Recommended Reading

BEHAVIOURAL FINANCE

• Robert Shiller — Irrational Exuberance
  Behavioural finance applied to the 1990s bull market

CROWD BEHAVIOUR

• Charles Mackay — Extraordinary Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
  Hugely influential book on the history of crowd behaviour in markets

• Gustav Le Bon — The Crowd
  Analysis of crowd behaviour by one of the pioneers in that field

FUTURES

• Teweles & Jones — The Futures Game
  Excellent explanation of futures markets and how they work and much more

INVESTMENT GENERAL

• Jeremy Siegel — Stocks for the Long Run
  An examination of the historical performance of asset classes and why stocks give the best return in the long term

• Jack Calhoun JR — The 12 Investment Myths
  Discussion of investment philosophy centred on a series of common myths.

• Niall Ferguson — The Ascent of Money
  A financial history of the world

• Charles Ellis — The Losers Game
  Explains why active investment management fails and what to do about it

• RF Bruner and SD Carr — The Panic of 1907
  The story of the financial panic of 1907 and an analysis of the causes of panics.

MONEY MANAGEMENT

• Robert Rotella — The Elements of Successful Trading
  The second half of this book contains excellent disussion of trading psychology and money management

• Van K Tharp — Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom
  Very sound book on money management and developing a trading system

OPTIONS

• Larry McMillan — McMillan on Options
  This book has been recommended to me by options traders

POINT AND FIGURE CHARTING

• Alexander Wheelan — Study Helps in Point and Figure Technique
  The best book to learn about point and figure charting

PSYCHOLOGY OF TRADING

• Jacob Bernstein — Investor's Quotient
  Best selling book on managing your own psychology in trading

• Roland Barach — Mindtraps
  This book explains common mind traps that limit traders and investors. Written by a psychologist with practical knowledge of trading

• Mark Douglas — The Disciplined Trader
  Ground breaking book on trading psychology

• Mark Douglas — Trading in the Zone
  Thorough discussion of trading psychology

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS GENERAL

• J. Welles Wilder Jnr — New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems
  The original source of important indicators including RSI, Parabolic and Directional Movement

• Steven Achelis — Technical Analysis form A to Z
  General purpose reference book on lots of indicators and concepts in technical analysis

• Edwards and Magee — Technical Analysis of Stock Trends
  This book popularised charting and remains the definitive reference for traditional technical analysis

• Robert Rhea — The Dow Theory
  The original source book on Dow theory.

TRADING GENERAL

• Donald Cassidy — Its When You Sell That Counts
  Concentrates on explaining why selling is such an important part of trading

• Edwin Le Fevre — Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
  The ideas of Jesse Livermore, one of the legendary traders. Easy to read and full of insights about trading

• Gerald Loeb — The Battle for Investment Survival
  A Classic book on trading. Has been reprinted again and again for decades

• Michael Lewis — The Big Short - Inside The Doomsday Machine
  This is a factual account of what led to the global finacial crisis. It is a very clear explanation of the arcane derivatives at the heart of the subprime mortgage disaster.

• David Dreman — The New Contrarian Investment Strategy
  Explains the value approach based on low Price Earnings ratios

• Paul & Moynihan — What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars
  Story of how one man learned the most important lesson in trading the hard way

YOUR LIFE IN GENERAL

• Jim Rogers — A Gift to My Children
  His thoughts on investing and life in general.

• T Harv Eker — Secrets of the Millionaire Mind
  How to think like a millionaire.

• Richard Koch — The 80/20 Principle
  Exlains how the Pareto Principle (80/20 rule) applies to everything

• Paulo Coelho — The Alchemist
  A parable about where you can find your fortune and happiness

• Max Gunther — The Luck Factor
  Review and summary of main ideas

• Stanley & Danko — The Millionaire Next Door
  Remarkable insights into how millionaires became wealthy