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The Essentials of Trading : From the Basics to Building a Winning Strategy (Wiley Trading)The Essentials of Trading : From the Basics to Building a Winning Strategy (Wiley Trading) by John Forman
Buy new: $37.80 / Used from: $21.95
This is the starting point for any venture in to the markets. It takes the new trader up from the very basics to developing a personalized strategy.
Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders (New York Institute of Finance)Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders (New York Institute of Finance) by Jack D. Schwager
Buy used from: $5.21
Want to get motivated to trade and pick up a few tips from folks who have been enormously successful? Read this book!
The New Market Wizards: Conversations with America's Top Traders (A Marketplace Book)The New Market Wizards: Conversations with America's Top Traders (A Marketplace Book) by Jack D. Schwager
Buy new: $36.80 / Used from: $29.06
A great follow-up to the original.
The Psychology of Trading: Tools and Techniques for Minding the MarketsThe Psychology of Trading: Tools and Techniques for Minding the Markets by Brett N. Steenbarger
Buy new: $34.65 / Used from: $28.94
Goes beyond the whole "you must be disciplined" advice one hears everywhere and gets into the deeper reasons for the things we sometimes do (or don't do) in the markets.
A Mathematician Plays the Stock MarketA Mathematician Plays the Stock Market by John Allen Paulos
Buy used from: $1.90
An outstanding overview of basic financial theory in a completely enjoyable style.
How To Make Money In Stocks: A Winning System in Good Times or Bad, 3rd EditionHow To Make Money In Stocks: A Winning System in Good Times or Bad, 3rd Edition by William J. O'Neil
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $6.50
The basis for my own successful stock trading. The book presents a complete stock market trading strategy, with full reasoning behind why it is so useful.
Trade Your Way to Financial FreedomTrade Your Way to Financial Freedom by Van K. Tharp
Buy used from: $7.40
An excellent look at risk and money management, with some trading psychology mixed in as well.