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Forex Books you would Recommend

Learn about what makes up the market, who your competition is and how markets work, before learning how to trade:

'Trading and Exchanges' - Larry Harris


Then learn how to learn how to trade:

'Enhancing Trader Performance' - Brett Steenbarger
subtitled: "How to Profit From the Shifting Currents in Global Markets"

by Ashraf Laidi.

I learned the most about how markets work and influence each other in this book. Laidi does not tell you how to trade. He discusses the inter-related nature of the global markets, which you can use in your trading decisions.
Trading for a living
by Alexander Elder.
A very interesting post.
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please note that curtis faith was a fail turtle who stopped trading,

regardless he made 30 million for dennis(under dennis supervision), that was his highest achievement, dont know what leverage/capital he had though.


Trend Following from Michael W.Covel is also a good book
Quoting Xivali
FX Bootcamp - Wayne McDonnell

Awesome book for beginners and established traders. Golden read =]

For beginners I would recommend highly as the second step read.

For established traders It's a very good refresher course to get your mind set straight again =]

Seriously, Read this.
Hmmmm. Not a book is it? This guy will talk your socks off and most of it is BS imo.
Quoting Craig
Another vote for 'The Way of the Turtle', one of the few trading books I have read which is not complete and utter garbage, in so much as it actually discusses system development pitfalls etc, as opposed to just presenting the same old 'Discipline + {Insert Rubbish System Here} = $$$' BS.

another book which i have bought from author curtis faith "into the minds of turtle"

rubbish book, read until half and discarded. it make sense but then again, curtis isnt trading anymore he just writes books, he is a fail turtle who couldnt make it.
Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners

Larry Harris
"I made all my money by selling too soon"
I'm interested in reading Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom by Van K Tharp but to be honest most books I've read (quite a few) have been the same or similar TA and FA fallacy with a bit of psychology thrown in for good measure.

I'm not sure the Van Tharp book would help, perhaps it'd just muddy the water? I've been trading for 18 months, I'm profitable, and I've VERY rarely used anything I've found in a trading book!
"I made all my money by selling too soon"
Jason Alan Jankovsky's - The Art of the Trade (what I learned and lost trading the Chicago futures markets). Best book about trading I've ever read. The chapter "The Meaning of Life" is absolutely brilliant. The book hasn't got much to do with trading, yet simultaneously has everything to do with it. Give it a read if you can handle it and tell me what you think.
Quoting birdt
Best book about trading I've ever read.
That's enough for me. Ordered.
Quoting birdt
Jason Alan Jankovsky's - The Art of the Trade (what I learned and lost trading the Chicago futures markets). Best book about trading I've ever read. The chapter "The Meaning of Life" is absolutely brilliant. The book hasn't got much to do with trading, yet simultaneously has everything to do with it. Give it a read if you can handle it and tell me what you think.
Sounds interesting.
"I made all my money by selling too soon"
I just ordered it, £12 delivered in the UK.
"I made all my money by selling too soon"
Quoting AstonDan
That's enough for me. Ordered.
It's a compliment that you would take my recommendation, but I feel I have to follow up with a note to manage your expectations! I found it an excellent read but others might take a different view. And if you're looking for a trading system in a book, then this is not it, which is not to say that there aren't tools and wisdom within it that could not profoundly influence your approach to the markets.
Quoting birdt
And if you're looking for a trading system in a book, then this is not it,
Hi Birdt, that's exactly what i'm not after!

I think that's part of the reason the Market Wizard series are so appealling time and again, not trading, but traders. Does that make sense?

Also, you should be contacting the author for a little kickback on both Bleek's and my purchase (although he clearly got a better deal!).

Good trading,
Dan
I also recommend New Market Wizards by Jack Schwager. A recurring theme in that book is mental discipline. Having been trading for nearly 2 years now, mental discipline is probably the toughest part of the game.

Make rules and stick to them, it's easy everyone says, but in reality to avoid getting caught by greed and end up breaking those rules can be difficult. It's something you need to drum into your head constantly - make rules and stick with them and be really careful with money management.

We need to be constantly reviewing this basic stuff to help us losing big time.
Quoting AstonDan
Hi Birdt, that's exactly what i'm not after!

I think that's part of the reason the Market Wizard series are so appealling time and again, not trading, but traders. Does that make sense?

Also, you should be contacting the author for a little kickback on both Bleek's and my purchase (although he clearly got a better deal!).

Good trading,
Dan
I'm the same as you Dan, I didn't want a book on TA or FA.
"I made all my money by selling too soon"
Quoting Xivali
FX Bootcamp - Wayne McDonnell

Awesome book for beginners and established traders. Golden read =]

For beginners I would recommend highly as the second step read.

For established traders It's a very good refresher course to get your mind set straight again =]

Seriously, Read this.
I thought this book was awful. Not only in content but the physical quality i.e. charts with 10 squiggly lines moving across it, he refers to a particular one but the they aren't labeled, and the images were originally in colour but are printed in black and white so they are essentially indistinguishable from each other.



Personally I would recommend High Probability Trading by Marcel Link. It covers a lot of stuff, but mainly focuses on the mindset of trading only high probability setups. Also Trading and Exchanges by Harris.
Definitely my favorite. I don't know how many times I've read it.
Absorbing it into my skull? That's a different question! LOL!

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CME floor trader Eddie Toppel's Zen In The Markets

"Eddie Toppel's book has captured the secret of successful trading.
This is an important book. Every trader and investor will benefit from
reading Zen In The Markets."
- Jack Sander, chairman, Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Zen Mind Beginner's Mind - simple, clear direct. Learn to trade in an uncluttered mindset.

Reminiscences of a stock operator - there is a reason why this book is one of the most recommended books by many of the best of the best out there.

Market Wizards - No Brainer

Confessions of an economic hitman - story of how our world has been manipulated by economic hitman. I think it is an obligation of professional traders to be aware of how the game is played.

Cheers
Quoting birdt
Jason Alan Jankovsky's - The Art of the Trade (what I learned and lost trading the Chicago futures markets). Best book about trading I've ever read. The chapter "The Meaning of Life" is absolutely brilliant. The book hasn't got much to do with trading, yet simultaneously has everything to do with it. Give it a read if you can handle it and tell me what you think.
Hi Birdt, read it this weekend, and read two chapters, The Meaning of Life and Technical Analysis, twice.

I think its an excellent read almost despite itself (i didn't find anything in Jason which made me 'warm' to his journey - although that's not the point).

Thanks for the recomendation, call you later on the Coke bottle phone!

Dan
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