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Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders |  | Author: Jack D. Schwager
Publisher: Marketplace Books
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: Original Classic
Pages: 457
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.2 x 1.6
ISBN: 1592802974
Dewey Decimal Number: 332
EAN: 9781592802975
ASIN: 1592802974
Publication Date: February 2, 2006
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How do the worlds top traders make millions of dollars in the markets sometimes in a matter of only weeks or even days? Thats precisely the question Jack Schwager was trying to answer when he interviewed 17 superstar money-makers including Richard Dennis, Paul Tudor Jones, Ed Seykota, Marty Schwartz, Tom Baldwin and others. After reading this best-selling book, youll know what ingredients enable these top traders to consistently work their financial magic in the markets while so many others walk away losers. One of the top-selling trading books of all-time!
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 "Reminiscences" For A New Generation of Traders October 9, 2009
Andrew T. Adams (Tampa, FL)
For anyone familiar with the vast amount of investment literature out there, I'm sure you've come across a book written in the first half of the twentieth century called "Reminiscences of a Stock Operator." This classic tome is widely considered to be the "Bible" of trading, and it has been referenced directly or indirectly in many of the other popular books in the genre. You may have even read it yourself. For years it has been THE book to have influenced the world's top traders, but now, Jack Schwager has created the next classic work to fill recommended reading lists.
"Reminiscences..." is mentioned in several of the interviews with the "Wizards", so it is no surprise that many of the same themes are echoed throughout the book. Chronicled are anecdotes and philosophies from some of the world's greatest traders, and to have them all gathered for the reader in one place is amazingly stimulating. More than any other book, "Market Wizards" has helped me become a profitable trader. Investors routinely pay hundreds, even thousands of dollars to attend trading seminars, but don't learn nearly as much readers will soak up from these pages. I make a habit to go back and regularly review the collection of tips in the back of the book, and nothing helps me break out of a trading slump like rereading a few select chapters.
For those looking for a step-by-step trading system, you may be disappointed, but if you're interested in learning from the best of the best, then there's no other choice. The interview format makes for a quick read, and it's interesting to get a glimpse of how these great men live and trade. I highly recommend "Market Wizards" and its sequel "The New Market Wizards" to anyone wanting to take the next step toward trading success.
Listen and learn. Excellent! October 4, 2009
Individual Investor
I'm having a great time reading Market Wizards by Jack D. Schwager. It ranks right up there as one of the most interesting market books ever written. While each trader has his own peculiarities, there are some interesting common themes. I like to compare my own methods with what these wizards are doing, it gives me a way of rating what I'm doing against the very best. Early in the game I had the impression that LTBH was the "proper" way to invest. With each passing day I'm more convinced that LTBH is a way for the big guys to convince little guys to buy, hold and cherish what they want to sell to you, a.k.a. "distribution." The big guys need someone (you) on the other side of the trade!
The book most often recommended by the wizards themselves is "Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (Wiley Investment Classics)." There is a lot to be learned by listening to seasoned and successful practitioners. By providing transcripts of the interviews, the reader can get a lot closer to the wizards than if Jack Schwager had added more editorial input.
The only interview which I found boring and skipped after a page or so was the one with the psychologyst, Dr. Van K. Tharp. Listening to the traders themselves is much more instructive.
Wizards Q&A August 30, 2009
David C. Wade (Okinawa, Japan)
The question and answer format is great. The questions give you pointed perspectives about how the pros view the markets and the answers are always bound to have insights that can't be beat in another format. A massive amount of informtaion in a single source.
Still A Classic August 22, 2009
Michael Covel (Nevada)
No long statement needed. While this book was originally published in the late 1980s, it is timeless. I am still amazed at the numbers of new traders who have not read 'Market Wizards'.
Defense, Defense, Defense July 30, 2009
MKM (Bronxville, NY USA)
A very good read with great tips from some all time greats. It was eye opener to read about how much risk control/management and focusing on Defense was the highest priority for many of the great traders. The question/answer style flowed very well and focused on the trading style and results rather than too much on the personalities. I'm looking forward to reading Schwager's follow up "The New Market Wizards".
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