Books are in excellent shape. No highlighting or dog ears. Make an offer. 1. Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom (Tharp) 2. The Master Swing Trader (Farley) 3. How to Make Money From Wall Street (Tony Oz) 4. How I Trade For a Living (Gary Smith) 5. How to Make Money in Stocks (Bill O’Neill) 6. Technical Analysis of the Futures Market (John Murphy) 7. McMillan on Options 8. Technical Analysis Explained (Martin Pring) 9. Technical Analysis of Stock Trends (Edwards & McGee) 10. Trading in the Zone (Mark Douglas) 11. Trading for a Living (Alexander) 12. Trading for a Living Study Guide (Alexander) 13. Guide to Investing (New York Institute of Finance) 14. Facts on Futures (Jake Bernstein) 15. Stock Market Logic (Norman Fosback) 16. Market Wizards (Jack Schwager) 17. Increasing your Wealth (Lerner & Koff) 18. The Handbook of Commodity Cycles (Bernstein) 19. Tools and Tactics of the Master Trader (Velez & Capra) 20. Contrary Investing (Band) 21. Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds 22. Stock Index Futures and Options 23. 1992 Stock Traders Almanac 24. Profitable Candlestick Trading (Bigelow) 25. Wall Street Jungle (Richard Ney) 26. The Idiot’s Guide to Day Trading Like a Pro 27. Inside Out (Dennis Levine) 28. Trading and Exchanges (Harris) 29. The Education of a Speculator (Niederhoffer) 30. Reminscences of a Stock Operator (Levne) 31. Jesse Livermore Speculator King (Sarnoff) 32. Forecasting Financial Markets (Plummer) 33. Technical Analysis Simplified (Droke) 34. Gann Sinplified (Droke) 35. John Murphy on Chart Analysis 36. The New Prosperity Investment Opportunities in Long Wave Economic Cycles 37. West of Wall Street (Angell) 38. Guide to Trading the Financial Markets 39. The Electronic Day Trader (Friedfertig) 40. Winning on Wall Street (Zweig) 41. The Ultimate Trading Guide (Hill) 42. How to Spot a Crooked Stockbroker (Bill Johnson) 43. 17 Key Economic Indicators and How They Move the Market 44. Commodities, A Chart Anthology (Dobson) 45. Fibonacci and the Active Trader (Derrik Hobbs) 46. Investors Edge (Gary Kaltbaum) 47. Dave Landry’s 10 Best Swing Trading Patterns and Strategies 48. Electronic Trading “TNT” II (Joe Ross) 49. The Trading Windows Strategy (Connors Research Group) 50. Electronic Trading “TNT” III (Joe Ross) 51. The Trading Rule That Can make You Rich (Dobson) 52. How I’ve Achieved Triple-Digit Returns Daytrading (Floyd) 53. Mastering Elliott Wave (Glenn Neely) DVD's 1. Guerilla Trading Tactics (Velez) 2. Micro Trading Tactics (Velez) 3. Swing Trading (Velez) 4. Option Trading Tactics (Velez)
Did you actually read all of those... If so, or if not, what are your hindsight trading wisdom you gained? Did any of that make a difference to your real world performance?
I own number 7, McMillan on Options; but I have not read it.....yet. That is the premier book on Option trading that is most frequently recommended. That is next on my list to read. I am currently reading number 30, Reminisces of a Stock Operator. It's the story of Jesse Livermore. A stock trader from the early 1900's to his death in 1945. His story is the classic rags to riches story gained from the stock market. He dropped out of school after eight grade to support his family. That was not uncommon in 1895 or so. He got a job working at a brokerage house writing stock quotes on the wall and then noticed trends in price quotes. He started trading his own account and by the time he was 21 he was known throughout NYC. He recognized weaknesses in the stock market and when it crashed in 1929 he made 100M the same day when he shorted the market ( not that far in the book yet though). He made and lost 3 fortunes during his life, declaring bankruptcy along the way. His personal life was just as difficult. I think he was married and divorced 3X and he committed suicide in 1945. His son and grandson committed suicide as well. It's a good read to learn how they traded stocks a hundred years ago. The book is full of wisdom and insights that are just as valid today as they were a hundred years ago.
What's 5 years between forum members................I knew it was the WW2 era, I was just off by a few years. I am only half way through the book, but it is an interesting read. He explains a lifestyle related to an era that will never return. Everyone should read it.
WOW, I have like 45 of those books and yes I read them, and have many others, I have them packed in a watermelon box, keep them in storage and have to use forklift to move them. It is amusing that some of them are worth thousands for each book cause I often bought them in pairs, one for marking up and other to have nice copy. I was being mentored at one time by Toby Crabel and he gave me six of them cause he was pissed off cause of the bad deal he made with publisher. You collect anything, especially First Editions and if it becomes a classic, book itself might be worth more than contents. Been awhile since last time I bought a book on trading, just don't have desire much any more to read, there are just so many things on reading charting or indicators. Well, history repeats itself, so always a chance era repeats itself but more modern homes if you have a job to pay the mortgage.
Now I do as I don't like surprises but in years of first learning, I did some STUPID errors, not once, not twice, not thirteen times, not until I burned another account, the fun years. Trading is like this guy, you have to learn how to crawl before walking or standing, LOL And when things really go bad...LOL