Full Title: Way of the Turtle: Secret Methods that Turned Ordinary People into Legendary Traders Author: Curtis Faith Publisher/Date: McGraw-Hill (2007) List Cost/Pages: $28 Hardcover / 288 pages Cover Notes: “We're going to raise traders just like they raise turtles in Singapore.” So trading guru Richard Dennis reportedly said to his long-time friend William Eckhardt nearly 25 years ago. What started as [...]
Full Title: Building Reliable Trading Systems Author: Keith Fitschen Publisher/Date: Wiley (2013) List Cost/Pages: $75 Hardcover / 304 pages Cover Notes: A tradable strategy is one that fits your own risk-reward goals and trades as well in real time as it performs in a development backtest. While it's not easy to create a tradable strategy, due to pitfalls ranging from excessive [...]
Full Title: Commodity Trading Advisors: Risk, Performance Analysis and Selection Author: Greg Gregoriou, Vassilios Karavas, François-Serge Lhabitant & Fabrice Rouah Publisher/Date: Wiley (2004) List Cost/Pages: $95 Hardcover / 424 pages Cover Notes: Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) use proprietary trading programs that buy and sell commodities and financial futures around the globe. Different than hedge fund and long-only portfolio managers, they don’t [...]
Full Title: Dynamic Trading Indicators: Winning with Value Charts and Price Action Profile Authors: Mark Helweg and David Stendahl (Twitter @David_Stendahl) Publisher/Date: Wiley (2002) List Cost/Pages: $70 Hardcover / 240 pages Cover Notes: In today's volatile market, traditional price charts alone may not be able to provide the information you need to make optimal trading decisions. Financial experts Mark Helweg and David [...]
Full Title: Commodity Trader's Almanac: For Active Traders of Futures, Forex, Stocks and ETFs Author: Jeffrey Hirsch (Twitter @AlmanacTrader) & John Person (Twitter @candlesandpivot) Publisher/Date: Wiley (Yearly) List Cost/Pages: $25 Spiral/Hardcover / 192 pages Cover Notes: An indispensable resource for today's active commodity, currency, futures, and ETF trader In the yearly Edition of the Commodity Trader's Almanac, Jeffrey Hirsch once again [...]
Full Title: The Little Book of Stock Market Cycles Author: Jeffrey Hirsch (Twitter @AlmanacTrader) Publisher/Date: Wiley (2012) List Cost/Pages: $23 Hardcover / 215 pages Cover Notes: While predicting the direction of the stock market at any given point is difficult, it's a fact that the market exhibits well-defined and sometimes predictable patterns. While cycles do not repeat exactly all of the [...]
Full Title: Super Boom: Why the Dow Jones Will Hit 38,820 and How You Can Profit From It Author: Jeffrey Hirsch (Twitter @AlmanacTrader) Publisher/Date: Wiley (2011) List Cost/Pages: $25 Hardcover / 183 pages Cover Notes: In 1976, Yale Hirsch predicted a fifteen-year super boom—a move in the stock market of 500% or more. His forecast proved accurate as the market rose and [...]
Full Title: TThe CME Group Risk Management Handbook: Products and Applications Author: John Labuszewski, John Nyhoff, Richard Co & Paul Peterson Publisher/Date: Wiley (2010) List Cost/Pages: $95 Hardcover / 624 pages Cover Notes: Invaluable insights on trading today's futures market The CME Risk Management Handbook provides an accessible overview of the futures market in today's electronic world of trading. Page [...]
Full Title: Currency Trading and Intermarket Analysis: How to Profit from the Shifting Currents in Global Markets Author: Ashraf Laidi (Twitter @alaidi) Publisher/Date: Wiley (2008) List Cost/Pages: $75 Hardcover / 304 pages Cover Notes: Currencies are becoming an integral part of many investors' portfolios and have grown to be a distinct asset class in banks' investment products. While the mechanics [...]
Full Title: Getting Started in Futures Author: Todd Lofton Publisher/Date: Wiley (2005) List Cost/Pages: $29 Paperback / 289 pages Cover Notes: Getting Started in Futures explains in simple, easy-to-understand terms everything you need to know to start trading futures successfully. You'll learn how to forecast prices, how hedging works, and how to take advantage of new electronic trading opportunities. The updated Fifth [...]