Archive for category: Books

Review of Millionaire Traders

8 October, 2007 (14:59) | Books | By: Colin McGinley

In Millionaire Traders, Kathy Lien and Boris Schlossberg have replicated the well worn template used by Jack Schwager, of Market Wizards fame. The book consists of interviews with twelve successful traders. The subtle twist this time is that all twelve traders are self-made. They are almost all self-taught and grew their [...]

Review of Psycho-Cybernetics

26 September, 2007 (17:23) | Books, Psychology | By: Colin McGinley

One of the hardest areas to tackle and improve as a trader is our own psychology. Often times we don’t even know where to begin. It is just as well that there is a thriving personal development industry out there that any aspiring trader can tap into.
One of the main works in the [...]

Catharsis

21 September, 2007 (17:00) | Books, Journal | By: Colin McGinley

I feel much more relaxed and even-minded about my week’s trading performance since I wrote my journal entry earlier today. It is as if putting the details of my week’s trades into a journal entry has cleansed them from my mind.
I spent most of yesterday and much of this morning mentally beating myself up [...]

Review of Adventures of a Currency Trader

11 June, 2007 (12:19) | Books | By: Colin McGinley

Adventures of a Currency Trader is a different sort of trading book.
It doesn’t have the usual format where topics are discussed in discrete chapters.
The book’s subtitle gives a much better description of what is in store for the intrepid reader: A Fable about Trading, Courage and Doing the Right Thing.
I love fables, so I was [...]

Forex MBA

7 June, 2007 (13:12) | Books | By: Colin McGinley

I have posted a new recommended reading list, with explanations for why I think each individual book might be of interest to any aspiring forex trader.
There’s also a good chance that you’ll be surprised at some of the entries that make it into the list, as some of them are not exactly your run-of-the-mill trading [...]