Books
Here is a list of trading books I own. Some are not directly related to trading but still I consider them to be relevant.
Profit from 25+ years of trading experience
I would recommend these 10 books:
Weinstein, Stan – Secrets for Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets
Darvas, Nicolas – How I Made $2.000.000 in the Stock Market
Lefèvre, Edwin – Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Nison, Steve – Japanese Candlestick Charting
Koteshwar, Brad – The Perfect Speculator
Bollhorn, Tyler – The Mindless Investor
Mamis, Justin – The Nature of Risk
Oz, Tony – The Stock Trader
Paul, Jim / Moynihan, Brendan – What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars
Minervini, Mark – Momentum Masters: A Roundtable Interview with Super Traders
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Jiler, William L. – How Charts Can Help You In The Stock Market
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Adams, Scott – How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life
Adams, Scott – Reframe Your Brain: The User Interface for Happiness and Success
Alexander, Scott – Rhinoceros Success: The Secret to Charging Full Speed Toward Every Opportunity
Allen, Frederick L. – Only Yesterday: An Informal History Of The 1920’s
Asensio, Manuel P. – Sold Short
Atwater, Peter – The Confidence Map: Charting a Path from Chaos to Clarity
Bahcall, Safi – Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
Bandura, Albert – Self-Efficacy in Changing Societies
Barker, Joel A. – Paradigms: The Business of Discovering the Future
Barrons Roosevelt, Ruth – Exceptional Trading: The Mind Game
Barrons Roosevelt, Ruth – Twelve Habitudes of Highly Successful Traders
Baruch, M. Bernard – Baruch my own Story
Bernholz, Peter – Monetary Regimes and Inflation: History, Economic and Political Relationships
Beveridge, Harriet / Hunt-Davis, Ben – Will It Make The Boat Go Faster?: Olympic-winning Strategies for Everyday Success – Second Edition
Boik, John – How Legendary Traders Made Millions: Profiting from the Investment Strategies of the Greatest Traders of all Time
Bollhorn, Tyler – The Mindless Investor: Make Money in the Market by Overcoming Your Common Sense
Bonner, Bill / Rajiva Lila – Mobs, Messiahs And Markets: Surviving The Public Spectacle In Finance And Politics
Brandt L. Peter – Diary of a Professional Commodity Trader –Quotes– –-Quotes–
Bristol, Claude M. – The Magic of Believing
Brocas, Isabelle / Carrillo, Juan D. – The Psychology of Economic Decisions. Vol1
Bryar, Colin / Carr, Bill – Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
Bulkowski, Thomas N. – Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns
Bulkowski, Thomas N. – Trading Classic Chart Patterns
Burton, Theodore E. / Selden, G. C. – A Century of Prices –Excerpt– –Free ebook–
Casey, Douglas R. – Crisis Investing
Chancellor, Edward – Devil Take The Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation –Quotes–
Cialdini, Robert B. – Influence. The Psychology of Persuasion
Cialdini, Robert B. – Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence And Persuade
Clausewitz, Carl von – Vom Kriege (German)
Clear, James – Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
Cleary, Thomas – The Art of War: Complete Text and Commentaries
Clenow, Andreas F. – Stocks on the Move: Beating the Market with Hedge Fund Momentum Strategies
Clews, Henry – Fifty Years in Wall Street
Coates, John – The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: How Risk Taking Transforms Us, Body and Mind
Cole, George – Graphs and their Application to Speculation
Connors Laurence A. / Bradford Raschke, Linda – Street Smarts:
High Probability Short-Term Trading Strategies –Raschke Rules–
Cooper, Jeff – Hit and Run
Covel, Michael W. – The Complete Turtle Trader
Covel, Michael W. – Trend Following: Learn to Make Millions in Up or Down Markets —Excerpt— —Quotes— —Quotes—
Coyle, Daniel – The Talent Code: Greatness Isn’t Born. It’s Grown.
Crane, Burton – The Sophisticated Investor. A Guide to Stock-Market Profits
Crump, Arthur – The Theory of Stock Exchange Speculation
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly – Finding Flow
Dalton, James F. – Mind Over Markets
Darvas, Nicolas – How I Made $2.000.000 in the Stock Market
Darvas, Nicolas – You Can Still Make it in the Market
Davis, Morton D. – Game Theory. A Nontechnical Introduction
De Bono, Edward – Lateral Thinking: A Textbook of Creativity
Deemer, Walter – When the time comes to buy, you won’t want to: Timeless Pieces of Wit and Wisdom Compiled by a Wall Street Legend
Dennis, Felix – How to Get Rich
Dines, James – How Investors Can Make Money Using Mass Psychology: A Guide to your Relationship with Money
Doerner (Dorner), Dietrich – The Logic of Failure: Recognizing and Avoiding Error in Complex Situations
Dorsey, Thomas J. – Point and Figure Charting
Douglas, Mark – Trading in the Zone –Video– —Quotes— —Quotes—
Downs, Ed – 7 Chart Patterns that Consistently Make Money
Drobny, Steven – Inside the House of Money: Top Hedge Fund Traders on Profiting in the Global Markets
Droke, Clif – Tape Reading for the 21st Century
Duke, Annie – How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices
Duke, Annie – Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All The Facts
Dunnigan, William – New Blueprints for Gains in Stocks and Grains
Dupée, Marc / Marder, Kevin – The Best: TradingMarkets.com Conversations With Top Traders
Durand, John and Miller A.T. – The Business of Trading in Stocks
Durant, Will and Ariel – The Lessons of History
Dweck, Carol S. – Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Edwards, Robert D./ Magee, John – Technical Analysis of Stock Trends
Elder, Alexander – Come into my Trading Room
Elder, Alexander – Trading for a Living –Quotes–
Epstein, David – Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
Epstein, David – The Sports Gene: Talent, Practice and the Truth About Success
Farley, Alan – The Master Swing Trader –Market Scenarios–
Fell, James F. – The Holy Sh!t Moment: How Lasting Change Can Happen in an Instant
Fischer, Robert – Fibonacci Applications and Strategies for Traders
Fisher, Len – The Perfect Swarm: The Science of Complexity in Everyday Life
Fosback, Norman G. – Stock Market Logic: A Sophisticated Approach to Profits on Wall Street
Galbraith, John Kenneth – The Great Crash – 1929
Gallwey, W. Timothy – The Inner Game of Tennis
Gigerenzer, Gerd – Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious
Gigerenzer, Gerd – Risk Savvy: How to Make Good Decisions
Gillihan, J. Seth – Mindful Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: A Simple Path to Healing, Hope, and Peace
Girard, Joe – How to Sell Anything to Anybody
Gladwell, Malcolm – Outliers: The Story of Success
Gladwell, Malcolm – The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Glett, Braden – Stock Market Stratagem: Loss Control and Portfolio Management Enhancement –Quotes–
Goldstein, Steven – Mastering the Mental Game of Trading: Harnessing the Power of the Inner Self to Fuel Trading Outperformance
Gracián, Baltasar – The Art of Worldly Wisdom
Graifer, Vadym / Schumacher, Christopher – Techniques of Tape Reading –6 Stages of a Trader–
Grant, Adam – Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know
Greene, Robert – Mastery
Greene, Robert – The 33 Strategies of War
Greene, Robert – The 48 Laws of Power
Greene, Robert – The Laws of Human Nature
Greene, Robert – The Laws of Seduction
Grimes, Adam – The Art and Science of Technical Analysis: Market Structure, Price Action and Trading Strategies
Gunaratana, Bhante Henepola – Mindfulness, in Plain English
Gunther, Max – The Luck Factor: Why Some People are Luckier Than Others and How You Can Become One of Them
Gunther, Max – The Zurich Axioms –Excerpt–
Guyon, Don – One-Way Pockets: The Book of Books on Wall Street Speculation
Harper, Henry Howard – The Psychology of Speculation —Excerpt–
Harris, Larry – Trading and Exchanges
Hill, Napoleon – The Law of Success
Hill, Napoleon – Think and Grow Rich
Holiday, Ryan / Hanselman Stephen: The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living: Featuring new translations of Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius
Hougaard, Tom – Best Loser Wins: Why Normal Thinking Never Wins the Trading Game written by a high-stake day trader
Housel, Morgan – The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
Hunter, Michael E. – The Illusion Of Prosperity
Hutson K. Jack – Charting The Stock Market: The Wyckoff Method
Investors Business Daily – Business Leaders and Success: 55 Top Business Leaders and How They Achieved Greatness
Jensen, Edward S. – Stock Market Blueprints
Jiler, William L. – How Charts Can Help You In The Stock Market
Jorgenson, Eric – The Almanack Of Naval Ravikant
Kahneman, Daniel / Sibony, Olivier / Sunstein, Cass R. – Noise: A Flaw In Human Judgment
Kahneman, Daniel – Thinking Fast And Slow
Kelly, Fred / Burgess, Sullivan – How Shrewd Speculators Win: A Guide To Behavior When the Market Rises –Quote–
Kelly, Fred – Why You win Or Lose
Kerr, James – Legacy: What The All Blacks Can Teach Us About The Business Of Life
Kessler, Andy – Running Money: Hedge Fund Honchos, Monster Markets And My Hunt For The Big Score
Kim, W. Chan / Mauborgne, Renée A. – Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition: How To Create Uncontested Market Space And Make The Competition Irrelevant
Klein, Gary – The Power Of Intuition: How To Use Your Gut Feelings To Make Better Decisions At Work
Kobrick, Frederick R. – The Big Money: Seven Steps to Picking Great Stocks and Finding Financial Security
Koppel, Robert – Investing And The Irrational Mind: Rethink Risk, Outwit Optimism, And Seize Opportunities Others Miss
Koteshwar, Brad – The Perfect Speculator:
How To Win Big In Up Markets And Lose Nothing In Down Markets –Quotes–
Koteshwar, Brad – The Perfect Stock:
How A 7000% Move Was Set-up, Started And Finished In An Astonishing 52 Weeks –Quotes–
Kounios, John / Beeman, Mark – The Eureka Factor: Aha Moments, Creative Insight, and the Brain
Koy, Kevin – The Big Hitters
Kroll, Stanley – Dragons And Bulls: Profitable Investment Strategies For Trading Stocks And Commodities
Kroll, Stanley – Kroll On Futures Trading Strategy
Kroll, Stanley – The Professional Commodity Trader
LaBier, Rogan M. – The Nasdaq Trader’s Toolkit
LeBon, Gustave – The Crowd –Free ebook–
Lefèvre, Edwin – Reminiscences Of A Stock Operator —Excerpt— –Quotes–
Lefèvre, Edwin – Reminiscences Of A Stock Operator – Illustrated Edition
Lewis, Michael – Liar’s Poker
Loeb, Gerald M. – The Battle For Investment Survival
Lorimer, George Horace – Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son (Illustrated)
Lowenstein, Roger – When Genius Failed
Lundell, Dean – Sun Tzu’s Art Of War For Traders And Investors
Lynch, Peter – One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In The Market
Machiavelli, Niccolo – The Prince –Excerpt–
Mackay, Charles – Extraordinary Popular Delusions And The Madness Of Crowds –Excerpt– –Free ebook–
Magazine Of Wall Street – Fourteen Methods Of Operating In The Stock Market
Malkiel, Burton G. – A Random Walk Down Wall Street
Mamis, Justin – The Nature Of Risk –Excerpt–
Mamis, Justin – When To Buy
Mamis, Justin – When To Sell —Excerpt—
Marks, Howard – The Most Important Thing Illuminated
Mauboussin, Michael J. – More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom In Unconventional Places
McCall, Richard D. – The Way Of The Warrior Trader
McKeown, Greg – Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
McPhee, Roemer – Killing the Market: Legendary Investor Robert W. Wilson
Medbery (Medbury), James K. – Men And Mysteries Of Wall Street –Free ebook–
Medcalf, Joshua – Chop Wood Carry Water: How To Fall In Love With The Process Of Becoming Great
Mehta, Ravee – The Emotionally Intelligent Investor
Miller, Lowell – The Momentum Gap Method
Miner, Robert – Dynamic Trading
Minervini, Mark – Mindset Secrets for Winning: How to Bring Personal Power to Everything You Do
Minervini, Mark / Weissmann Bob – Momentum Masters: A Roundtable Interview With Super Traders
Minervini, Mark – Think & Trade Like A Champion: The Secrets, Rules & Blunt Truths Of A Stock Market Wizard
Minervini, Mark – Trade Like A Stock Market Wizard: How To Achieve Superperformance In Stocks In Any Market –Quotes– –Quotes– –Quotes–
Moore, William C. – Wall Street. It’s Mysteries Revealed: It’s Secrets Exposed –Excerpt–
Morales, Gil / Kacher, Chris – Trade Like An O’Neil Disciple: How We Made 18,000% In The Stock Market
Morales, Gil / Kacher, Chris – In The Trading Cockpit With The O’Neil Disciples: Strategies That Made Us 18,000% In The Stock Market
Morris, Gregory L. – Candlestick Charting Explained
Munchkin, Richard W. – Gambling Wizards: Conversations With The World’s Greatest Gamblers (Gambling Theories Methods)
Murphy, John – Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets –Excerpt —
Murphy, Shane / Hirschhorn, Doug – The Trading Athlete
Musashi, Miyamoto – The Book Of Five Rings
Muzea, George – The Vital Few vs. The Trivial Many: Invest with the Insiders, not the Masses
Neill, Humphrey B. – Tape Reading and Market Tactics –Quote–
Neill, Humphrey B. – The Art of Contrary Thinking
Nelson, Harris Joseph / The Trader – Common Sense Speculation
Newport, Cal – Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Ng, G. – The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to his Son: Perspectives, Ideology, and Wisdom
Niederhoffer, Victor – The Education of a Speculator
Nisbett, Richard E. – The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently
Nison, Steve – Beyond Candlesticks
Nison, Steve – Japanese Candlestick Charting –Quote–
Nitobe, Inazo – Bushido: The Soul Of Japan
Norton, Richie – The Power of Starting Something Stupid: How to Crush Fear, Make Dreams Happen, and Live Without Regret
Oech, Roger von – A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative
Ogilvy David – Confessions of an Advertising Man
Ogilvy David – Ogilvy on Advertising
O’Neil, William – 24 Essential Lessons For Investment Success: Learn The Most Important Investment Techniques From The Founder of Investor’s Business Daily
O’Neil, William – How To Make Money In Stocks, 1st Edition Revised
O’Neil, William – How To Make Money In Stocks, 3rd Edition –Market Wisdom–
O’Neil, William – How To Make Money In Stocks, 4th Edition
O’Neil, William – How To Make Money Selling Stocks Short
Ophuls, William – Immoderate Greatness: Why Civilizations Fail
Ord, Timothy – The Secret Science of Price and Volume: Techniques for Spotting Market Trends, Hot Sectors, and the Best Stocks
Oz, Tony – The Stock Trader –Excerpt–
Paul, Jim / Moynihan, Brendan – What I Learned Losing A Million Dollars
Paulos, John Allen – Innumeracy
Peale, Norman Vincent – The Power of Positive Thinking
Pesavento, Larry / Jouflas, Leslie – Essentials Of Trading: It’s Not What You Think, It’s How You Think
Plous, Scott – The Psychology Of Judgement And Decision Making –Excerpt–
Plummer, Tony – Forecasting Financial Markets
Pring, Martin – Investment Psychology Explained
Pring, Martin – Technical Analysis Explained
Ritchie, Mark – My Trading Bible: Lose Your shirt. Save Your Life. Carry On Trading.
Robbins, Anthony – Awaken The Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Life
Robbins, Anthony – Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement
Rosenberg, Marshall B. – Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life. Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships
Ruggiero Jr., Murray A. / Toghraie, Adrienne Laris: Real People, Real Traders: How People Like You Are Making It in the Markets
Schabacker, Richard – Technical Analysis And Stock Market Profits
Schwager, Jack D. – Hedge Fund Market Wizards: How Winning Traders Win –Excerpt– –Quotes– –Quotes–
Schwager, Jack D. – Market Wizards
Schwager, Jack D. – The New Market Wizards
Schwager, Jack D. – Unknown Market Wizards: The Best Traders You’ve Never Heard Of
Schwartz, David J. – The Magic Of Thinking Big
Schwartz, Martin – Pit Bull —Quotes— —Excerpt—
Selden G. C. – Psychology Of The Stock Market –Excerpt– –Quotes– –Free ebook–
Seligman, Martin E.P. – Learned Optimism: How To Change Your Mind And Your Life
Senger, Harro von – Strategeme Band 1 & Band 2 (German)
Shannon, Brian – Technical Analysis Using Multiple Timeframes
Shapiro, Max – The Penniless Billionaires
Shefrin, Hersh – Beyond Greed And Fear: Understanding Behavioral Finance And The Psychology Of Investing
Sherden A. William – The Fortune Sellers: The Big Business of Buying and Selling Predictions
Sklarew, Arthur – Techniques of a Professional Commodity Chart Analyst
Slater, Robert – Soros, The Unauthorized Biography: The Life, Times & Trading Secrets Of The World’s Greatest Investor
Smith, Amy – How To Make Money In Stocks: Success Stories
Smitten, Richard – Trade Like Jesse Livermore –Livermore Advice–
Soros, George – The Alchemy of Finance
Sperandeo, Victor – Trader Vic – Methods Of A Wall Street Master –Video–
Steenbarger, Brett N. – The Psychology Of Trading
Steenbarger, Brett N. – The Daily Trading Coach: 101 Lessons For Becoming Your Own Trading Psychologist
Steidlmayer, Peter J. – On Markets. Trading With Market Profile —Quotes—
Stone, Clement W. – The Success System That Never Fails: Experience the True Riches of Life (Official Publication of the Napoleon Hill Foundation)
Strogatz Steven H. – Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order
Sun Tzu – The Art of War: The Denma Translation (Shambhala Library)
Surowiecki, James – The Wisdom Of Crowds
Taleb, Nassim Nicholas – Fooled By Randomness: The Hidden Role Of Chance In Life And In The Markets
Taleb, Nassim Nicholas – The Bed Of Procrustes: Philosophical And Practical Aphorisms
Taleb, Nassim Nicholas – The Black Swan —Excerpt—
Tarde, Gabriel – The Laws Of Imitation –Free ebook–
Taylor, George D. – The Taylor Trading Technique
Tendler Jared – The Mental Game Of Trading: A System For Solving Problems With Greed, Fear, Anger, Confidence, And Discipline
Tendler, Jared / Carter, Barry – The Mental Game Of Poker: Proven Strategies For Improving Tilt Control, Confidence, Motivation, Coping With Variance, And More
Tetlock, Philip / Gardner, Dan – Superforecasting: The Art And Science Of Prediction
Tharp, Van K. – Super Trader: Make Consistent Profits In Good And Bad Markets
Thiel, Peter – Zero To One: Notes On Start Ups, Or How To Build The Future
Thurlow, Bradbury K. – Rediscovering The Wheel
Tolle, Eckhart – The Power Of Now: A Guide To Spiritual Enlightenment
Toppel, Edward Allen – Zen In The Markets –Excerpt–
Tracy, Brian – Maximum Achievement: Strategies And Skills That Will Unlock Your Hidden Powers To Succeed
Train, John – Money Masters Of Our Time
Tsunetomo, Yamamoto – Hagakure
Tung, Douglas S. & Theresa K.: 36 Stratagems Plus: Illustrated by International Cases
Vega, Josef De La – Confusion de Confusiones [1688]: Portions Descriptive of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange
Waitzkin, Josh – The Art Of Learning: An Inner Journey To Optimal Performance
Ward, Steve – High Performance Trading: 35 Practical Strategies And Techniques To Enhance Your Trading Psychology And Performance
Watts, Dickson G. – Speculation As A Fine Art And Thoughts On Life —Excerpt—
Weihenmayer, Erik / Stoltz, Paul – The Adversity Advantage: Turning Everyday Struggles into Everyday Greatness
Weinstein, Stan – Secrets For Profiting In Bull And Bear Markets
Weintraub, Neal T. – Tricks Of The Floor Trader
Weissman, Richard L. – Trade Like A Casino: Find Your Edge, Manage Risk, And Win Like The House
Wetsel Market Bureau – A Course In Trading
Williams, Jason – The Mental Edge In Trading: Adapt Your Personality Traits And Control Your Emotions To Make Smarter Investments
Wolf, H. J. – Studies In Stock Speculation
Wyckoff, Richard D. – How I Trade And Invest In Stocks And Bonds
Wyckoff, Richard D. – Jesse Livermore’s Methods Of Trading In Stocks
Wyckoff, Richard D. – Stock Market Technique Number One
Wyckoff, Richard D. – Stock Market Technique Number Two
Wyckoff, Richard D. (Rollo Tape) – Studies In Tape Reading
Yu, Jea – The Undergroundtrader.com Guide To Electronic Trading
Ziglar, Zig / Harrington, Kevin – Secrets of Closing the Sale
Zoe Segal, Gillian – Getting There: A Book of Mentors
Zweig, Jason – Your Money And Your Brain: How The New Science Of Neuroeconomics Can Help Make You Rich
Zweig, Martin – Winning On Wall Street –Quotes–