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  • #1
  • First Post: Nov 22, 2006 8:20am Nov 22, 2006 8:20am
My thought was that it would be great to get a list of good books togther and then list them in a voting poll.

When I come across some good recommendations on this sight I always forget to write them down. So I thought it would be a good idea to have a thread specific to books and rating for them.

Anyone have any thoughts on this. Is there already a thread that I have missed?

Cheers
  • #2
  • Nov 22, 2006 8:29am Nov 22, 2006 8:29am
This sounds great. Just a reminder to everyone, please do not post any links to e books or post ebook copyrighted material... Reviews and discussions would be great...
Sounds interesting..


Quoting Markj
My thought was that it would be great to get a list of good books togther and then list them in a voting poll.

When I come across some good recommendations on this sight I always forget to write them down. So I thought it would be a good idea to have a thread specific to books and rating for them.

Anyone have any thoughts on this. Is there already a thread that I have missed?

Cheers
  • #3
  • Nov 22, 2006 8:37am Nov 22, 2006 8:37am
I think you can waste a lot of time and money reading books that don't give much at all. Between everyone in this forum there is a vast amount of reading experience and forex experience that would make it possible to come up with a list of 20 great reads.

My first would be:

Come Into my trading room - Dr Alexander Elder
Trading for a living - Dr Alexander Elder
Japanese Candle Stick Charting - Steve Nison
  • #4
  • Nov 22, 2006 8:42am Nov 22, 2006 8:42am
Quoting Markj
I think you can waste a lot of time and money reading books that don't give much at all. Between everyone in this forum there is a vast amount of reading experience and forex experience that would make it possible to come up with a list of 20 great reads.

My first would be:

Come Into my trading room - Dr Alexander Elder
Trading for a living - Dr Alexander Elder
Japanese Candle Stick Charting - Steve Nison
I've read all three and would recommend them. Especially for beginners the books written by Elder will save you a lot of frustration if you take in the information and follow the rules.
  • #5
  • Nov 22, 2006 8:50am Nov 22, 2006 8:50am
Quoting hidethereal
I've read all three and would recommend them. Especially for beginners the books written by Elder will save you a lot of frustration if you take in the information and follow the rules.
Thank you for the recommendations, I should receive today 'Trading in the Zone', I heard that's a good one. I will order the above book when I am done with this one.
Steve
  • #6
  • Nov 22, 2006 9:12am Nov 22, 2006 9:12am
Trading in the Zone is a must read in my opinion. It needs to be read several times because it's hard to take it all in in one reading.
  • #7
  • Nov 22, 2006 9:21am Nov 22, 2006 9:21am
the poll is a great idea!!!

my list of favorites can be found here...
http://www.forexfactory.com/index.php?page=contest
this is a contest we had a long time ago.

btw, since the contest, i have a new favorite MM book. it is Fred Gehm's MM book "Quantitive Trading and Money Management". it is much better than Vince's "The Mathematics of Money Management" that i have listed.

markj, do you want to setup the poll??
Relax and be happy.
  • #8
  • Nov 22, 2006 10:24am Nov 22, 2006 10:24am
I recommend "The Alchemy of Finance" - George Soros.


It probably wouldn't teach you much about trading, but it's a great book to read.
  • #9
  • Nov 22, 2006 10:30am Nov 22, 2006 10:30am
My recommandation is "The geometry of stock market profits" by Michael Jenkins.
-soso
  • #10
  • Nov 22, 2006 10:34am Nov 22, 2006 10:34am
most of these books are bullsh*t and don't really tell what is forex and how it is organized. intro, thats all. they don't tell you how banks and dealing desks operate at all.
  • #11
  • Nov 22, 2006 10:35am Nov 22, 2006 10:35am
Market Wizards
New Market Wizards
  • #12
  • Nov 22, 2006 10:36am Nov 22, 2006 10:36am
read the market wizards. its an old book but very inspiring.
  • #13
  • Nov 22, 2006 10:40am Nov 22, 2006 10:40am
ok, before all the flame starts.. trading is learned by doing (experience) but finance and macroecenomics can be learned by reading books and it helps to see the picture.

how many of you read about unemployment vs inflation (was it called Philip's curve?) and how it works.. bla bla.. stuff like that.

everybody is reading instead how to get rich in 2 weeks.
  • #14
  • Nov 22, 2006 10:49am Nov 22, 2006 10:49am
Quoting piccolo
ok, before all the flame starts.. trading is learned by doing (experience) but finance and macroecenomics can be learned by reading books and it helps to see the picture.

how many of you read about unemployment vs inflation (was it called Philip's curve?) and how it works.. bla bla.. stuff like that.

everybody is reading instead how to get rich in 2 weeks.
None of the books mentioned tell you how to get rich in two weeks. Have you read any of them?
  • #15
  • Nov 22, 2006 11:03am Nov 22, 2006 11:03am
I have read all, lol. I was not referring to the books. Just saying that nobody wants to work for it anymore.
  • #16
  • Nov 22, 2006 11:07am Nov 22, 2006 11:07am
Marlin,

Is there any way that we can add a pole and people can rate a book from 1 to 5 stars?

Cheers
  • #17
  • Nov 22, 2006 11:09am Nov 22, 2006 11:09am
Yes, please list the questions you want and I will set up a poll. You could have done this when the thread was new, but because others have posted, a moderator has to do it...



Quoting Markj
Marlin,

Is there any way that we can add a pole and people can rate a book from 1 to 5 stars?

Cheers
  • #18
  • Nov 22, 2006 11:10am Nov 22, 2006 11:10am
Quoting piccolo
most of these books are bullsh*t and don't really tell what is forex and how it is organized. intro, thats all. they don't tell you how banks and dealing desks operate at all.
read cornelius luca's book, it will teach you all about the guts of the forex market.
Relax and be happy.
  • #19
  • Nov 22, 2006 11:10am Nov 22, 2006 11:10am
Quoting piccolo
I have read all, lol. I was not referring to the books. Just saying that nobody wants to work for it anymore.
I agree completely.
  • #20
  • Nov 22, 2006 11:11am Nov 22, 2006 11:11am
Quoting piccolo
how many of you read about unemployment vs inflation (was it called Philip's curve?) and how it works.. bla bla.. stuff like that.
read ben bernanke's book, "Inflation Targeting".
Relax and be happy.
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