85 Best Futures Trading Books of All Time

We've ranked the best futures trading books using expert recommendations, sales data, and millions of reader ratings. At Shortform, we know books. Our book guides are the best in the world. Learn why.

A TRADER'S FIRST BOOK ON COMMODITIES: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FUTURES AND OPTIONS TRADING BEFORE PLACING A TRADE book cover1

A TRADER'S FIRST BOOK ON COMMODITIES: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FUTURES AND OPTIONS TRADING BEFORE PLACING A TRADE

Carley Garner

4.5
The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains: An Introduction to Cryptocurrencies and the Technology that Powers Them book cover2

The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains: An Introduction to Cryptocurrencies and the Technology that Powers Them

Antony Lewis

4.5
This fictional book is a series of easy to read vignettes that illustrate modern uses of Bitcoin cryptocurrency. The characters and situations accurately portray who really uses Bitcoin around the world and for what purposes. These stories expose how criminals exploit cryptocurrency and also how Bitcoin has improved the lives of many people in the modern world.

P. Carl Mullan is a digital currency
Blockchain Bubble or Revolution: The Present and Future of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies book cover3

Blockchain Bubble or Revolution: The Present and Future of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies

Neel Mehta

4.5
Some experts say that cryptocurrencies and blockchains are just a scam; others say they're "the most important invention since the internet." It's hard to tell who's right. Authored by Product Managers from Google, Microsoft, and Facebook, Bubble or Revolution cuts through the hype to offer a balanced, comprehensive, and accessible analysis of blockchains and cryptocurrencies.


You'll learn the core
More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite book cover4

More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite

Sebastian Mallaby

4.5
Based on author Sebastian Mallaby's unprecedented access to the industry, including three hundred hours of interviews, More Money Than God tells the inside story of hedge funds, from their origins in the 1960s and 1970s to their role in the financial crisis of 2007-2009.

Wealthy, powerful, and potentially dangerous, hedge fund moguls have become the It Boys of twenty-first century capitalism. Ken
Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets book cover5

Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets

John J. Murphy

4.4
John J. Murphy has updated his landmark bestseller Technical Analysis of the Futures Markets, to include all of the financial markets.This outstanding reference has already taught thousands of traders the concepts of technical analysis and their application in the futures and stock markets. Covering the latest developments in computer technology, technical tools, and indicators, the second edition
Stock Market Wizards: Interviews with America's Top Stock Traders book cover6

Stock Market Wizards: Interviews with America's Top Stock Traders

Jack D. Schwager

4.4
The third in the bestselling Market Wizards series, this time focusing on the barometer of the economy - the stock market.

It has been nearly a decade since the publication of the highly successful The New Market Wizards. The interim has witnessed the most dynamic bull market in US stock history, a collapse in commodity prices, dramatic failures in some of the world′s leading hedge funds, the burst
E-MINI AND MICRO E-MINI TRADING: Three Models to Create Wealth for All Traders book cover7

E-MINI AND MICRO E-MINI TRADING: Three Models to Create Wealth for All Traders

Ed.D, Dennis B. Anderson,

4.4
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Day Trading Micro Futures for Income: The Beginner’s Gateway to Trading for a Living

Don Singletary

4.4
How To Swing Trade book cover9

How To Swing Trade

Brian Pezim

4.4
Understanding Options book cover10

Understanding Options

Michael Sincere

4.4
THE OPTIONS INVESTING BESTSELLER--WITH CRITICAL NEW INSIGHT FOR TODAY'S TUMULTOUS MARKETS Written in an accessible, easy-to-read style, this new edition of "Understanding Options" provides everything you need to get started on the right foot in the increasingly popular options market.

You'll learn what options are and how they work, their pros and cons, their relationship with stocks, and how to us
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Guide To Investing in Gold & Silver: Protect Your Financial Future

Michael Maloney

4.4
Michael Maloney is widely recognized as a leading expert on monetary history, economics, economic cycles investing, and precious metals. He is CEO and founder of GoldSilver.com, one of the world's largest gold and silver bullion dealers, CEO and founder of WealthCycles.com, an educational website, and host of the most popular video series on the topics of monetary history, economics and economic c
Mastering the Trade, Third Edition: Proven Techniques for Profiting from Intraday and Swing Trading Setups book cover12

Mastering the Trade, Third Edition: Proven Techniques for Profiting from Intraday and Swing Trading Setups

John Carter

4.4
This updated edition of the classic guide to trading provides the edge you need to beat the competition in today's turbulent markets
Not long ago, the world was wondering if it would survive the 2008 financial crisis. Now, markets are at record highs--and traders in the know are doing better than ever before.
In this new edition of Mastering the Trade, John F. Carter delivers what you need to make
Options Trading: The BIBLE 4 Books in 1: Make Money with Financial Leverage & Risk Management. Crash Course For Beginners, Pricing & Volatility Strategies, Swing & Day Trading, Technical Analysis book cover13

Options Trading: The BIBLE 4 Books in 1: Make Money with Financial Leverage & Risk Management. Crash Course For Beginners, Pricing & Volatility Strategies, Swing & Day Trading, Technical Analysis

William L. Anderson

4.4
Option Volatility & Pricing: Advanced Trading Strategies and Techniques book cover14

Option Volatility & Pricing: Advanced Trading Strategies and Techniques

Sheldon Natenberg

4.4
One of the most widely read books among active option traders around the world, Option Volatility & Pricing has been completely updated to reflect the most current developments and trends in option products and trading strategies. It covers pricing models, volatility considerations, basic and advanced trading strategies, and risk management techniques. Written in clear, easy-to-understand fashion,
University of Berkshire Hathaway: 30 Years of Lessons Learned from Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger at the Annual Shareholders Meeting book cover15

University of Berkshire Hathaway: 30 Years of Lessons Learned from Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger at the Annual Shareholders Meeting

Daniel Pecaut

4.4
Will there ever be another investing book like this? It's unlikely.

University of Berkshire Hathaway is a remarkable retelling of the lessons, wisdom, and investment strategies handed down personally from Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger to shareholders during 30 years of their closed-door annual meetings.

From this front row seat, you'll see one of the greatest wealth-building records in history
Naked Forex: High-Probability Techniques for Trading Without Indicators book cover16

Naked Forex: High-Probability Techniques for Trading Without Indicators

Alex Nekritin

4.4
A streamlined and highly effective approach to trading without indicators Most forex traders rely on technical analysis books written for stock, futures, and option traders. However, long before computers and calculators, traders were trading naked. Naked trading is the simplest (and oldest) trading method. It's simply trading without technical indicators, and that is exactly what this book is abo
Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation book cover17

Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation

Edward Chancellor

4.4
A lively, original, and challenging history of stock market speculation from the 17th century to present day.

Is your investment in that new Internet stock a sign of stock market savvy or an act of peculiarly American speculative folly? How has the psychology of investing changed--and not changed--over the last five hundred years?

In Devil Take the Hindmost, Edward Chancellor traces the origins of
Demon of Our Own Design P book cover18

Demon of Our Own Design P

Richard Bookstaber

4.4
Inside markets, innovation, and risk Why do markets keep crashing and why are financial crises greater than ever before? As the risk manager to some of the leading firms on Wall Street-from Morgan Stanley to Salomon and Citigroup-and a member of some of the world's largest hedge funds, from Moore Capital to Ziff Brothers and FrontPoint Partners, Rick Bookstaber has seen the ghost inside the machin
Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns book cover19

Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns

Thomas N. Bulkowski

4.4
In this revised and expanded second edition of the bestselling Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns, Thomas Bulkowski updates the classic with new performance statistics for both bull and bear markets and 23 new patterns, including a second section devoted to ten event patterns. Bulkowski tells you how to trade the significant events -- such as quarterly earnings announcements, retail sales, stock upgra
The Disciplined Trader: Developing Winning Attitudes book cover20

The Disciplined Trader: Developing Winning Attitudes

Mark Douglas

4.4
The classic book that introduced the investment industry to the concept of trading psychology.

With rare insight based on his firsthand commodity trading experience, author Mark Douglas demonstrates how the mental matters that allow us function effectively in society are often psychological barriers in trading. After examining how we develop losing attitudes, this book prepares you for a thorough "
Options as a Strategic Investment book cover21

Options as a Strategic Investment

Lawrence G. McMillan

4.4
The market in listed options and non-equity option products provides investors and traders with a wealth of new, strategic opportunities for managing their investments. This updated and revised Fifth Edition of the bestselling Options as a Strategic Investment gives you the latest market-tested tools for improving the earnings potential of your portfolio while reducing downside risk—no matter how
Study Guide to Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets book cover22

Study Guide to Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets

John J. Murphy

4.4
This outstanding reference has already taught thousands of traders the concepts of technical analysis and their application in the futures and stock markets. Covering the latest developments in computer technology, technical tools, and indicators, the second edition features new material on candlestick charting, intermarket relationships, stocks and stock rotations, plus state-of-the-art examples
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Natural Gas Trading in North America

Richard Lassander and Glen Swindle

4.4
Natural Gas Trading in North America presents the core knowledge required to work on a natural gas trading desk in North America. The material surveyed spans historical market context, fundamental drivers and the mechanics and instruments used to trade and risk manage a natural gas portfolio. This book is intended to be accessible to a broad array of readers, from those trading markets directly, t
Candlestick Charting Explained: Timeless Techniques for Trading Stocks and Sutures book cover24

Candlestick Charting Explained: Timeless Techniques for Trading Stocks and Sutures

Gregory L. Morris

4.4
Master this powerful trading system and identify the best trades

Inside this book you will discover candlestick charting, one of the most popular tools in technical analysis. Candlestick Charting Explained features updated charts and analysis as well as new material on integrating Western charting analysis with Japanese candlestick analysis, grouping candlesticks into families, detecting and avoidi
Capital Returns: Investing Through the Capital Cycle: A Money Manager's Reports 2002-15 book cover25

Capital Returns: Investing Through the Capital Cycle: A Money Manager's Reports 2002-15

Edward Chancellor

4.4
We live in an age of serial asset bubbles and spectacular busts. Economists, policymakers, central bankers and most people in the financial world have been blindsided by these busts, while investors have lost trillions.

Economists argue that bubbles can only be spotted after they burst and that market moves are unpredictable. Yet Marathon Asset Management, a London-based investment firm managing o
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A Complete Guide to the Futures Market: Technical Analysis, Trading Systems, Fundamental Analysis, Options, Spreads, and Trading Principles

Jack D. Schwager

4.4
For Amazon customers: The new version of the book, printed on higher quality paper, is now available to purchase.

The essential futures market reference guide


A Complete Guide to the Futures Market is the comprehensive resource for futures traders and analysts. Spanning everything from technical analysis, trading systems, and fundamental analysis to options, spreads, and practical trading principles
Penny Stocks: Beginner’s Guide to Learn the Realms of Penny Stocks from A-Z book cover27

Penny Stocks: Beginner’s Guide to Learn the Realms of Penny Stocks from A-Z

Von Clyde

4.3
The Trading Code book cover28

The Trading Code

Vladimir Poltoratski

4.3
Are you a beginning trader who has opened an account but is practically clueless about proper trading? Or are you an advanced trader or investor seeking to improve your techniques and your profits?

The Trading Code is perfect for beginners, advanced traders and investors. Discussion of over 300 illustrations and charts are centered around actual stocks in the Philippine Stock Exchange. It is the ul
Successful Traders Size Their Positions - Why and How? book cover29

Successful Traders Size Their Positions - Why and How?

Tom Basso

4.3
Starting with purchases of mutual funds as a newspaper delivery boy at 12, through a brief chemical engineering career and a stock portfolio, then through 28 years as a professional money manager with securities, futures and currencies, and currently as an individual investor of our retirement funds, I have seen a lot of things across the world of trading investments. I’ve seen academics and money
Stir Futures: Trading Euribor and Eurodollar Futures book cover30

Stir Futures: Trading Euribor and Eurodollar Futures

Stephen Aikin

4.3
Short-term interest rate futures (STIR futures) are one of the largest and most liquid financial markets in the world. The two main exchange-traded contracts, the Eurodollar and Euribor, regularly trade in excess of one trillion notional dollars and euros of US and European interest rates each day. STIR futures have some very unique characteristics, not found in most other financial products. Thei
Investing Quickstart Guide: The Simplified Beginner's Guide to Successfully Navigating the Stock Market, Growing Your Wealth & Creating a Secure Financial Future book cover31

Investing Quickstart Guide: The Simplified Beginner's Guide to Successfully Navigating the Stock Market, Growing Your Wealth & Creating a Secure Financial Future

Ted D Snow Cfp(r) Mba

4.3
The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Investing in the Stock Market

The ONLY investing book that is written by a CFP® practitioner with 30+ years of investment experience helping others to invest wisely to achieve all of their financial goals in life.

Ted D. Snow, CFP®, MBA has a knack for making complex ideas clear while endowing his readers with a wealth of powerful new knowledge. Whether you are a new
Stock Market Investing For Beginners: Unbreakable Rules You Need For Stock Trading And Investing: Perfect For Swing And Day Trading Options, Futures, Forex And Cryptocurrencies book cover32

Stock Market Investing For Beginners: Unbreakable Rules You Need For Stock Trading And Investing: Perfect For Swing And Day Trading Options, Futures, Forex And Cryptocurrencies

William Kerkovan

4.3
In June 2014, a story emerged that a janitor in Vermont had managed to amass $8 Million Dollars in Fortune through Stock Market Investing.Would You Like To Do The Same?This janitor had modest wages, no rich family capital nor connections or business, yet his ability to still create a Large Nest Egg of a cool $8 Million Dollars from the Stock Market proves that You, with the proper guidance, can al
The Wyckoff Methodology in Depth: How to trade financial markets logically book cover33

The Wyckoff Methodology in Depth: How to trade financial markets logically

Rubén Villahermosa

4.3
Mastering the Grain Markets: How Profits Are Really Made book cover34

Mastering the Grain Markets: How Profits Are Really Made

Elaine Kub

4.3
Updated content in 2018! (Including e-book friendly charts and tables.) Despite being excited by and interested in the grain markets, many participants crave a better understanding of them. Now there is a book to deliver that understanding in ways that could help you make money trading grain. Elaine Kub uses her talents for rigorous analysis and clear, approachable communication to offer this 360-
The Secrets of Economic Indicators: Hidden Clues to Future Economic Trends and Investment Opportunities book cover35

The Secrets of Economic Indicators: Hidden Clues to Future Economic Trends and Investment Opportunities

Bernard Baumohl

4.3
For years, investors, strategists, and policymakers worldwide have turned to one book to help them translate economic data into knowledge for intelligent decision-making: The Secrets of Economic Indicators. It's no wonder The Wall Street Journal called this book "...the real deal," saying it "miraculously breathes life into economic indicators and statistics." Now, Bernie Baumohl has thoroughly up
Trading and Pricing Financial Derivatives: A Guide to Futures, Options, and Swaps book cover36

Trading and Pricing Financial Derivatives: A Guide to Futures, Options, and Swaps

Patrick Boyle and Jesse McDougall

4.3
Trading and Pricing Financial Derivatives is an introduction to the world of futures, options, and swaps. Investors who are interested in deepening their knowledge of derivatives of all kinds will find this book to be an invaluable resource. The book is also useful in a very applied course on derivative trading. The authors delve into the history of options pricing; simple strategies of options tr
The 30-Minute Stock Trader: The Stress-Free Trading Strategy for Financial Freedom book cover37

The 30-Minute Stock Trader: The Stress-Free Trading Strategy for Financial Freedom

Laurens Bensdorp

4.3
By automating your investment strategy, you can achieve financial freedom and work thirty minutes a day.

In The 30-Minute Stock Trader, Laurens will take you through all of the steps to create your own automated stock trading strategy that's proven and based on historical price action data. He will also show you how to suit the strategy to your lifestyle. You simply need to follow your computer's
Getting Started in Technical Analysis book cover38

Getting Started in Technical Analysis

Jack D. Schwager

4.3
Technical analysis is the art and science of deciphering chart patterns in order to better analyze and predict prices of a given security. Jack Schwager demystifies technical analysis for investors, introducing them to oscillators, price-and-time charts, on-line charting applications, and much more.
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Aftermath: Seven Secrets of Wealth Preservation in the Coming Chaos

James Rickards

4.3
In his most practical book to date, financial expert and investment advisor James Rickards shows how and why our financial markets are being artificially inflated and what smart investors can do to protect their assets.

What goes up must come down. As any student of financial history knows, the dizzying heights of the stock market can't continue indefinitely. In turbulent times, the elites are prep
Trend Following: How to Make a Fortune in Bull, Bear, and Black Swan Markets book cover40

Trend Following: How to Make a Fortune in Bull, Bear, and Black Swan Markets

Michael Covel

4.3
Want to take the financial journey to a new investing philosophy that might very well affect the rest of your moneymaking life? No one can guarantee the yellow brick road, but Michael Covel promises the red pill will leave you wide freaking awake.

Trend Following reveals the truth about a trading strategy that makes money in up, down and surprise markets. By applying straightforward and repeatable
The Little Black Book of Stock Market Secrets book cover41

The Little Black Book of Stock Market Secrets

Matthew R. Kratter

4.3
Tired of losing money?Ready to learn how the stock market really works?The stock market is the biggest opportunity machine ever created.



But most people don't know how to harness it for profits.



It took me over a decade to figure it out, and now I'm ready to share everything that I've learned.



This is exactly the book that I wish I'd had when I was first learning how to trade.



Don't be the sucker that
Student's Solutions Manual and Study Guide for Fundamentals of Futures and Options Markets book cover42

Student's Solutions Manual and Study Guide for Fundamentals of Futures and Options Markets

John C. Hull

4.3
For undergraduate courses in derivatives, options and futures, financial engineering, financial mathematics, and risk management. A reader-friendly book with an abundance of numerical and real-life examples. Based on Hull's Options, Futures and Other Derivatives, Fundamentals of Futures and Options Markets presents an accessible and student-friendly overview of the topic without the use of calculu
Higher Probability Commodity Trading: A Comprehensive Guide to Commodity Market Analysis, Strategy Development, and Risk Management Techniques Aimed at Favorably Shifting the Odds of Success book cover43

Higher Probability Commodity Trading: A Comprehensive Guide to Commodity Market Analysis, Strategy Development, and Risk Management Techniques Aimed at Favorably Shifting the Odds of Success

Carley Garner

4.3
Higher Probability Commodity Trading takes readers on an unprecedented journey through the treacherous commodity markets; shedding light on topics rarely discussed in trading literature from a unique perspective, with the intention of increasing the odds of success for market participants.

In its quest to guide traders through the process of commodity market analysis, strategy development, and risk
Student Solutions Manual for Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives book cover44

Student Solutions Manual for Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives

John C. Hull

4.3
Solutions Manual for Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, Sixth Edition by John Hull
Diary of a Very Bad Year: Confessions of an Anonymous Hedge Fund Manager book cover45

Diary of a Very Bad Year: Confessions of an Anonymous Hedge Fund Manager

Hedge Fund Manager

4.3
“Diary of a Very Bad Year is a rarity: a book on modern finance that’s both extraordinarily thoughtful and enormously entertaining.”

— James Surowiecki, author of The Wisdom of Crowds



“A great read. . . . HFM offers a brilliant financial professional’s view of the economic situation in real time, from September 2007, when problems in financial markets began to surface, until late summer 2009.”

Book
The Wall Street Gang book cover46

The Wall Street Gang

Richard Ney

4.3
How to Trade Forex and Currency Markets: A Beginner's Guide to Professional Forex Trading: Understanding the Psychology and Strategies of Big Banks and Institutions book cover47

How to Trade Forex and Currency Markets: A Beginner's Guide to Professional Forex Trading: Understanding the Psychology and Strategies of Big Banks and Institutions

Zack Zarr

4.3
The Complete Guide to Option Selling: How Selling Options Can Lead to Stellar Returns in Bull and Bear Markets book cover48

The Complete Guide to Option Selling: How Selling Options Can Lead to Stellar Returns in Bull and Bear Markets

James Cordier

4.3
The Go-To Option-Selling Guide--Updated for Today's Manic Markets Investing today is more complicated and unpredictable than ever before. The strategy of buy-and-hold has been replaced by buy-and-hope. Trying to grow your assets means worrying about how the next geopolitical crisis or government announcement will affect your portfolio. In an age of stunted economics and uncertain interest rates, a
The Rise of Carry: The Dangerous Consequences of Volatility Suppression and the New Financial Order of Decaying Growth and Recurring Crisis book cover49

The Rise of Carry: The Dangerous Consequences of Volatility Suppression and the New Financial Order of Decaying Growth and Recurring Crisis

Tim Lee

4.3
A first-of-its-kind primer on markets and the economy--providing the knowledge you need to protect yourself from the next financial meltdown.
It's well known that carry trading has been a driving force in financial markets for years. But carry is actually much more than this. In fact, it has become the primary determinant of the global business cycle.
The first book of its kind, The Rise of Carry e
Trading Commodities and Financial Futures: A Step-By-Step Guide to Mastering the Markets (Paperback) book cover50

Trading Commodities and Financial Futures: A Step-By-Step Guide to Mastering the Markets (Paperback)

George Kleinman

4.3
Commodities have become an asset class every bit as important as stocks and bonds. As the world adds 80 million new consumers every year, commodities' profit opportunities have grown larger than ever. If you're an active trader, you need to be in these markets. But in an era of unprecedented volatility driven by high-frequency computer trading, most commodities traders lose money. George Kleinman
Options Trading QuickStart Guide: The Simplified Beginner's Guide to Options Trading book cover51

Options Trading QuickStart Guide: The Simplified Beginner's Guide to Options Trading

Clydebank Finance

4.3
Options Trading, Simplified

This is not your typical options trading book, plagued with jargon and written by Wall Street academics who are more concerned with showing off than with actually teaching you how to trade. In Options Trading QuickStart Guide, ClydeBank Finance packages the wisdom of the Wall Street elite into a straightforward and easy-to-read teaching tool. Options Trading QuickStart G
Entry and Exit Confessions of a Champion Trader: 52 Ways A Professional Speculator Gets In And Out Of The Stock, Futures And Forex Markets book cover52

Entry and Exit Confessions of a Champion Trader: 52 Ways A Professional Speculator Gets In And Out Of The Stock, Futures And Forex Markets

Kevin J. Davey

4.3
Trend Following, 5th Edition: How to Make a Fortune in Bull, Bear and Black Swan Markets book cover53

Trend Following, 5th Edition: How to Make a Fortune in Bull, Bear and Black Swan Markets

Michael W. Covel

4.3
Long-Term Secrets to Short-Term Trading book cover54

Long-Term Secrets to Short-Term Trading

Larry Williams

4.3
Hugely popular market guru updates his popular trading strategy for a post-crisis world From Larry Williams--one of the most popular and respected technical analysts of the past four decades--Long-Term Secrets to Short-Term Trading, Second Edition provides the blueprint necessary for sound and profitable short-term trading in a post-market meltdown economy. In this updated edition of the evergreen
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Derivatives Markets

Robert L. McDonald

4.3
To be financially literate in today's market, one must have a solid understanding of derivatives concepts and instruments and the uses of those instruments in corporations. The Third Edition has an accessible mathematical presentation, and more importantly, helps readers gain intuition by linking theories and concepts together with an engaging narrative that emphasizes the core economic principles
Currency Trading for Dummies book cover56

Currency Trading for Dummies

Mark Galant, Brian Dolan

4.3
Features forex market guidelines and sample trading plansThe fun and easy way to get started in currency trading

Want to capitalize on the growing forex market? This nuts-and-bolts guide gives you a step-by-step action plan for understanding and trading the forex market. It offers practical guidance and savvy tips in everything from comprehending currency quotes to using leverage, trading with fund
Traders, Guns and Money: Knowns and Unknowns in the Dazzling World of Derivatives (Financial Times Series) book cover57

Traders, Guns and Money: Knowns and Unknowns in the Dazzling World of Derivatives (Financial Times Series)

Satyajit Das

4.3
Street Smarts: High Probability Short-Term Trading Strategies book cover58

Street Smarts: High Probability Short-Term Trading Strategies

Linda Bradford Raschke

4.3
Options, Futures and Other Derivatives book cover59

Options, Futures and Other Derivatives

John C. Hull

4.3

Bridge the gap between theory and practice.

Designed to bridge the gap between theory and practice, this introductory text on the futures and options markets is ideal for those with a limited background in mathematics.

The eighth edition has been updated and improved–featuring a new chapter on securitization and the credit crisis, and increased discussion on the way commodity prices are modeled and

Day Trading and Swing Trading the Currency Market: Technical and Fundamental Strategies to Profit from Market Moves book cover60

Day Trading and Swing Trading the Currency Market: Technical and Fundamental Strategies to Profit from Market Moves

Kathy Lien

4.3
Discover a variety of technical and fundamental profit-making strategies for trading the currency market with the Second Edition of Day Trading and Swing Trading the Currency Market. In this book, Kathy Lien-Director of Currency Research for one of the most popular Forex providers in the world-describes everything from time-tested technical and fundamental strategies you can use to compete with ba
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Options Trading: #1 Beginner's Guide to Make Money With Options Trading and Technical Analysis in 7 Days or Less!!

Mark Morgan

4.3
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Trading Options for Dummies

Joe Duarte

4.3
A new edition of the trusted trading resource

Updated with new facts, charts, and strategies to help investors beat today's tough markets, Trading Options For Dummies helps you choose the right options based on your investing needs. It will show you how to weigh the costs and benefits, build a strategy to gain no matter the market conditions, and broaden your retirement portfolio with index, equity
Hedgehogging book cover63

Hedgehogging

Barton Biggs

4.3
The Amazing Covered Call: Triple Income Made Easy book cover64

The Amazing Covered Call: Triple Income Made Easy

Don A. Singletary

4.3
High Probability Trading Strategies: Entry to Exit Tactics for the Forex, Futures, and Stock Markets book cover65

High Probability Trading Strategies: Entry to Exit Tactics for the Forex, Futures, and Stock Markets

Robert C. Miner

4.3
Options Exposed PlayBook: The Most Popular and Profitable Strategies of All Time book cover66

Options Exposed PlayBook: The Most Popular and Profitable Strategies of All Time

Don A. Singletary

4.3
Wall Street: The Other Las Vegas by Nicolas Darvas (the author of How I Made $2,000,000 In The Stock Market) book cover67

Wall Street: The Other Las Vegas by Nicolas Darvas (the author of How I Made $2,000,000 In The Stock Market)

Nicolas Darvas

4.3
Nicolas Darvas, the man who made $2,000,000 in the stock market in his spare time, shows you exactly how he answers the all-important question: "Which stocks are going to make money for me?"

In this book, Darvas first portrays the market he knows so intimately - the gambling house with dealers on one side, winners on the other.

He also shows how he places the odds in his favor and reduces the elemen
Middle-Class Millionaire: From 80K in Debt to 3M in Profits through Catalyst Trading book cover68

Middle-Class Millionaire: From 80K in Debt to 3M in Profits through Catalyst Trading

Kyle Dennis

4.3
Trend Following with Managed Futures: The Search for Crisis Alpha book cover69

Trend Following with Managed Futures: The Search for Crisis Alpha

Alex Greyserman, Kathryn Kaminski

4.3
An all-inclusive guide to trend following

As more and more savvy investors move into the space, trend following has become one of the most popular investment strategies. Written for investors and investment managers, TrendFollowing with Managed Futures offers an insightful overview of both the basics and theoretical foundations for trend following. The book also includes in-depth coverage of more a
The Simple Strategy - A Powerful Day Trading Strategy For Trading Futures, Stocks, ETFs and Forex book cover70

The Simple Strategy - A Powerful Day Trading Strategy For Trading Futures, Stocks, ETFs and Forex

Markus Heitkoetter, Mark Hodge

4.3
Learn A Powerful Day Trading Strategy In Less Than 60 Minutes A profitable trading strategy is the most important tool for a trader. This book explains a powerful trend-following day trading strategy for trading futures, stocks, ETFs and Forex. "The Simple Strategy" Is Easy To Understand And To Trade The Simple Strategy is very popular amongst traders for the following reasons: Clear Entry Rules W
Penny Stocks: 2 Manuscripts Penny Stocks,Penny Stocks Strategies (Trading,Stocks,Day Trading,Penny Stocks) book cover71

Penny Stocks: 2 Manuscripts Penny Stocks,Penny Stocks Strategies (Trading,Stocks,Day Trading,Penny Stocks)

Jordon Sykes

4.2
Futures Made Simple: A Beginner's Guide to Futures Trading for Success book cover72

Futures Made Simple: A Beginner's Guide to Futures Trading for Success

Kel Butcher

4.2
The essential guide to trading futures, without all the fuss This uncomplicated guide for beginners proves that you don't have to be a financial wizard to successfully trade futures . . . and you don't have to hire a financial advisor to tell you what to do either. Instead, Futures Made Simple outlines the basic strategies that even novice investors can use to make money with futures. The book lay
Event Trading: Profiting from Economic Reports and Short-Term Market Inefficiencies book cover73

Event Trading: Profiting from Economic Reports and Short-Term Market Inefficiencies

Ben Warwick

4.2
Event trading is a technique to trade the financial and commodity markets, and represents a third major approach to trading. This book on this subject is useful for traders and investors. Topics include: origins of event trading; event trading and intermarket analysis; game theory and the financial markets; and creating an event trading portfolio.
Introduction To Algo Trading: How Retail Traders Can Successfully Compete With Professional Traders book cover74

Introduction To Algo Trading: How Retail Traders Can Successfully Compete With Professional Traders

Kevin J Davey

4.2
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Option Trading in Your Spare Time: A Guide to Financial Independence for Women

Wendy Kirkland and Virginia McCullough

4.2
This book, geared specifically toward women, describes how to be a successful option trader, even if you hold down a full-time job or are a full-time stay-at-home mom.
While option trading is definitely not a risk-free method of investment, for women who have a few hundred extra dollars that they want to use to break into investing, option trading can be a lucrative way to make money.
This book ex
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Trading Futures for Dummies

Joe Duarte

4.2
Explore single-stock futures, ETFs, and alternative energy futuresProtect your assets and maximize your profits in this risky yet lucrative market

Want to take advantage of the futures market? This plain-English guide gives you the surefire strategies you need to be a successful trader, with up-to-the-minute advice on the various types of futures, conducting research, finding a broker, entering and
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7 Secrets of Eternal Wealth

Buck Joffrey MD

4.2
The secrets behind eternal wealth have nothing to do with stocks, bonds and mutual funds or anything else the typical financial advisor tells you. These secrets have been around for thousands of years and have allowed some of the oldest families in Europe to remain wealthy for multiple generations. In 7 Secrets of Eternal Wealth, Dr. Buck Joffrey outlines the principles that have allowed him and n
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The Options Edge: An Intuitive Approach to Generating Consistent Profits for the Novice to the Experienced Practitioner

Michael C. Khouw and Mark W. Guthner

4.2
Capture the fortune you're losing with every trade by learning to exploit options

The Options Edge + Free Trial shows you how to capture the fortune you lose out on every day. Buying and selling traditional investments often entails instruments with optionality. Sometimes this optionality is explicit, while other times it is hidden. If you're not leveraging these embedded options to their fullest a
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Bitcoin Box Set: Bitcoin Basics and Bitcoin Trading and Investing - The Digital Currency of the Future

Benjamin Tideas

4.2
Learn Everything You Need to Know About Getting Started with Bitcoins! (Save $2.00 under buying these books separately!) The Challenge: You have heard about the digital currency of the future but don't know where to begin.
What is Bitcoin and what can you do with it?
How do you stay safe while trading and investing Bitcoins?
What is the best way to take advantage of this opportunity?
The Solution: Whe
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Introduction to Derivatives and Risk Management

Don M. Chance

4.2
One book gives you a solid understanding of how derivatives are used to manage the risks of financial decisions. Extremely reader friendly, market-leading INTRODUCTION TO DERIVATIVES AND RISK MANAGEMENT (WITH STOCK-TRAK COUPON), 10e is packed with real-world examples while keeping technical mathematics to a minimum. With a blend of institutional material, theory, and practical applications, the bo
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The Taylor Trading Technique

George Douglas Taylor

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This high-quality reissue of "The Taylor Trading Technique" contains the same time-honored information it did when it was first published in 1950. Taylor's "Book Method" of trading is based on his insights about the repetition of grain market cycles but applies to the financial futures market and others as well. By identifying moves in the market that might fool less-savvy traders into buying or s
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Granville's New Strategy of Daily Stock Market Timing for Maximum Profit

Joseph E. Granville

4.2
Candlestick and Pivot Point Trading Triggers, + Website: Setups for Stock, Forex, and Futures Markets book cover83

Candlestick and Pivot Point Trading Triggers, + Website: Setups for Stock, Forex, and Futures Markets

John L. Person

4.2
Technical analysis for today's market, with smarter setups for less riskCandlestick and Pivot Point Trading Triggers +Website makes Pivot Point analysis relevant for today's market, with up-to-date data and new techniques that reflect the current trading environment. Tried-and-true tactics are modernized with new tools and approaches, and novel methodologies are introduced to help you make smarter
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Day Trade the S&P 500 Index for Fun and Profit: A Unique Method for Using Heikin Ashi Charts to Day Trade S&P500 Futures and ETFs

Patrick Maher

4.2
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Day Trading Grain Futures: A Practical Guide to Trading for a Living

David Bennett

4.2
This practical book provides you with everything you need to be able to day trade grain futures effectively. It opens with chapters explaining the author's preference for the grain futures markets, and his reasons for preferring to day trade, before going on to explain the fundamentals of trading and the more specific knowledge required for his chosen approach.