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Trend Following:
How Great Traders Make Millions in Up or Down Markets
Michael Covel
All versions and translations of Trend Following can be found here.
The Trading Tribe
Ed Seykota
TurtleTrader® comment: Ed Seykota's first publicly published work "The Trading Tribe" book is now available.
The Market Wizards
Jack Schwager
The New Market Wizards
Jack Schwager
TurtleTrader® comment: If the original Market Wizards books by Jack Schwager were an introduction, the TurtleTrader site is an investigative report by comparison. However, please read these 2 books -- the sections on Seykota, Hite and Marcus are great reads.
Trading and Exchanges
Larry Harris
TurtleTrader® comment: Larry Harris puts together the definitive basics book. Grab it. Read our review.
Trading in the Zone:
Master the Market with Confidence, Discipline and a Winning Attitude
Mark Douglas
TurtleTrader® comment: You think your personal psychology is not important in your trading? Think again.
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
Peter L. Bernstein
TurtleTrader® comment: Single best book on risk available.
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
TurtleTrader® comment: Atlas Shrugged is considered by many top traders required reading. It is the capitalist manifesto.
Human Action
Ludwig von Mises
TurtleTrader® comment: A fantastic read on human psychology and free markets. If you are liberal prepare to be angry.
Escape to the Futures
Leo Melamed
TurtleTrader® comment: The discussion on p. 363 is worth the price of book. October 1987 in stark terms.
Investment Biker
Jim Rogers
TurtleTrader® comment: A very good read. Mixes trading with international relations. His ambition is infectious.
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Edwin Lefevre
TurtleTrader® comment: Read it. Period.
Where Are the Customer's Yachts?
Fred Schwed
TurtleTrader® comment: Brokers and Wall Street really don't help.
The Predators Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham
Connie Bruck
TurtleTrader® comment: Michael Milken and junk bond financing.
Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin
Stephen Jay Gould
TurtleTrader® comment: Gould could break the nasty details of statistics down to anyone through colorful stories and hard math.
The Vandal's Crown
Gregory J. Millman
TurtleTrader® comment: Covering the insides of currency trading in the early 90's. Hard to find.
The Merchants of Debt: KKR
George Ander
TurtleTrader® comment: If you want to learn about leveraged buyouts read this book. KKR is American capitalism in the 1980's.
A Complete Guide to the Futures Markets
Jack D. Schwager
TurtleTrader® comment: A very good primer on the futures market.
Option Volatility and Pricing
Sheldon Natenberg
TurtleTrader® comment: If you trade options or want to learn this is the bible of options terminology.
Memos from the Chairman
Alan C. Greenburg
TurtleTrader® comment: A good read from the CEO of Bear Stearns. Logic to live by.
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
Charles MacKay
TurtleTrader® comment: Crowd psychology 101.
NOTE: If you want to learn about trend following trading in general there is one definitive text: the bestselling classic "Trend Following: How Great Traders Make Millions in Up or Down Markets" by Michael Covel. If you want to learn about the most famous group of trained trend following traders, the Turtles and their teacher Richard Dennis, "The Complete TurtleTrader" by Michael Covel is the only complete biography (with all of the Turtle rules) available. If you want to learn trend following techniques and systems through advanced home study and or seminars click here.
