Share Trading Books

How I made $2,000,000 in the Stock Market
by Nicolas Darvas

An entertaining and insightful story of a world famous dancer who shook up Wall Street by revealing the system that allowed him to build a fortune with a very small starting capital base.

Share Trading
by Daryl Guppy

This is a book about trading. It's about private trader's working from home, buying and selling shares in listed companies. It is also about making money and that means buying and selling for profit.

Snapshot Trading
by Daryl Guppy

Scared off by the excessive highs and consequent painful falls of the tech wreck, traders are once again coming back to their screens to trade stocks over short-term timeframes. Australia's trading guru Daryl Guppy explores: intra-day trading tactics short-term momentum trades and much more.

Masters of the Market
by Anthony Hughes, Geoff Wilson &
Matthew Kidman

This book provides a fascinating insight into the minds of Australia's greatest money makers.

The fund managers and traders interviewed in this book all have proven track records and all have produced stellar returns. These characters are widely acknowledged as being the best investors in Australia.

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
by Edwin Lefevre

Critical Praise. In my interviews with over 30 of the best traders of our time, there were some questions that I raised in each conversation. One of these was:
Are there any books that you found particularly valuable and would recommend to aspiring traders?
By far, the most frequent response was Reminiscences of a Stock Operator - a book that was over 70 years old! - from the Foreword by Jack Schwager Author of Market Wizards and The New Market Wizards.  

Although Reminiscences was first published some 70 years ago, its take on crowd psychology and market timing is as timely as last summer's frenzy on the foreign exchange markets.
WORTH MAGAZINE  

The most entertaining book written on investing is Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, by Edwin Lefevre, first published in 1923.
THE SEATTLE TIMES

The best book I've read is Reminiscences of a Stock Operator. I keep a supply for people who come to work for me.
Martin Zweig.

After 20 years and many re-reads, Reminiscences is still one of my all-time favorites.
Kenneth L. Fisher Forbes.

First published in 1923, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is the fictionalized biography of Jesse Livermore, one of the greatest speculators ever. Reminiscences remains the most widely read, highly recommended investment book ever written. Generations of investors have found that it has more to teach them about themselves and other investors than years of experience in the market. This is a timeless tale that will enrich the lives-and portfolios-of today's investors as it has those of generations past.

Technical Analysis for Dummies
by Barbara Rockefeller

The tools to perform your own analysis and beat the market. Study the data, measure your risk, and win in the market! Sick of losing in the market? Tired of relying on other people's investment advice? Don't worry! Technical Analysis For Dummies is the smart way to get on a winning track. This straightforward, non-intimidating guide explains the principles of technical analysis and provides tools you need to develop guidelines you can trust your own. Praise for Technical Analysis For Dummies Barbara Rockefeller shows that technical analysis works without math and formulas. Her back-to-basics approach is practical and comprehensive ...

This is a great way to learn technical analysis, or a valuable review of how we should trade. Perry Kaufman, author of Trading Systems and Methods and A Short Course in Technical Trading.

Getting Started in Technical Analysis
by Jack D Schwager

Revered by many, reviled by some, technical analysis is the art and science of deciphering price activity to better understand market behavior and identify trading opportunities. In this accessible guide, Jack Schwager-perhaps the most recognized and respected name in the field-demystifies technical analysis for beginning investors, clearly explaining such basics as trends, trading ranges, chart patterns, stops, entry, and exit and pyramiding approaches. The book's numerous examples and clear, simple explanations provide a solid framework for using technical analysis to make better, more informed investment decisions and as the basis for mechanical trading systems. Along with Schwager's invaluable trading rules and market observations culled from years of real-world trading experience, Getting Started in Technical Analysis offers in-depth coverage of:

• Types of charts-bar, close-only, point-and-figure, candlestick.
• Chart patterns- one-day, continuation, top and bottom formations, the importance of failed signals.
• Trading systems- trend-following, counter-trend, pattern recognition.
• Charting and analysis software- price data issues, time frame/trading style considerations, software research.
• The planned trading approach- trading philosophy, choosing markets, risk control strategies, establishing a trading routine.

Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom
by Van K. Tharp

This title presents the bestselling holy grail of trading information - now brought completely up to date to give traders an edge in the marketplace. Sound trading advice and lots of ideas you can use to develop your own trading methodology.
Jack Schwager, author of Market Wizards and The New Market Wizards.

This trading masterpiece has been fully updated to address all the concerns of today's market environment. With substantial new material, this second edition features Tharp's new 17-step trading model. Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom also addresses reward to risk multiples, as well as insightful new interviews with top traders, and features updated examples and charts.

Making Money Made Simple
by Noel Whittaker

Totally revised and updated and aims to cover the essentials of money, investment, borrowing and personal finance in a simple way.

Investment guru’s ‘simple’ way to wealth.
MELBOURNE AGE

Extremely Readable and generally helpful guide to personal finance.
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

Plenty of excellent examples and nice short chunks of information.
WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN

Your first investment should be to buy the fast selling book, Making Money Made Simple.
THE ADVERTISER

The Business of Share Trading
by Leon Wilson

Every new business starts with a great idea. In order to make this succeed you need to develop a plan, finance your capital investment, purchase some office equipment and understand the realities of the business in order to realize the expected earnings. It is no different when you start trading shares. After two years of writing, Leon Wilson has completed a mammoth task that spans the breadth of the share trading spectrum. In concise and clear language, The Business of Share Trading details what you need to know to take control and profit from an active sharemarket portfolio: fundamental, technical and combination analysis dealing with brokers, data suppliers, ISPs and information sources appropriate trading plans and trading structures record keeping trend trading, break-out trading and reversal trading charting and indicator analysis trade entries and exits, position sizing and stop-loss management system testing and paper trading. Importantly, all of the major trading tools and techniques are accompanied by comprehensively annotated charts, tables and diagrams.