The PDF useful sources thread

I've been a member of the factory for almost a year now and over that time, I've read a lot of insightful posts and threads. The thing with good posts is that they don't come about very often, which led me to create the Cornholio's Reading Suggestions thread the aim of which is to collect useful posts together into one place for reference. Now I want to do the same with PDFs. There are a lot of pdf files scattered all around the factory and quite a few of them contain information that is useful even outside the context of those particular threads that these files have been posted in. So, rather than have those files sit around gathering electronic dust, let's bring 'em out to the benefit of the factory's members.

I will open this thread with a few files on my own, but I would like to encourage other members to chip in. Rather than just posting the files, it would be great if you could give a short description of the contents one might find in those files. You can also post MS Word, notepad, PowerPoint & other formats that are accepted by FF. Please don't post files that are previews to a paid service or anything that might be considered as advertising.

1. trading times for currencies - What Are the Best Times to Trade for Individual Currency Pairs?
The name says it all. The file details the volatility of pairs during different sessions and market hours based on BIS data collected in 2007. Up to date data can be found here: http://www.forexmarkethours.com/volatility/05/

2. Currency Personalities
A not so detailed look at some of the most popular currency pairs and their distinctive characteristics.

3. A Trader Checklist
One short-term trader offers some thoughts on the typical characteristics and skills of successful traders.

It's been posted elsewhere but, let's get it here on the PDF thread:

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Draft of:
Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners
by Larry Harris

A great draft of a great book. Always lots to learn from it.

A classic, must read. Be Right, Sit Tight!

http://www.stockvision.org/books/Edw...perator-EN.pdf

FXSurfer & Fool,
thanks for the files!
R of a SO is truly a classic and deserves its spot on every trader's book shelf (or PC folder).

If someone happens to have past issues of Currency Trader magazine they are very welcome to post them here.

7. GSU reading list
A list of books, articles and research papers. I believe this the list that every wannabe GS employee must (at least partially) work themselves through. Correct me if I'm wrong.

If you ever want to start your own super hedge fund

Anyone know how to attach a pdf thats more than 1.9 mb? Can I break it up into smaller chunks?

if you have Acrobat Pro you can save a pdf file as text then split it up

This version is pretty rough,I converted it from pdf ( thanks again fool ) , i had a really good link to pdfs from a trader here at FF called Tradpat,but i cant seem to locate it

i got some good stuff too

tim sykes dvd,pennystocking


http://www.vertor.com/torrents/21768...king-Part-Deux

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/2624/penny.jpg


(if anybody is interested i have copies of tim raw,just pm me if u want it,sharing it in public is a bit illegal,thats why u need to pm me)


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Cris Loris allstarfx dvds,and free books,many good ones

http://www.monova.org/details/238051...S%20BOOKS.html
http://www.chrislori.com/

Bill Williams - New Trading Dimension - New Trading Dimensions - How To Profit From Chaos In Stocks

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/274...191dmedium.jpg


http://www.monova.org/details/99205/...20STOCKS,.html

My contribution...

Get your popcorn and favorite beverage as regulators and industry big boys go back and forth on some interesting current market issues. Don't worry - They don't seem to get to the bottom of anything (surprise). An interesting read so far as I've gotten though it.

Dark Pools, Flash Orders, High Frequency Trading, and Other Market Structure Issues

PDF was too big to upload but, is here toward the bottom of the page under
S. Hrg. 111-434.

This HFT and flash crash stuff is crazy. I recently found out that if it weren't for the circuit brakers installed since May 6th there would've been 6 to 7 flash crashes from May to September (paraphrasing the head of SEC). By the way, we had one yesterday too, but it looks like it was confined to the SPY ETF and all 'crash' trades will be rescinded.

Looks like could turn in good buy position, but who knows.. time and chart will tell.

Best,
T

what is the code of this stock ?

SPY
By the way, don't look now, but the flash crash as been cleaned off the chart. Obviously all the trades were cancelled.
http://finviz.com/publish/101910/SPYc0dl0537.png

Thanks for info.

b,
T

heres a couple of good books here,

http://www.swing-trade-stocks.com/e-books.html

They are more or less reviews and summaries of the books. Nevertheless, I think they are useful. Thank you and all the other for contributing to this thread.

Here is my one of my favorites ebook collection..
this ebook won't explaine how to enter/exit the market...it's a trading paper ebook

After you do what ebook will tell you, you will never ever lost in the market whatever it pairs,TF...because this ebook will give you your own map,compass, and of course..your destiny..all you have to do is just read and honestly answer the question...

I'm sorry if my english isn't good enough..I'm indonesian...
Happy Trading....

Here is something interesting to read, written by Hans Werner Sinn. It's a CESifo Forum Special Issue 2010, titled Rescuing Europe and it details the Club Med rescue package, the effect of the euro on the eurozone countries. I found it very interesting reading and I would recommend this to everybody who is interested in macro research. Regardless of what people say about China being the second largest economy, the US and the eurozone together make up around 46% of the world economy, with eurozone accounting for $12.5 trillion or 21.5% of the global GDP (thus making it the second largest economy after the US). The eurozone is an important economic entity and it is not often that you see research like this. Enjoy!

The PDF is over the FF max size limit so here is the direct link to IFO's page: http://www.cesifo-group.de/DocCIDL/F...t-Aug-2010.pdf

This guy is awsome for explaining Technical Analysis in its simplest,clearest form. Anthing by Martin Pring is worth the money.

I included the original turtle trend following rules,because it works really well with Prings peak and trough plays, you can also look for books by Michael Covel if you want to learn about other succesful trend followers.