarketHow I Made $2,000,000 In The Stock Market by Nicolas Darvas
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $0.94
Dated, but still has important insights on how to succeed in the stock market. Details the rocky road to enlightenment before his "overnight" success. Also helps that the market was in a huge bull market when he enjoyed his greatest success.
Wall Street The Other Las VegasWall Street The Other Las Vegas by Nicolas Darvas
Buy used from: $8.98
The Darvas Box system listed in detail. This itself is worth the price of the book. You can probably find this book cheaper at traderspress.com