Trading
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Edwin Lefèvre was a financial journalist who served as financial editor of Harper's Weekly. His thinly fictionalized account of speculator Jesse Livermore is a classic trading memoir, with lessons on speculation, crowd behavior and risk that still apply. For beginners and anyone interested in market history.
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Jack D. Schwager
Jack Schwager spent over twenty years as a director of futures research at leading Wall Street firms and later managed hedge fund portfolios. He interviews top traders across markets and draws out shared principles: risk control, discipline and adapting to markets. For beginners, as an entry point to trading literature.
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.
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.
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.