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Market Wizards by Jack Schwager
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    • Product code: 23262
    • ISBN: 1592802974, ISBN13: 9781592802975, 458 pages, hardback
      Published by Marketplace Books, 2006
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    Recommended by Michael Covel, Stephen Eckett, Alpesh B. Patel, Helen Quenet, Paul Rodriguez, Thomas Stridsman, Paul Wilmott
    Recommended by Mark Shipman

    Description of Market Wizards

    How do some of the world's most successful traders amass millions of dollars in a year - or sometimes in hours? Are they masters of a priceless wizardry or simply the very lucky winners in a random market lottery that allows only a few players to become fantastically wealthy? What are the secrets of their unheard-of successes?

    After interviewing top traders in a variety of markets, market expert Jack D. Schwager concludes that while method undoubtedly accounts largely for trading success, no one approach is used by all, or even most, of the traders interviewed.

    Even more interesting is Schwager's finding that, as great a role as method plays, it must be accompanied by the 'proper' mental posture - a notion that surfaces frequently in the interviews. The secret seems to have more to do with personal attitude than with approach. What mental disciplines, what emotional responses, what intangible ingredients make these top traders so mysteriously effective? What enables them to work financial magic while so many others walk away losers?

    MARKET WIZARDS allows the reader to delve into the minds of these professional traders. It explains the very elements of their success .... different approaches used in different markets .... trading rules that each of them adhere to .... personal advice for other traders.

    Contents of Market Wizards

    Part I: Futures and Currencies

    Taking the Mystery out of Futures
    The Interbank Currency Market defined
    Michael Marcus: Blighting never strikes twice
    Bruce Kovner: The World Trader
    Richard Dennis: A Legend retires
    Paul Tudor Jones: The Art of Aggressive Trading
    Gary Bielfeldt: Yes, they do trade T-Bonds in Peoria
    Ed Seykota: Everybody gets what they want
    Larry Hite: Respecting Risk


    Part II: Mostly Stocks

    Michael Steinhardt: The Concept of Variant Perception
    William O'Neil: The Art of Stock Selection
    David Ryan: Stock Investment as a Treasure Hunt
    Marty Schwartz: Champion Trader


    Part III: A Little Bit of Everything

    James B. Rogers, Jr.: Buying Value and selling Hysteria
    Mark Weinstein: High-percentage Trader


    Part IV: The View from the Floor

    Brian Gelber: Broker turned Trader
    Tom Baldwin: The fearless pit trader
    Tony Saliba: 'One-Lot' triumphs


    Part V : The Psychology of Trading

    Dr. Van K. Tharp: The Psychology of Trading
    The Trade: A Personal Experience
    Postscript: Dreams and Trading


    Final word

    Appendix 1: Program Trading and Portfolio Insurance
    Appendix 2: Options - Understanding the Basics
    Glossary


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