A Course In Trading
A Course In Trading (278 pages, $45 hardcover, 1998, ISBN 0273637398), by The Wetsel Market Bureau. Introduced and edited for Pitman Publishing's Traders' Masterclass by Donald Mack and published by The Financial Times. A widely held view within technical analysis circles is that some of the courses published between the years 1922 and 1957 represent the crème de la crème of analytical market writings. Mack's A Course In Trading takes the form of a highly structured, year-long course containing a series of lessons, each dedicated to a single aspect of chart analysis. This book will appeal to every level of trader interested in the subject of trading.
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Graphs And Their Application To Speculation (278 pages, $45 hardcover, 1998, ISBN 027363738X), by George W. Cole. Introduced and edited for Pitman Publishing's Traders' Masterclass by Donald Mack and published by The Financial Times. This work was originally published in 1936, a period of intense thought and analysis following the greatest rise and fall in the history of the New York Stock Exchange. This book was written with the intention of taking technical speculation from an art to a profession, replacing uninformed gambling with the application of a set of thorough and analytical techniques and formulas.
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Forecasting Profits Using Price & Time (164 pages, $39.95 paper, 1998, ISBN 047115539X), by Ed Gately, published by John Wiley & Sons. While a majority of trading systems incorporate only existing or past pricing activity into their simulations, the most successful systems also use forecasting methods to establish future activity. This trading system developer creates a new approach to forecasting that includes setting price and time targets to anticipate future price movements -- an essential step in reducing risk, increasing reaction time and yielding greater returns. Using such targeting techniques as Fibonacci numbers and ratios, cycle analysis, support/resistance and a variety of other established indicators, this book enables you to integrate today's most accurate computerized forecasting models into your current system.
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The Mind Of A Trader (252 pages, $34.95 hardcover, 1998, ISBN 0273630067), by Alpesh B. Patel, published by Financial Times Pitman Publishing. Winning traders almost seem to have a sixth sense about the markets that cannot be learned from any academic course. The game they have learned has taken years of experience; by making many trades and deploying accumulated insights into the behavior of the market, they have refined a successful trading mind.
This book explores the trading philosophies, behavior and tactics of top traders, identifying successful strategies and winning ways in the markets.
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Trading The Plan: Build Wealth, Manage Money, Control Risk (220 pages, $49.95 paper, 1997, ISBN 047116979X), by Robert Deel, published by John Wiley & Sons. Trading The Plan equips you with the tools you need to maximize your profits, control your risk, and, perhaps most important, develop a money management program that will limit your losses. You'll grow to regard author Robert Deel as a trusted advisor who gives you tough, straightforward advice and helps you implement the changes you need to make. Plus, he shows you how to tailor a strategy that fits your specific needs, goals, and risk tolerance.
How To Retire Rich: Time-Tested Strategies To Beat The Market And Retire In Style (272 pages, $25 hardcover, 1998, ISBN 076079000723), by James O'Shaughnessy, published by Broadway Books. Retiring rich may be easier than you think. Most Americans today think they're in good financial shape and are looking forward to a comfortable retirement. Even if you have a flourishing career and can afford two cars and several vacations a year, the numbers in your savings and retirement plan don't always add up to a financially secure future.
In a time when all of us are painfully aware of shrinking Social Security and healthcare benefits, investing in your future is more important than ever. In this book, the author applies his analysis of Standard & Poor's CompuStat Database to identify exactly which strategies have consistently beaten almost all active stockpickers over the past four decades. His strategies are often so simple that they can fit on the back of a business card, making it easy for investors see how these strategies will affect their overall financial picture and start putting them into practice.
