July 9th, 2007
If you follow the StockTickr Interview Series (RSS feed), you know that one of my favorite questions to ask is what three books they recommend traders read. I admit there are selfish reasons behind this question – I want to read what they recommend!
I’ve been meaning to tally up this list for a long time. I had an idea which books were coming up again and again in their recommendations, but I had no idea that there were 75 unique books recommended so far. It seems like a consensus has formed at the top – Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom is the runaway winner and for good reason, in my opinion. It was also interesting to me to see books recommended that were completely unrelated to trading (or so it seemed).
Here’s the current tally with links to the interviews where they were originally recommended.
No. |
Cover |
Title |
Recommendations |
Interviews Recommended |
1. |
 |
Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom |
14 |
Eyal Maoz, Van Tharp, Bill Cara, Smita Sadana, Declan Fallon, Alan Farley, Eric Cahoon, Ugly from UglyChart.com, Bruce Brotnov (Poormans), Dan Mirkin, Mike Seneadza, TraderMike, Trader Gav, Brian Schumacher, BTStrader, Chris Perruna |
2. |
 |
How to Make Money in Stocks |
9 |
Nusair Bawla (alibawla), Ugly from UglyChart.com, Bruce Brotnov (Poormans), Dave Johnson, Highchartpatterns Group, Brian Schumacher, BTStrader, MC, PinoyTRADER, Chris Perruna, John Forman, Trading Coach |
3. |
 |
Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques |
8 |
Eyal Maoz, Declan Fallon, Trader-X, Jamie, Wall St. Warrior, Jason (a.k.a. Estocastica), Zoomie, Joey Fundora, DownTownTrader, Gary from CalmTrading |
4. |
 |
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator |
7 |
Jeff White, a.k.a. The Stock Bandit, Dave Landry, Nusair Bawla (alibawla), Gary B. Smith – the Chartman, Dan Mirkin, Richard Todd, Howard Lindzon |
5. |
 |
Market Wizards |
6 |
Jeff White, a.k.a. The Stock Bandit, Dave Landry, Gary B. Smith – the Chartman, Van Tharp, Ugly from UglyChart.com, JC, the NYSE Scalper |
6. |
 |
Secrets For Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets |
6 |
Bruce Brotnov (Poormans), Jamie, Wall St. Warrior, Brian Shannon, AlphaTrends, Stan Weinstein, The Blogosphere Calls, Dave Johnson, Tom C. from Trader-X |
7. |
 |
Technical Analysis of Stock Trends by Edwards and Magee |
5 |
Dave Landry, Alan Farley, Kernan of TradeTheMove.com, Jamie, Wall St. Warrior, Zoomie |
8. |
 |
Trading For A Living |
5 |
Smita Sadana, Alan Farley, Ugly from UglyChart.com, Dan Mirkin, JC, the NYSE Scalper |
9. |
 |
Trading in the Zone |
5 |
Jamie, Wall St. Warrior, JC, the NYSE Scalper, Mike Seneadza, TraderMike, Elliot Dole, Tim Knight, Prophet.net |
10. |
 |
Pit Bull |
5 |
Eyal Maoz, Richard Todd, Howard Lindzon, Brian Shannon, AlphaTrends, Zoomie |
11. |
 |
Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets |
4 |
Declan Fallon, Alan Farley, Andy Swan, Trader Gav |
12. |
 |
How I made 2 million dollars in the stock market |
4 |
Nusair Bawla (alibawla), Ugly from UglyChart.com, Highchartpatterns Group, MC, PinoyTRADER |
13. |
 |
Master Swing Trader |
3 |
Alan Farley, Kernan of TradeTheMove.com, Tom C. from Trader-X |
14. |
 |
Methods of a Wall Street Master |
3 |
Smita Sadana, Mike Seneadza, TraderMike, Will Fisher |
15. |
 |
The New Market Wizards |
3 |
Van Tharp, Smita Sadana, Dan Mirkin |
16. |
 |
Market Wizards |
2 |
Tim Knight, Prophet.net, John Forman, Trading Coach |
17. |
 |
Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets: A Comprehensive Guide to Trading Methods and Applications by John J. Murphy |
2 |
Jamie, Wall St. Warrior, Jason (a.k.a. Estocastica) |
18. |
 |
The Reminiscences of a Stock Operator |
2 |
Elliot Dole, Michelle B. |
19. |
 |
Market Wizards – Interviews with top Traders |
2 |
Richard Todd, Dave Johnson |
20. |
 |
Fooled by Randomness |
2 |
Richard Todd, Will Fisher |
21. |
 |
understanding technical analysis |
2 |
Dave Landry, Bill Cara |
22. |
 |
The Psychology of Trading |
2 |
Brett Steenbarger, Unemotional Trading? Impossible. |
23. |
 |
second one |
2 |
Jeff White, a.k.a. The Stock Bandit, Gary B. Smith – the Chartman |
24. |
 |
Intermarket Analysis: Profiting from Global Market Relationships |
1 |
Joey Fundora, DownTownTrader |
25. |
 |
Infantry Soldier |
1 |
Bill Rempel, NoDooDahs |
26. |
 |
The Trading Athlete: Winning the Mental Game of Online Trading |
1 |
Doug Hirschhorn, Trading Coach |
27. |
 |
Inside the House of Money |
1 |
Denise K. Shull |
28. |
 |
The Education of a Speculator |
1 |
Brett Steenbarger |
29. |
 |
The Psychology of Winning |
1 |
Gary from CalmTrading |
30. |
 |
Trend Trading |
1 |
Trader Gav |
31. |
 |
The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are |
1 |
Will Fisher |
32. |
 |
King Rat |
1 |
Bill Rempel, NoDooDahs |
33. |
 |
How I Trade and Invest in Stocks and Bonds |
1 |
Elliot Dole |
34. |
 |
The Stock Trader |
1 |
Kernan of TradeTheMove.com |
35. |
 |
When Genius Failed |
1 |
Denise K. Shull |
36. |
 |
The Market is Always Right |
1 |
Brian Shannon, AlphaTrends |
37. |
 |
The Elements of Successful Trading |
1 |
Dave Landry |
38. |
 |
The Singularity is Near |
1 |
Jon Tait, the Fickle Trader |
39. |
 |
Chart Your Way to Profits |
1 |
Tim Knight, Prophet.net |
40. |
 |
Oh, the Places You’ll Go! |
1 |
Dave Landry |
41. |
 |
How Charts Can Help You in the Stock Market |
1 |
Brian Shannon, AlphaTrends |
42. |
 |
Mastering the Trade |
1 |
Mike Seneadza, TraderMike |
43. |
 |
Shibumi |
1 |
Bill Rempel, NoDooDahs |
44. |
 |
Street Smarts: High Probability Short-Term Trading Strategies |
1 |
Brett Steenbarger |
45. |
 |
Come Into My Trading Room |
1 |
Smita Sadana |
46. |
 |
Tools and Tactics for the Master DayTrader: Battle-Tested Techniques for Day, Swing, and Position Traders |
1 |
Joey Fundora, DownTownTrader |
47. |
 |
Markets in Profile |
1 |
John Forman, Trading Coach |
48. |
 |
The Disciplined Trader |
1 |
Michelle B. |
49. |
 |
The Predictors |
1 |
Gary B. Smith – the Chartman |
50. |
 |
Jonathan Livingston seagull |
1 |
Gary from CalmTrading |
51. |
 |
Financial Freedom through Electronic Day Trading |
1 |
Mike Seneadza, TraderMike |
52. |
 |
Mind over Markets |
1 |
Brett Steenbarger |
53. |
 |
Peak Performance Course for Traders & Investors |
1 |
Van Tharp |
54. |
 |
Option Pricing and Volatility |
1 |
Adam Warner |
55. |
 |
Options as a Strategic Investment |
1 |
Adam Warner |
56. |
 |
New Thinking in Technical Analysis |
1 |
Declan Fallon |
57. |
 |
The Richest Man in Babylon |
1 |
Jon Tait, the Fickle Trader |
58. |
 |
Safe Strategies for Financial Freedom |
1 |
Van Tharp |
59. |
 |
High Probability Trading |
1 |
Highchartpatterns Group |
60. |
 |
Dave Landry on Swing Trading |
1 |
Gary from CalmTrading |
61. |
 |
How to read Charts |
1 |
Michelle B. |
62. |
 |
Enhancing Trader Performance |
1 |
Unemotional Trading? Impossible. |
63. |
 |
Confessions of a Street Addict |
1 |
Trader-X |
64. |
 |
How to trade in Stocks |
1 |
MC, PinoyTRADER |
65. |
 |
The Essentials of Trading |
1 |
John Forman, Trading Coach |
66. |
 |
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator |
1 |
Chris Perruna |
67. |
 |
Bulkowski – Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns |
1 |
Bruce Brotnov (Poormans) |
68. |
 |
One Jump Ahead |
1 |
Gary B. Smith – the Chartman |
69. |
 |
Rich Dad, Poor Dad |
1 |
Brian Schumacher, BTStrader |
70. |
 |
Chaos |
1 |
Jon Tait, the Fickle Trader |
71. |
 |
the book I learned from |
1 |
Bill Cara |
72. |
 |
Unexpected Returns: Understanding Secular Stock Market Cycles |
1 |
Van Tharp |
73. |
 |
Statistics for Dummies |
1 |
Jon Tait, the Fickle Trader |
74. |
 |
Emotional Intelligence |
1 |
Denise K. Shull |
75. |
 |
Greg Morris’ book on candlesticks |
1 |
Declan Fallon |
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Trader Eyal » Blog Archive » Trading Books Said,
July 9, 2007 @ 9:45 am
[…] for a trading book to read? Check out this interesting compilation by Dave of Books Recommended by Successful Traders. So what’s so special about another list of trading books? Amazon has these by the dozen […]
Closet Daytrader Said,
July 9, 2007 @ 1:54 pm
Your #11 and #17 seems to be a duplicate. No?
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August 8, 2007 @ 3:07 am
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