You mentioned earlier that for a while you read virtually every book on the markets you could find.
What reading list would you give to someone starting out who is serious about becoming a successful
stock trader?
Essential reading on top of the list is O'Neil's book,
How to Make Money in Stocks (McGraw-Hill, New York, NY
1988). Another book that is must reading is
How I Made Two Million Dollars in the Stock Market by Nicholas Darvas
(Lyle Stuart, Inc., Secaucus, NJ, 1986). A lot of people laugh at that title, but it is fun reading and you learn a ton.
Another book I would recommend is
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefevre [reputedly about Jesse
Livermore]. Livermore himself wrote a very good thin volume,
How to Trade in Stocks (Institute for Economic &
Financial Research, Albuquerque, NM, 1986).
Any others?
A good one on what to look for in individual stocks is
Super Performance Stocks by Richard Love (Prentice
Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1977). The book has a great study on some of the greatest winners of all time. Another
good one on picking stocks is
Profile of a Growth Stock by Kermit Zieg and Susannah H. Zieg (Investor's Intelligence,
Larchmont, NY, 1972). I would also recommend Marty Zweig's book,
Winning on Wall Street (Warner Books, Inc.,
New York, NY, 1986) and Stan Weinstein's
Secrets for Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets (Dow, Jones-Irwin, New
York, NY, 1988), which has some good sections on short selling. Finally, on Elliott Wave analysis, which I think has
some validity, there is
Elliott Wave Principle by Frost and Prechter (New Classic Library, Inc., Gainesville, GA, 1978)
and a book called
Super Timing by an English fellow named Beckman (Milestone Publishers, London).
All those books are good, but you learn the most from the market itself. Every time I buy a stock, I write
down the reasons why I bought it [he pulls out a binder containing annotated charts]. Doing this helps cement in my
mind the characteristics of a winning stock. Maybe even more important, it helps me learn from my mistakes.
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