Hello everyone, This is my first post, I ended up finding this forum while searching for a book I own "The way of the Turtle". And Im glad I found it! The thing is, Im new to trading, got into cryptos for about a year, but Im trading only from what I quickly learned on some videos/tradingview etc. My portfolio has increased quite nicely and I thought I should be more pro on this. Im a former professional poker player (online mostly), and Im only 25 years old. I feel that I have a chance to make this work. I got about 70 books from a retired trader that put an ad on a facebook page selling all those books for 5€, I thought the ad was for for me, I grabbed the chance and made 150km to go grab them. The thing is... They are all old books pretty much, and Im scared to learn outdated stuff. Still I believe there is some value on it of course, and the aspect of it being real books and helping me stay away from screens a bit seems wonderful. If someone mind helping me, by pointing me on the right path, I would appreciate it, here is the list of all the books I have: Trading Commodities & Financial Futures - George Kleinman Technical Analysis for the Trading Professional - Constance Brown The Three Skills of Top Trading - Hank Pruden Options as a Strategic Investment - Lawrence G. McMillan How I trade for a living - Gary Smith The Japanese Chart of Charts - Seiki Shimizu Market Trading Tactics - Daryl Guppy Cybernetic Trading Strategies - Murray A. Ruggiero, Jr. Trading Chaos - Bill Williams & Justine Gregory-Williams Astro-Cycles & Speculative Markets - L. J. Jensen Gaming the Market - Ronald B. Shelton Stock Trading Techniques - Michael Harris Come Into My Trading Room - Dr. Alexander Elder New Trading Dimensions - Bill Williams,.PHD Beyond Greed and Fear - Hersh Shefrin Way of the Turtle - Curtis M. Faith Design, Testing and Optimization of Trading Systems - Robert Pardo How I made $2,000,000 In The Stock Market - Nicolas Danvas The New Fibonacci Trader Workbook - Robert Fischer Support & Resistance Simplified - Michael C. Thomsett Tape Reading & Markets Tactics - Humphrey B. Neill Gann Simplified - Clif Droke The Market Maker's Edge - Josh Lukeman Charting the Stock Market - The Wyckoff Method - Jack K. Hutson Real Options - Tom Copeland / Vladimir Antikarov Astro-Cycles: The Trader's Viewpoint - Larry Pesavento Cyclic Analysis - J. M. Hurst The Opening Price Principle - The Best Kept Secret on Wall Street - Larry Pesavento / Peggy MacKay Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques - Steve Nison W. D. Gann Treasure Discovered - Robert Krausz, MH.BCHE Mastering Elliot Wave - Glenn Neely Dynamic Trading - Robert C. Miner The Geometry of Stock Market Profits - Michael S. Jenkins Quantitative Trading - Ernest P. Chan Dynamic Trading Indicators - Mark W. Helweg & David C. Stendahl The Day Trader's Survival Guide - Christopher A. Farrell The Candlestick Course - Steve Nison Tolls and Tactics for the Master Day Trader - Oliver Velez & Greg Capra Technical Analysis and Stock Market Profits - Richard W. Schabacker Technical Analysis of Stock Trends - Robert D. Edwards and John Magee Encyclopedia of chart patterns - Thomas N. Bulkowski Trading Classic Chart Patterns - Thomas N. Bulkowski The Definitive Guide to Point and Figure - Jeremy du Plessis Geometry of Markets - Bryce T. Gilmore Intermarket Analysis - John J. Murphy Intermarket Technical Analysis - John J. Murphy New Market Timing Techniques - Thomas R- DeMark Profitable Candlestick Trading - Stephen W. Bigalow Pattern Classification - Richard O. Duda / Peter E. Hart / David G. Stork Selective Forex Trading - Don Snellgrove Planetary Harmonics of Speculative Markets - Larry Pesavento Financial Astrology - Lcdr. David Williams Profitability and Systematic Trading - Michael Harris Forecasting Financial Markets - Tony Plummer The Complete Idiot's Guide to Options and Futures - Scott Barrie The Mathematics of Technical Analysis - Clifford J. Sherry & Jason W. Sherry How to Read the Financial Pages - Michael Brett Astrology and Stock Market Forecasting The Stock Market Barometer - William Peter Hamilton Study Guide for Technical Analysis Explained - Martin J. Pring The Four Biggest Mistakes in Option Trading - Jay Kaeppel Stock Market Technique Number One & Two - Richard D. Wyckoff How Buffet Does It - James Pardoe The (Mis)Behaviour of Markets - Benoit B. Mandelbrot and Richard L. Hudson How I trade and Invest in Stocks and Bonds - Richard D. Wyckoff Studies in Tape Reading - Richard D. Wyckoff You can be a Stock Market Genius - Joel Greenblatt Thank you very much in advance. Cheers!
Thanks for the opinions! @jinxu Well not scammed imo "but sh** it was only 99 cents" (5€, all, not each), was worth the shot Lets keep those 4 at least then tommcginnis! I also found this list: https://www.stocktrader.com/investing-books/ Joel Greenblatt is on that list with a different book than mine, should I keep it? Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques - Steve Nison, shows on the list also. Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns - Thomas Bulkowski, also on the list.
No need for books! Just go the internet and do some research on technical analysis, how market react to news events/economic numbers and candlesticks and that's all you need. Next, get a practice account, observe the market, develop a trading system, papertrade the system EXACTLY like how you would trade in real life for AT LEAST 6 months to a year. If your system is profitable for at least 6 months, trade live! That's it. Remember trading makes perfect. Good luck!
You sure you don't want to keep "Astro-Cycles & Speculative Markets - L. J. Jensen" and "Planetary Harmonics of Speculative Markets - Larry Pesavento" or "Astrology and Stock Market Forecasting"? Those tea leaves are mighty useful...
Some of those are out-of-print and hard to come by. There are classic's in there and some silly ones. Some would consider it a treasure, Do your research. Market forces are composed of human judgement, motivated by emotion. The spectrum of human emotions are the same as they ever were. Principals are durable. It's supportive to know what came before, with what is happening now, so that what must come next comes into view.