Product Description

Trading for a Living Successful trading is based on three M's: Mind, Method, and Money. Trading for a Living helps you master all of those three areas:

• How to become a cool, calm, and collected trader
• How to profit from reading the behavior of the market crowd
• How to use a computer to find good trades
• How to develop a powerful trading system
• How to find the trades with the best odds of success
• How to find entry and exit points, set stops, and take profits

Trading for a Living helps you discipline your Mind, shows you the Methods for trading the markets, and shows you how to manage Money in your trading accounts so that no string of losses can kick you out of the game. To help you profit even more from the ideas in Trading for a Living, look for the companion volume—Study Guide for Trading for a Living. It asks over 200 multiple-choice questions, with answers and 11 rating scales for sharpening your trading skills. For example: Question Markets rise when

1. there are more buyers than sellers
2. buyers are more aggressive than sellers
3. sellers are afraid and demand a premium
4. more shares or contracts are bought than sold

1. I and II
2. II and III
3. II and IV
4. III and IV

Answer B. II and III. Every change in price reflects what happens in the battle between bulls and bears. Markets rise when bulls feel more strongly than bears. They rally when buyers are confident and sellers demand a premium for participating in the game that is going against them. There is a buyer and a seller behind every transaction. The number of stocks or futures bought and sold is equal by definition.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5770 in Books
• Published on: 1993-03-08
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 289 pages

From Library Journal
Soviet-born author and practicing psychiatrist Elder (director, Financial Trading Seminars, Inc.) shares his learning over the years as a professional trader and expert in technical analysis and his principle of understanding the three Ms (Mind, Method, Money), which will strengthen the discipline required to be successful in trading. He explores crucial factors in the markets that most experts overlook, including time, volume, and open interest, and describes little-known indicators to track them profitably. In addition, he covers many of the more technical approaches to investing in futures, such as factoring in the meaning from the Elliott Wave, oscillators, moving averages, Market Logic, and point-and-figure charting. His unique viewpoints in this overly saturated genre explain his particular view that most traders sabotage themselves, while offering tips for others to avoid doing the same. The narration by Richard Davidson soundly guides the listener through this highly specialized work that, although first published seven years ago, remains recommended for university libraries supporting a finance and business curriculum.DDale Farris, Groves, TX
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From AudioFile
The author, a psychiatrist, talks about how human nature intersects with the investment world. Narrated with over-the-top gravitas start to finish, the program warns the listener to keep a close eye on emotion and to do the homework required to understand the many variables in the market. The author's knowledge of technical trading methods is also outstanding, and he is most effective when blending this expertise with his insights about human nature. Presenting the big picture without over-simplifying, he helps serious students stand back from the fray when making investment decisions. This title is an outstanding integration of the technical language of economics and the language of emotion familiar to a broader range of listeners. T.W. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

The publisher, John Wiley & Sons
An eminent futures trader explores crucial factors in the markets that most experts overlook--time, volume and open interest--and describes little-known indicators to profitably track them. Covers all the popular technical approaches to futures, options and stock markets including Elliott Wave, oscillators, moving averages, Market Logic, point-and-figure charting. Explains why most traders sabotage themselves and how to avoid doing the same.

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Customer Reviews

Trading for a living
This is definitely a classic for all time.I wished I had read this book 10 years ago...

Great for beginners and intermediate traders
This is a great book. Elder covers the psychology of trading and crowd behavior, risk management, and technical analysis. Written for the novice and intermidiate level trader, its all in this book.

This is a very useful book. ait contains lot of information that you don't want to miss
This is a very good book. There is lots of bright ideas in it. You want to read it many times to take advantage of it completely. After you read this book. Read " What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars"What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars. This is also a great book that you can't afford missing it. You will be able to get prepared for trading successfully after finish reading both books. Best luck trading to everyone.