Every book we've reviewed, by topic and level.
39 books
39 books
John J. Murphy
John Murphy is a former technical analyst for CNBC and has served as director of Merrill Lynch's Technical Analysis Futures Division. This comprehensive reference covers chart analysis, indicators and intermarket analysis. For intermediate readers who want one complete technical-analysis text.
Jack D. Schwager
The second volume of Jack Schwager's interviews with top traders, this time including option traders. Schwager is a long-time futures researcher and hedge fund portfolio manager. It covers how traders manage risk and think about markets. For beginners who enjoyed Market Wizards.
Steve Nison
Steve Nison, CMT, introduced Japanese candlestick charting to Western traders, and this is his core book on it. You learn the patterns and how to read them alongside other tools. For intermediate readers of charts.
Adam Grimes
Adam Grimes is a trader who has served as CIO of Waverly Advisors, an asset management and risk advisory firm, and his methods rest on statistical and quantitative research. He gives an evidence-minded treatment of technical analysis, market structure and trading process. For intermediate readers who want rigor rather than pattern lists.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Nassim Taleb, a former trader and risk manager who became a professor of risk engineering at New York University, explains why rare, extreme events dominate outcomes. That idea is central to how option risk works. For any reader, no trading background needed.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Taleb's earlier and more market-focused book on luck versus skill in trading results, drawn from nearly two decades as a quantitative trader. For beginners and anyone who judges strategies by past results.
Charles Kirkpatrick II, Julie Dahlquist
Written by Charles Kirkpatrick II, CMT, a two-time winner of the Market Technicians Association's Charles H. Dow Award and an adjunct finance professor at Brandeis, and Julie Dahlquist, PhD, CMT, editor of the Journal of Technical Analysis. It presents technical analysis as a discipline, with academic evidence for and against it. For advanced readers who want a rigorous, textbook-level treatment.
Mark Douglas
Mark Douglas began coaching traders in 1982 and helped pioneer trading psychology as a field. The book teaches you to think in probabilities and to act consistently under uncertainty. For any trader, especially beginners whose results are driven by emotion.
Mark Douglas
Mark Douglas's first book (1990), one of the first to introduce trading psychology to the investment industry. It examines the mental habits and beliefs behind consistent trading decisions. For beginners, and a natural companion to Trading in the Zone.
Tom Hougaard
Tom Hougaard worked at JPMorgan Chase and spent ten years as chief market strategist for a CFD broker, and he has traded his own account since 2009. He argues that taking losses well is the core trading skill and shows how he handles them. For intermediate traders who struggle with losing trades.
Brett N. Steenbarger
Brett Steenbarger, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and associate professor of psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical University who coaches traders at hedge funds and trading firms. The book offers 101 short, practical lessons on self-coaching and performance. For intermediate traders who want structured, daily improvement.
Alexander Elder
Alexander Elder, MD, is a former psychiatrist who taught at Columbia University and became a professional trader and educator. In one primer he combines trading psychology, technical tactics and money management. For beginners who want one broad starting book. The site's ASIN is the 1993 original edition.
Edward Allen Toppel
Edward Allen Toppel's short, reflective book, subtitled Confessions of a Samurai Trader, applies Zen ideas to the trader's mindset. For intermediate readers looking for perspective rather than technique. The current site already features it.
John J. Murphy
John Murphy is a former technical analyst for CNBC and has served as director of Merrill Lynch's Technical Analysis Futures Division. This comprehensive reference covers chart analysis, indicators and intermarket analysis. For intermediate readers who want one complete technical-analysis text.
Jack D. Schwager
The second volume of Jack Schwager's interviews with top traders, this time including option traders. Schwager is a long-time futures researcher and hedge fund portfolio manager. It covers how traders manage risk and think about markets. For beginners who enjoyed Market Wizards.
Steve Nison
Steve Nison, CMT, introduced Japanese candlestick charting to Western traders, and this is his core book on it. You learn the patterns and how to read them alongside other tools. For intermediate readers of charts.
Adam Grimes
Adam Grimes is a trader who has served as CIO of Waverly Advisors, an asset management and risk advisory firm, and his methods rest on statistical and quantitative research. He gives an evidence-minded treatment of technical analysis, market structure and trading process. For intermediate readers who want rigor rather than pattern lists.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Nassim Taleb, a former trader and risk manager who became a professor of risk engineering at New York University, explains why rare, extreme events dominate outcomes. That idea is central to how option risk works. For any reader, no trading background needed.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Taleb's earlier and more market-focused book on luck versus skill in trading results, drawn from nearly two decades as a quantitative trader. For beginners and anyone who judges strategies by past results.
Charles Kirkpatrick II, Julie Dahlquist
Written by Charles Kirkpatrick II, CMT, a two-time winner of the Market Technicians Association's Charles H. Dow Award and an adjunct finance professor at Brandeis, and Julie Dahlquist, PhD, CMT, editor of the Journal of Technical Analysis. It presents technical analysis as a discipline, with academic evidence for and against it. For advanced readers who want a rigorous, textbook-level treatment.
Mark Douglas
Mark Douglas began coaching traders in 1982 and helped pioneer trading psychology as a field. The book teaches you to think in probabilities and to act consistently under uncertainty. For any trader, especially beginners whose results are driven by emotion.
Mark Douglas
Mark Douglas's first book (1990), one of the first to introduce trading psychology to the investment industry. It examines the mental habits and beliefs behind consistent trading decisions. For beginners, and a natural companion to Trading in the Zone.
Tom Hougaard
Tom Hougaard worked at JPMorgan Chase and spent ten years as chief market strategist for a CFD broker, and he has traded his own account since 2009. He argues that taking losses well is the core trading skill and shows how he handles them. For intermediate traders who struggle with losing trades.
Brett N. Steenbarger
Brett Steenbarger, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and associate professor of psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical University who coaches traders at hedge funds and trading firms. The book offers 101 short, practical lessons on self-coaching and performance. For intermediate traders who want structured, daily improvement.
Alexander Elder
Alexander Elder, MD, is a former psychiatrist who taught at Columbia University and became a professional trader and educator. In one primer he combines trading psychology, technical tactics and money management. For beginners who want one broad starting book. The site's ASIN is the 1993 original edition.
Edward Allen Toppel
Edward Allen Toppel's short, reflective book, subtitled Confessions of a Samurai Trader, applies Zen ideas to the trader's mindset. For intermediate readers looking for perspective rather than technique. The current site already features it.