Trading Literature
Hand-picked books, biographies of legendary traders, papers, and publications. The ones worth your time.
★ Editor's Picks
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Fictionalized biography of legendary speculator Jesse Livermore. The bible of trading psychology — every page a lesson in market mechanics, manipulation, and self-discipline. Written 100 years ago and still the most quoted trading book.
Open source →Market Wizards
Interviews with top traders — Bruce Kovner, Richard Dennis, Paul Tudor Jones, Marty Schwartz. Each chapter a different lens on what makes consistent winners. Required reading.
Open source →The Disciplined Trader
The definitive work on trading psychology. Why your strategy doesn’t matter if your mind isn’t right. Mark Douglas decodes the cognitive traps every retail trader falls into.
Open source →How Currency Brokers Actually Make Money
A breakdown by Tonny on the dealer-side mechanics: A-book vs B-book, swap revenue, spread markup, slippage profiteering. What every retail trader should understand before opening an account.
Open source →Jesse Livermore
The real-life biography of "The Boy Plunger" who made and lost $100M three times. Born 1877, died by his own hand 1940. The most spectacular career in trading history.
Open source →More to Read
George Soros — The Alchemist
The man who broke the Bank of England in 1992 with a $10B short on the Pound. Reflexivity theory, philosophy of finance, and the boldest macro trade of all time.
Open →A Random Walk Down Wall Street
The book that gave intellectual weight to passive investing. Required to understand the academic argument against active trading — and to know why it’s not always right.
Open →Bloomberg Terminal — Foreign Exchange section
The standard professional source for institutional FX research, central bank watch, and rate decisions. If you can’t access a terminal, follow @markets on X for the same flow.
Open →Best Trader Awards
Coming soon: community-voted recognition for the best trading minds, past and present. Submit nominations through the bot.