The Amazing Life Of Jesse Livermore, World's Greatest Stock Trader The Complete Guide To Electronic Futures Trading Contrary Opinion Encyclopedia Of Chart Patterns Fast Stocks, Fast Money International Encyclopedia Of Technical Analysis Options On Foreign Exchange, second edition
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 The Amazing Life Of Jesse Livermore, World's Greatest Stock Trader: Wall Street Legend, Greek Tragedy Life (283 pages, $29.95 hardcover, 1999, ISBN 0934380597), by Richard Smitten, published by Traders Press. Jesse Livermore is considered by many of today's top Wall Street traders as the greatest trader who ever lived. Livermore broke new ground in trading the market. His timing techniques, money management systems, and high-momentum approach to trading in stocks and commodities were revolutionary, and they remain valid today. He made a fortune in the crash of 1907 and later lost it, only to make it and lose it several more times. In the panic of 1907, by selling short, he made $3 million in one day. He sold the market short before the crash of 1929, and entered the Depression with $100 million in cash. He worked out of a highly secure office fortress on New York's posh Fifth Avenue. Once the market was open, no one in the office was allowed to speak until the market closed. He was a complex genius whose life's ambition was to win on Wall Street.
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The Complete Guide To Electronic Futures Trading: Everything You Need To Start Trading Online (201 pages, $29.95 hardcover, 2000, ISBN 0071353127), by Scott Slutsky and Darrell Jobman, published by McGraw-Hill. Electronic trading systems have become a reality. In futures exchanges around the world -- in fact, in nearly every exchange except the US -- electronic trading has become the standard. By eliminating costly, time-consuming middlemen and providing virtually immediate information, transmission of data, and trade execution, it has become the clear choice for futures traders. This book prepares you for this new trading reality. The authors combine computer hardware and software knowledge with first-person accounts of the aspects unique to electronic futures traders. They cover what the electronic trader needs: pre-trade analysis, the brokerage connection, the exchange function, methods for electronic trading, and trading rules for electronic traders. Electronic trading is faster, more flexible, more efficient, and provides a level playing field for every trader, regardless of size. The transition to screen trading is never easy, but it is inevitable.
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Contrary Opinion: Using Sentiment To Profit In The Futures Markets (194 pages, $49.95 hardcover, 2000, ISBN 0471363537), by R. Earl Hadady, published by John Wiley & Sons. "The facts are unimportant! It's what they are perceived to be that determines the course of events," says author Hadady. Conventional wisdom has it that the ups and downs of the futures markets are dictated by the eternal struggle between the forces of supply and demand. But as a contrarian, the author demonstrates in this unconventional guide to winning in the futures markets that nothing could be further from the truth. In reality, the futures markets are a money game, in which trader sentiment and the herd instinct, not economics, control the action, and the players with the most leverage always win in the end. So, does that mean that, as far as the small investor is concerned, futures are a no-win proposition? Not at all. It only means that if you want to win in futures you have to do what the big traders do. Buy when the market is bearish and sell when the bulls start to run. Hadady arms you with the tools you'll need to develop a winning contrarian trading plan of your own.
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Encyclopedia Of Chart Patterns (672 pages, $79.95 hardcover, 2000, ISBN 0471295256), by Thomas N. Bulkowski, published by John Wiley & Sons. Technical chart analysis has never been easy. It has, however, been historically successful -- and well worth the added effort -- for dedicated investors who want to presage what a stock will do next and regularly beat the markets. This definitive text by Bulkowski, who is a frequent STOCKS & COMMODITIES contributor, details over 50 chart patterns that signal whether a stock is in bullish, bearish, or neutral mode. It identifies each chart pattern, explains how and why each chart was formed, and where it will go next. You simply filter the information through your own trading style and strategy, watch for the optimal entry and exit points, and trade the markets with skill and confidence. The result is a valuable technical analysis reference, and one that will increase your likelihood of buying near the price bottom and selling near the top.
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Fast Stocks, Fast Money: How To Make Money Investing In New Issues And Small Company Stocks (416 pages, $21.95 hardcover, 2000, ISBN 0070459800), by Robert Natale, published by McGraw-Hill. The author has spent more than 20 years picking stocks. In this book, he turns his decades of experience and instinct into a blueprint for finding solid, innovative companies at reasonable prices. This is more than just another get-rich-in-the-market book. Natale explains the underpinnings of the small-cap and IPO markets. This helps you understand not just how and when, but why these markets provide today's best risk-adjusted returns. His writing style makes even the intricate strategies easy to understand. In addition to telling you where to invest, he tells you what companies and strategies to avoid. While the book helps you know when to buy, just as important, it will tell you when to get out.
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International Encyclopedia Of Technical Analysis (350 pages, $45 hardcover, 2000, ISBN 0814404715), by Joel G. Siegel, Jae K. Shim, Anique Qureshi, and Jeffrey Brauchler, published by AMACOM. Investors are firmly entrenched in two camps: those who believe that economic and financial fundamentals are the keys to investment success, and those who prefer some form or other of technical analysis. To serve those who use technical analysis, the authors have written a practical, useful, and comprehensive guide to all the major and minor technical analysis systems used by today's investor and financial professionals. Technical analysis systems are discussed in depth, with detailed attention to the pros and cons of each. A mini-dictionary of terms, concepts, and market issues, which are part of the technical analysis landscape, is also included. The book presents each trading system and strategy complete with related terms, charts, graphs, analysis, full explanations with illustrations, and examples.
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Options On Foreign Exchange, second edition (222 pages, $69.95 hardcover, 2000, ISBN 0471316415), by David F. DeRosa, published by John Wiley & Sons. It is well known that foreign exchange is the world's largest financial market. What is less well known is that the market for currency options and other derivatives on foreign exchange is also massive and still growing. This book has been written for end-users of currency options and newcomers to the field of foreign exchange. It employs the real-world terminology of the foreign exchange market whenever possible so that readers can make a smooth transition for the text to the actual market practice.
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