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Review of Online Futures Broker Generic Trade
Review of Online Futures Broker - Generic Trade. This is an online futures broker that offers very low rates with no contingencies. That means there are no account minimums and you don't have to make a certain amount of trades to get their stated commission rate.
Diary of a Professional Commodity Trader by Peter Brandt
Review of Diary of a Professional Commodity Trader Lessons from 21 Weeks of Real Trading by Peter Brandt. As the title indicates, Brandt is a professional commodity trader and this book provides a unique look into five months of real trading in his life. This is a unique perspective as many trading books only provide the best chart examples and after-the-fact analysis. Brandt provides a real time account of actual trades – the good, the bad and the ugly.
Secrets of a Pivot Boss by Franklin Ochoa
Secrets of a Pivot Boss by Franklin Ochoa gives in depth trading methodologies for trading pivot points in the futures and stock markets. This is one of the better books I've read on day trading. There are also chapters devoted to Camarilla pivots, which I found very interesting. Camarilla pivots is another form of pivots that have a different calculation than the floor pivots and it is basically a trading system in itself.
The Universal Principles of Successful Trading
The Universal Principles of Successful Trading by Brent Penfold takes a little different approach than the typical trading book. Brent Penfold is a trader in Australia who mainly trades index futures and forex markets. Many readers of trading books are often looking for the latest and greatest trading setups, but Penfold chose to focus on a few principles that a trader must follow before they can be successful – regardless of their trading setups.
One Good Trade by Mike Bellafiore - Book Review
One Good Trade by Mike Bellafiore is a look into the little known world of proprietary trading. Bellafiore owns and manages a proprietary trading firm SMB Capital in New York. This book provides a real life depiction of what it takes to get in the door of a proprietary firm and more importantly, how to stay there.
Trading Full Circle by Jea Yu - Book Review
Trading Full Circle: The Complete Underground Trader System For Timing and Profiting in All Financial Markets by Jea Yu begins with a few chapters on the philosophy of trading that are some of the best I have ever read. The remainder of the book covers Yu’s trading system and there are also three other chapters from other traders who outline their trading techniques as well.
Commodity Options Book Review
Commodity Options by Carley Garner and Paul Brittain covers the basics of commodity options and then transitions into trading them in the real world.
Book Review of Super Trader
Super Trader: Make Consistent Profits In Good and Bad Markets is written by Van K. Tharp, who focuses on the psychology of trading and the importance of a solid trading plan in order succeed in trading.
High Probability ETF Trading by Larry Connors
Book Review of High Probability ETF Trading 7 Strategies to Improve Your ETF Trading by Larry Connors. The author provides some excellent trading strategies for ETFs with a profit and loss statement of most ETFs since their inception. The book is a quick read and the strategies should be fairly simple to comprehend for most traders.
The Complete Guide To Option Selling - Second Edition by James Cordier and Micha
Book review of The Complete Guide To Option Selling - Second Edition by James Cordier and Michael Gross. The book explains the authors strategies for selling options, which is one of the best books you will find specifically devoted to selling commodity options. They also manage money for high net worth individuals, which carries alot of weight for their credibility.
And The Roof Caved In
And The Roof Caved In by David Faber - Book Review. Faber does an excellent job explaining how the financial crisis began and how it came crashing down. He ties in most of the parties from wall street to main street home buyers who couldn't afford their loand in the first place.
The Truth About Day Trading Stocks by Josh Dipietro
Book Review of The Truth About Day Trading Stocks by Josh Dipietro. This book gives a real world view of what it takes to establish a career of day trading.
Reading Price Charts Bar By Bar by Al Brooks
Book Review of Reading Price Charts Bar By Bar – The Technical Analysis Of Price Action For The Serious Trader by Al Brooks. This is an exceptional book on trading primarily of price action on the charts. Al Brooks uses only a 5 minute chart with a 20 period moving average to trade.
Review of At The Open - An E-Mini S&P 500 Trading Course
DayTradeToWin.com offers an e-course or trading methodology for trading the e-mini s&p 500 futures contract. At The Open tends to get you into the market in the direction of the daily trend without chasing the market.
Trade To Win: Proven Strategies to Make Money by Thomas Busby
Trade To Win: Proven Strategies to Make Money by Thomas Busby - Book Review. Thomas Busby describes some trading strategies for commodities, futures and stocks, but they lack many details.
Trade Chart Patterns Like The Pros by Suri Duddella
Trade Chart Patterns Like The Pros by Suri Duddella is detailed explanation of how to trade 65 different chart patterns with specific entry and exit points from the viewpoint of a seasoned trader.
Book Review of New Trading Systems and Methods Fourth Edition by Perry Kaufman
Review of New Trading Systems and Methods Fourth Edition by Perry Kaufman. This book has more than 1,100 pages that describe numerous commodity trading systems and various methods you can use in your trading. Kaufman also provides a great service to his readers by providing insight into the pros and cons of many different trading methods.
Book Review -Day Trading Grain Futures by David Bennett
Day Trading Grain Futures is one of the few books that focuses solely on day trading the grain futures markets. The author, David Bennett, details his complete trading methodology in this book.
Review of Secrets of Traders by Larry Levin
Secrets of Traders by Larry Levin provides a futures trading course to help traders learn how to trade the e-mini S&P and commodities. The trading program includes a Futures Trading Manual, several DVDs, a mental trading course and one on one trading help with Larry Levin.
One-Way Formula for Trading in Commodities by William Dunnigan
Review of New Blueprints for Gains in Stocks and Grains and One-Way Formula for Trading in Stocks and Commodities by William Dunnigan. This book details an excellent trading system that can be used on any actively traded commodity or futures market.
Rigged by Ben Mezrich
Book review of Rigged by Ben Mezrich. The true story of an Ivy League kid who changed the world of oil, from Wall Street to Dubai.
Short Term Trading Strategies That Work by Larry Connors
Short Term Trading Strategies That Work by Larry Connors reveals evidence that buying on weakness provides a statistical edge in trading. He also provides several trading strategies using a 2 day RSI and many uses of it.
Street Smarts by Larry Connors and Linda Bradford Raschke
Book Review of Street Smarts - High Probability Short Term Trading Strategies by Larry Connors and Linda Bradford Raschke.
Trading Day By Day by Chick Goslin
Trading Day By Day is a book I was lucky to find from an author I actually never heard of before. This industry is full plenty of self-promoters who care about getting their name in front of the public than being successful traders. So, I look at this an undiscovered gem. The author, F.H.“Chick” Goslin, has been trading futures since 1970 and his experience and knowledge of trading is very evident.
The Art of The Trade by Jason Alan Jankovsky
Book review of The Art of The Trade - What I Learned Trading The Chicago Futures Markets by Jason Alan Jankovsky. The author gives his brutally honest story of his career as a commodity broker and the struggles he went through while learning how to trade successfully.