Money Managers & Traders

By: Reilly & Brown 2002 ed. Penned by a widely respected author team, this investments text takes an empirical approach to explaining current, real-world practice. Providing the most comprehensive coverage available, the text emphasizes investment alternatives and teaches students how to analyze these choices and manage their portfolio. Like the editions before it, the sixth edition includes excellent coverage of portfolio theory, capital market theory, security analysis, and international investments.

By: Victor Sperandeo 1998 ed. A uniquely detailed and documented look inside the trading systems of one of today's leading investment managers illustrates significant investment techniques with more than 100 charts from the stock, futures and options markets. Sperandeo has been profiled in leading business publications.

By: Jack Schwager 2003 ed. It has been nearly a decade since the publication of the highly successful The New Market Wizards. The interim has witnessed the most dynamic bull market in U.S. stock history, a collapse in commodity prices, dramatic failures in some of the world's leading hedge funds, the burst of the internet bubble, a fall into recession, and subsequent rumblings of recovery. Who have been the "market wizards" during this tumultuous financial period? How do some traders manage to continually outperform a stock market? The answers are here.

By: Jack Schwager 1995 ed. In this sequel to the bestselling Market Wizards, Schwager taps into the minds of today's top financial wizards and reveals the secrets of their astonishing success. "Provides unique insight into the arcane world of currency trading as well as other fast-moving markets."--U.S. News & World Report.

"Exceptional Trading" By: Ruth Roosevelt 1999 ed. Exceptional Trading: The Mind Game, is a trader's manual for developing the necessary attitudes to trade consistently and to win. The book givesIn this just released guide, you will learn 10 strategies to trade the VIX. Five of these strategies have never been published before! Connors VIX Reversals have correctly predicted the direction of the S&P's over the past 8 1/2 years approximately 65% of the time within a 2 to 3 day period. Some of these indicators have correctly predicted the market direction nearly 70% of the time!utlines remarkable methods for developing internally the mental skills essential to high profit trading.

By: John Murphy 1999 ed. Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets expands upon and updates Murphy's classic Technical Analysis of the Futures Markets. Packed with some 400 real-life charts that clarify every key point, it covers: the fundamentals of technical analysis and chart construction; what you must know about trends and the building blocks of chart analysis; price patterns, including major reversal and continuation patterns; methods of analysis - moving averages, oscillators, contrary opinion, and other indicators; and time cycles, market interrelationships, money management, and trading tactics. Beginners and experienced traders alike will find a wealth of immediately useful information in this authoritative, yet easy-to-follow guide.

By: Laurence Connors & Gregory Che 2001 ed. In this just released guide, you will learn 10 strategies to trade the VIX. Five of these strategies have never been published before! Connors VIX Reversals have correctly predicted the direction of the S&P's over the past 8 1/2 years approximately 65% of the time within a 2 to 3 day period. Some of these indicators have correctly predicted the market direction nearly 70% of the time!

By: Eddie Kwong 2001 ed. This collection of secrets from the world's Top Traders will teach you: how to use different types of orders to get the best possible price and execution, how to place and trail stops, how to manage positions, how to scale in their position, how to adjust position size relative to account size, how to properly use leverage, how to have the discipline to do the right thing, and more.

By: Alan Farley 2000 ed. Swing trading is gaining popularity as a powerful method to increase returns and potentially lower risks by profiting from short-term price moves. Farley presents a complete guide to making profitable, short-term trades based on his popular "Mastering the Trade" online course and using dozens of charts and graphs to illustrate proven swing trading concepts and strategies.

By: Mark Douglas & Thom Hartle 2001 ed. Conflicts, contradictions and paradoxes in thinking can spell disaster for even a highly motivated, astute and well grounded trader. Mark Douglas, a commodities trader and one who has been around traders for over fifteen years, sends the message that thinking strategy will profoundly influence a trader's success rate. Douglas addresses five very specific issues to give traders the insight and understanding about themselves that will make them consistent winners in the market.

By: Jeff Cooper 1998 ed. As a professional trader, I have read numerous books on trading over the years. Hit and Run is by far one of the best books I have ever read. The great thing about Cooper's strategies is that they WORK and more importantly they were created by someone who live by his trading day in and day out! This book is a must read for anyone who is inspiring to trade like a professional.

By: Josh Lukeman 2003 ed. Hundreds of books, written from the buy-side viewpoint of the successful trader, promise day trading success. The Market Maker's Edge is the first book to turn the tables, working from the sell side to explain how the market maker routinely maintains the upper hand, seizing profits while controlling risk in today's volatile marketplace. Written by a Josh Lukeman—a Morgan Stanley Dean Witter market maker who has honed his skills for years

By: Jesse Livermore 2006 ed. This book was recommended by William O'neil of Investors Business Daily.It is worthwhile reading and gives some insight on general trading rules similar to those of O'neil, which is why it was of interest to me.The title is a misnomer because it really is not a how to book.It is too general for that. It does espouse a particular theory of trading however. The portion of the book labeled Livermore secret market key is very confusing, never explained , and not very helpful. It's a mediocre attempt to take the writings of Jesse Livermore and re-market them into a how to book.

By: Ralph Wanger 1999 ed. Investors are like zebras in lion country: They must settle for meager pickings by sticking in the middle of the herd, or seek richer rewards at the outer edge, where hungry lions lurk. Wanger shows investors -- whether they are investing in mutual funds or buying stocks on their own -- how to achieve the right balance of safety and risk to survive and prosper in the investment jungle. Destined to become a classic in the field of investing, A Zebra in Lion Country is as entertaining as it is instructive.

" The 5 Day Momentum Method" By: Jeff Cooper 1999 ed. Rapidly moving momentum stocks always pause before resuming their trend. The 5 Day Momentum Method will teach you how to identify the exact day and price to enter these stocks before they explode again. You will usually risk only 1-2 points and your upside potential is 5 - 20 points, all within 5 days!

By: Toni Turner 2005 ed. Bestselling author and trader Toni Turner teaches readers the techniques and strategies needed to trade in today's up-and-down stock market. The book begins with "Seven Steps to Trading Success," which outlines the logistics needed to establish a trading career. In an upbeat, clear, and lively style.