Choosing the Right Trading books

There are a myriad of trading books available and there are a lot of extremely good ones you can use accelerate your learning. However, the challenge is to identify the few books that will really make a difference in your trading right now.

Like any topic, there is a lot of garbage available too - just look in the stock market section of any book store and you will see. The key for all stock traders, futures traders and forex traders is to select the right books which will accelerate your learning and avoid those with vague untested ideas.

I have read over 150 books on trading and skimmed many many more than that...Just like in trading results, 5-10 of those 150 books added the most value by far. Many more than that were total rubbish or even deceptive! 

It is generally possible to find a few good nuggets of information or ideas you can use in most books on trading, but there are a few standout texts that should be included on EVERY trader's bookshelf. These are:

Best Trading Books - Compulsory Reading *****

There are trading book reviews which you can link to below. These book reviews highlight whether each should be compulsory reading and the key areas of value you can expect to find in the book.

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Trading Book Review Rating Scale:

Our ratings will help you understand how much you should expect from each book listed:

The "Compulsory Reading" books are core reference books that are rich with insights that every trader or aspiring trader should be aware of. If you are new to trading and committed to your learning journey then we suggest you read them all. It may take a while to get through them, but it will be well worth it and your understanding of the trading game will take an amazing leap forward as a result.

We have listed all books by topic, title and author below. The topic grouping is also used throughout our website on the many pages that have links to “Recommended Reading” for books on trading that cover the topic discussed on that page.

We only wish this was available when we commenced our trading journey – it surely would have saved us a huge amount of reading and accelerated our learning curve dramatically.

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Books by Title and Author

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Outstanding Trading Authors: 

There are quite a number of outstanding trading authors. I have listed the ones I consider to be the best below. You can follow the links to check out their books on Amazon. I recommend all of these authors depending on exactly which topic you are looking for.

Van Tharp Curtis Faith Thomas Stridsman Richard Weissman Robert Pardo Martin Pring Ari Kiev Lars Kestner Brett Steenbarger Art Collins Tushar Chande Charles Le Beau Larry Williams Jim Rogers Mark Douglas John Forman Guy Cohen Max Ansbacher Ryan Jones Jack Schwager

 

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Main Trading Books Page: Choosing the best trading books

• Best Trading Books - Compulsory Reading
  
• Trading Books: ‘Way of the Turtle’ by Curtis faith
  
• Trading Books: ‘The Definitive Guide to Position Sizing’ by Van Tharp
  
• Trading Books: ‘Trading Systems That work’ by Thomas Stridsman
  
• Trading Books: ‘The Evaluation and Optimization of Trading Strategies’ by Robert Pardo
  
• Trading Books: ‘Mechanical Trading Systems’ by Richard L. Weissman
  
• Trading Books: ‘Breaking the Black Box’ by Martin J. Pring
  
• Van Tharp – Outstanding trading books and resources to improve your performance
  

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