Here’s another entry from my email inbox.
Mr. Forman,
Thank you for your kind email, but more than anything for sharing your thoughts on the Rhody Trader blog as well as the Essentials of Trading blog.
My question to you is this: Do you have a Top 5 list of recommended Trading Psychology books?
I currently have read:
- Steenbarger’s Enhancing Trader Performance (my review). (Excellent–prefer over Psychology of Trading)
- Van Tharp’s Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom.
- Curtis Faith’s Way of the Turtle (my review)
- Jack Swager’s Market Wizards collection.
- Rick Bookstabber’s Demons of Our Own Design (Risk Management and Position Sizing at major IBs — recommended for “insider” view.)
I’m currently new to trading, 26-year-old college graduate. Starting with a small $10,000 account as well as using the MTPredictor software (built-in position sizing, positive expectancy, Elliott Wave approach) to trading the 4 E-mini futures.
I’m an avid reader of your blog. Many posts proved greatly beneficial to my continuing education. Please keep up the excellent job!!
Best regards,
Federico
I think Federico’s list is an excellent one. I haven’t read the Bookstabber’s title (though I’ll probably put it on my to-read list), but all the others are ones I strongly recommend.
Another author a great many people recommend is Mark Douglas, who authored Trading in the Zone. And there’s also Ari Kiev who wrote Trading to Win.
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