BOOKS FOR TRADERS

November 2012

Currency Trading For Dummies: Getting Started Edition

Book Cover Image(46 pages, free as an ebook, 2007, ISBN 978-0-470-25143-0) by Mark Galant & Brian Dolan, published by John Wiley & Sons.

This nuts & bolts guide offers essential information about trading currencies and includes a simple action plan for getting started with a practice account. Whether you’re an experienced trader in other markets looking to expand into currencies or a total newcomer to trading, this book is a place to start. (Mark Galant is an occasional contributor to Stocks & Commodities.)

additional information: www.wiley.com

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Heikin-Ashi: How To Trade Without Candlestick Patterns

Book Cover Image(307 pages, $68 paperback, 2011, ISBN 978-0-6569864-0-5) by Dan Valcu, foreword by Tony Plummer, published by Educofin.

Heikin-Ashi is a practical and visual guide to explain this technique and breaks new ground in trading the trends. The book demonstrates how the technique, both visual and quantifiable, is used to identify and anticipate market moves. Illustrated with more than 130 charts, Heikin-Ashi shows how to identify and profit from trends. This is the guide for savvy traders and investors who want to improve their current trading and investing approach. This book offers a comprehensive description of this innovative technique. (The author is an occasional contributor to S&C.)

additional information: www.educofin.com

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The Insider Edge: How To Follow The Insiders For Windfall Profits

Book Cover Image (250 pages, $49.95 hardcover, 2012, ISBN 978-1-118-24528-6) by Guy Cohen, published by John Wiley & Sons.

The most profitable traders succeed because they can see what others cannot. This book shares secrets so you can read the markets like a pro and make better trading decisions. Many traders gravitate toward the option market. This book reveals the OVI (option volatility indicator), which uses option transaction data to follow what these experts are trading so you can spot and capitalize on new trends as they emerge. This book shows you how to combine the OVI with the right chart pattern to build a robust trading plan. It provides readers with access to resources online, including the top 12 OVI charts. Consider the ultimate insider edge.

additional information: www.wiley.com

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The Trader’s Guide To Key Economic Indicators, 3rd ed.

Book Cover Image(304 pages, $75 hardcover, 2012, ISBN 978-1-118-07400-8) by Richard Yamarone, published by Bloomberg/John Wiley & Sons.

Today, you don’t need a degree in economics or math to use economic indicators to plan an investment strategy. You can get much of the same information as Wall Street professionals use in their analyses from online or print sources, and business programs. This guide is filled with new examples and commentary on the recent financial crisis and focuses on a dozen essential economic indicators. The indicators addressed in each chapter follow the same basic setup. The last section of each chapter has at least one “trick from the trenches” that should help you see the bigger picture. This book will put you in a better position to make investment decisions.

additional information: www.wiley.com

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Green Investing, 2nd ed.

Book Cover Image(266 pages, $14.95 paperback, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4405-0374-0) by Jack Uldrich, published by AdamsMedia.

Green stocks present money-making opportunities, but you’ve got to know what you’re doing. The revised and updated edition of this guide to environmental stocks provides a road map to socially responsible riches. Profiling 100 leading green companies, it zeroes in on the newest investment options from solar and wind power to green building and fuel cells. Don’t be left behind as environmental stocks surge forward.

additional information: www.AdamsMedia.com

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Winning The Money Game: Separating The Myths From The Truth

Book Cover Image(224 pages, $24.95 paperback, 2012, ISBN 978-0-9853723-0.9) by Ike Ikokwu, published by Platinum Press.

This is a good read for anyone who wants to know the real truth about achieving financial independence. Find out what you don’t know about spending, saving, investing, insuring, and planning for the future so you can achieve financial independence.

additional information: www.WinningTheMoneyGame.net

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Originally published in the November 2012 issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities magazine. All rights reserved. © Copyright 2012, Technical Analysis, Inc.


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