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  • Trading for a Living

  • Psychology, Trading Tactics, Money Management
  • Written by: Alexander Elder
  • Narrated by: Richard Davison
  • Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (262 ratings)

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Trading for a Living

Written by: Alexander Elder
Narrated by: Richard Davison
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Publisher's Summary

A hundred-thousand investors have turned to this best-selling guide for mastering successful trading by Dr. Alexander Elder, a professional trader, a world-classs expert in technical analysis, and a practicing psychiatrist. He believes that successful trading is based on three M's: Mind, Method, and Money. Trading for a Living helps discipline your Mind, shows you the Methods for trading the markets, and show you have to manage Money in your trading accounts.

Trading for a Living will help you master:

  • Individual pyschology: How to become a disciplined trader
  • Mass psychology: Know when to join the crowd and when to leave it
  • Classical charting: Identify support and resistance, place stops
  • The neglected essentials: Read volume, open interest, and time cycles
  • Psychological indicators: Profit from contrary opinion theory
  • Trading systems: Learn about the Triple Screen trading system
  • Risk management: All about stops and profit targets
  • ©1993 Alexander Elder (P)2000 Penton Overseas, Inc.

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    For whom?

    Good for the people who have basic knowledge of Markets and want to take the trading career to next level.

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    Must read book

    if your planning to enter in share market then you should read this book. one of best book on share market.

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    Trading /strategies /psychology

    Very nice book giving very good insights about trading, strategies, psychology involved. Enjoyed.. Highly recommended book.

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    very good book.

    Author explained all a new comer and experienced people face. very good book. Need to hear again and again.

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    insightful for new traders

    Very intuitive and very relatable to a new trader like me who faced dilemma of best trading method and best trading psych to trade

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    Very good insights from a psychological trading sy

    Very good insights from a psychological trading.. discusses key attributes of traders, systems and best practices.. Recommended for beginners.. can give it a go

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    Definitely worth your time

    This book provide limited knowledge, but is perfect for a beginner. Do listen to the very end.

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    Goto for every budding trader

    Without reading this no trader should ever place a real trade. Thank you to Alexander Elder for sharing his knowledge.

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    Must Read for every Trader

    Must read for every Trader. Author explains the nuances of day to day trading giving emphasis on where traders make obvious mistakes. I feel like reading this book again and again.

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    A book to be read by every trader

    Basic knowledge for a trader before entering taking is nicely narrated. It is hard to make losses after reading this book if you follow the techniques.

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