Pros: Simple yet effective
Cons: I wish the chapter on options was longer
Pros: The be all and end all of option trading
Cons: Sometiems you have to read things 2-3 times to get it
Pros: Great as a general overview of the topic
Cons: Too short, not enough detail
Pros: Easy and quick read, author uses accessible language
Cons: Not long enough. I want more.
Steve Nison revolutionized the world of technical analysis when his two bestselling books introduced Japanese candlestick charting techniques to the western world. "Candles," he discovered, can signal shifts in trends and price patterns with amazing accuracy, and these "storyteller" charts also contain powerful applications for today’s volatile short-term markets. ...
“ I loved this book. James Rickards is a brilliant man. A Wall Street veteran, lawyer, and Austrian economist. He has done work for the pentagon out of the Applied Physics Lab in Maryland, where they carried out experiments in economic warfare. This book is eye-opening and thought provoking. I highly recommend it for anyone interested in the history of the global economy, its present state, and...” --NoJobRob
“I reached this book after a handful of trading texts in the past months, as well as spending the past summer watching Level Two screens and ticker bars scrolls, bursting breakouts and bottomless bull traps. So far none of the other books have hit me EXACTLY in stride like this book. What I like is that the book expands on a somewhat concentrated part of the market: trend trading. It is...” --Bermudan Option
“Almost every professional trader has this book. Covers any and everything to do with options basically. For people who are only interested in buying calls or buying options, this has a breakdown on the best delta to use, what actions you can take if the market moves against you, the VIX, deltas, directionless trading, etc. I think it is an essential text for anyone serious about trading...” --Bermudan Option
"One of the best baseball—and management—books out....Deserves a place in the Baseball Hall of Fame."—ForbesMoneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball. Following the low-budget Oakland Athletics, their larger-than-life general manger, Billy Beane, and the strange brotherhood of amateur baseball enthusiasts, Michael Lewis has written not only "the...
When Money Dies is the classic history of what happens when a nation’s currency depreciates beyond recovery. In 1923, with its currency effectively worthless (the exchange rate in December of that year was one dollar to 4,200,000,000,000 marks), the German republic was all but reduced to a barter economy. Expensive cigars, artworks, and jewels were routinely exchanged for...
An updated look at the United States' precarious position given the recent financial turmoil In The New Empire of Debt, financial writers Bill Bonner and Addison Wiggin return to reveal how the financial crisis that has plagued the United States will soon bring an end to this once great empire. Throughout the book, the authors offer an updated look at the United States'...
“Learn and profit from Jeff Augen’s book: It clearly explains how to take advantage of market inefficiencies in collapsing implied volatility, effects of strike price, and time decay. A must-read for individuals who are options oriented.” --Ralph J. Acampora, CMT, Director of Technical Analysis Studies, New York Institute of Finance “A fantastic, insightful...
The bestselling holy grail of trading information-now brought completely up to date to give traders an edge in the marketplace “Sound trading advice and lots of ideas you can use to develop your own trading methodology.”-Jack Schwager, author of Market Wizards and The New Market Wizards This trading masterpiece has been fully updated to address all the concerns of...
