 | Trading for a Living: Psychology, Trading Tactics, Money Management by Dr. Alexander Elder
Buy new: $50.40 / Used from: $28.95 The best book on trading. This should be your trading bible. It's a little dated but the information is priceless. Everyone who wants to trade needs to understand trading is a mental exercise.
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 | Come Into My Trading Room: A Complete Guide to Trading by Dr. Alexander Elder
Buy new: $40.95 / Used from: $27.45 Can't go wrong with Alexander Elder. This is a more recent book than Trading for a Living.
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 | Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (Wiley Investment Classics) by Edwin Lefèvre
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $10.66 A Must Read!!! It's amazing how the markets haven't changed in 100 years. I wish I had read this 10 years ago. My trading education might not have cost me so much.
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 | Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders by Jack D. Schwager
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $12.48 Some nice insights. Not a must own but a good book for those who are truly interested in markets.
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 | Way of the Turtle: The Secret Methods that Turned Ordinary People into Legendary Traders by Curtis Faith
Buy new: $18.45 / Used from: $8.43 A solid book on trading. Mostly about options but many lessons transfer well to stocks.
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 | Study Guide for Trading for a Living: Psychology, Trading Tactics, Money Management by Dr. Alexander Elder
Buy new: $29.70 / Used from: $8.75 A nice companion for "Trading for a Living" helps ingrain the lessons from the book.
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 | How to Trade In Stocks by Jesse Livermore
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $9.95 Great Insights from one of the best traders who ever lived.
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 | Trading in the Zone: Master the Market with Confidence, Discipline and a Winning Attitude by Mark Douglas
Buy new: $30.00 / Used from: $29.95 This book is a great read. Winning athletes know what it's like to be in the zone and traders should too.
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 | Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street by Michael Lewis
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $1.58 Go inside Wall Street to find out how one of the biggest bond traders on the street operated. Learn how the big boys push the markets around.
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 | When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management by Roger Lowenstein
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $3.97 Find out how the Fed stepped in and saved us from disaster in 1998; and find out why Bear Stearns may have been on the Fed's payback list in this current crisis. A facinating story.
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 | Confessions of a Street Addict by James J. Cramer
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $2.30 Don't waste your time reading Cramer's books on investing, traders need to read this. I hate to recommend this because I really don't like the guy, but after reading this I understand him more. This is a truly riveting book on what the life of a trader can be like. I couldn't put it down and read the entire book in 3 days. It's one of my favorite books.
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