April 2007

Adventures Of A Currency Trader: A Fable About Trading, Courage, And ...
The Forex Chartist Companion: A Visual Approach To Technical Analysis
Gold Trading Boot Camp
Modeling Maximum Trading Profits With C++ : New Trading And Money ...
Tricks Of The Active Trader: An Insider's Techniques For Getting The Edge

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Adventures Of A Currency Trader: A Fable About Trading, Courage, And Doing The Right Thing (221 pages, $55 hardcover, 2007, ISBN 978-0-470-04948-8) by Rob Booker, published by John Wiley & Sons.

Via the fictional Harry Banes, a small trader with ambition beyond his ability, author Rob Booker shows how determination can prevail over difficulty. Both entertaining and educational, this book demonstrates what it takes to capitalize on today's foreign exchange markets. Through a filing clerk's eyes this book explains how you can implement a consistent trading approach in currencies and become a financially independent trader. This guide is technical as well as motivational in providing the reader a firm foundation in the field of currency trading.

John Wiley & Sons, www.wiley.com
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  The Forex Chartist Companion: A Visual Approach To Technical Analysis (361 pages, $85 softcover, 200X, ISBN 978-0-470-07393-3) by Michael Duane Archer and James Lauren Bickford, published by John Wiley & Sons.

The foreign exchange market is becoming the market of choice for traders looking to increase their potential profits. The combination of high liquidity and low transaction costs has attracted both new and veteran traders. Using this guide will allow you to become familiar with software and charting systems that provide a graphical look at the markets. Filled with charts and in-depth information of charting theory, this work will help serious traders use technical indicators to enter the forex market with confidence.

John Wiley & Sons, www.wiley.com
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Gold Trading Boot Camp (347 pages, $35 hardcover, 2007, ISBN 978-0-471-72800-9) by Gregory T. Weldon, published by John Wiley & Sons.

Throughout history, gold has been an exceptionally safe and effective storage vehicle for the preservation of wealth. During periods of political instability, gold has risen to the top of the investment pyramid for its ability to create wealth relative to other investments. This book is packed with first-person war stories from the front lines of trading. It is also packed with specific detail and hands-on trading advice. This technique-driven handbook tells you how to maximize your profitability from buying and selling gold in virtually every type of market environment. Today's global political environment presents numerous opportunities to extract profits from the precious metals market, more than there have been in the last 30 years. This book will help you take advantage of those opportunities.

John Wiley & Sons, www.wiley.com
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  Modeling Maximum Trading Profits With C++ : New Trading And Money Management Concepts (247 pages + CD-ROM, $90 softcover, 2007, ISBN 978-0-470-08623-0) by Valerii Salov, published by John Wiley & Sons.

The goal of trading is to make money. Profits are a good way to measure that success. This book shows how the author calculates the potential profit in a market, and provides an approach to trading that will help other programmers do the same. It is filled with insight and advice and contains an overview of trading, money management, and C++. A companion CD-ROM is included to help you test the concepts described throughout the book before you attempt to use them in real-world situations.

John Wiley & Sons, www.wiley.com
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Tricks Of The Active Trader: An Insider's Techniques For Getting The Edge (268 pages, $49.95 hardcover, 2007, ISBN 978-0-07-146863-3) by Neal T. Weintraub, published by McGraw-Hill.

Online trading has changed many of the standard trading rules of thumb. This follow-up book to the author's Tricks Of The Floor Trader addresses the new realities of today's fast-paced trading environment. It contains more than 150 new tips and tricks used by successful active traders, as well as the traps to avoid. This is a insight into how the best online traders make money, and for incorporating their methods into your own trading. Some of the tricks: Precious metals are a must, and let the information find you. Some tips: It's not your father's email anymore, and the need for connection speed. And traps: Skipping the fundamentals will cost you, and don't be fooled by randomness.

McGraw-Hill, customer.service@mcgraw-hill.com
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