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BOOKS - What are ASF members reading?

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http://www.quantitativetradingsystems.com/book.html

Few have it and can get a hold of it but is an excellent work!
5. TradeSim manual - David Samboursky
You can read book after book but unless you can APPLY it you'll never go further than reading books.

These 2 certainly place you in the position to apply your trading methodologies.
 
tech/a said:
http://www.quantitativetradingsystems.com/book.html

Few have it and can get a hold of it but is an excellent work!
5. TradeSim manual - David Samboursky
You can read book after book but unless you can APPLY it you'll never go further than reading books.

These 2 certainly place you in the position to apply your trading methodologies.
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You can read book after book and then philophosize where the average man doesn't. Then apply it.:)

I refrain from holding any one educator or book writer in the highest esteem as they all contribute to the internal trader. the key is not to read the same stuff on the same stuff. Read the best on all topics then philosophize from there using your knowledge. :) It goes way beyond printing and binding, and championing:)

Oh, good books are those with traders interviews such as Nick's book.
 
Chorlton said:
Nizar,

Can you elaborate on Pardo's book in terms of its content? What areas did you find the most interesting? Also does Pardo cover any areas of System Development which are not also covered in Howard's book?

Yes, I definately would recommend Weissman's book. However, I feel that Bandy's book may also cover most of the content albeit in a different way. As I haven't finished Bandy's book yet, I can't say this for certain yet.....
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Chorlton,

WHere did you get Weissman's book from?
 
(my first post - and its about books - but hello everybody anyways)

I am currently reading Midnights Children by Salman Rushdie (and the Van Tharp book since im trying to learn about stock investing)

Some of my favourites are:
Time Travellers Wife - Audrey Schnifgruber(something like that)
Kafka On the Shore, Wild Sheep Chase - Haruki Murakami
Special Topics in Calamity Physics (just read it and a great debut novel by a female author)
Mushashi
Jane Eyre (go figure..)

For humor i like Ben Elton and Jasper Fforde and occasionally I will read some sci fi like Peter Hamilton (read all of his space operas) and fantasy such as David Gemmel.

Rob
 
"A hole in the ground with a liar at the top - Fraud and deceit in the golden age of American mining"
Author: Dan Plazak
Publisher: The University of Utah Press, 2006

[It is an encyclopedic collection of fraud cases. This entertaining and informative volume will be of interest to mining historians, geologists, Aussie Stock Forums' members and anyone who likes a good story]
 
"Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War"
By Svetlana Alexievich
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co, 1992

[A powerful, lyrical and poignant portrait of a brutal chapter in modern history]
 
"One Shot" by Lee Child.
Book 9 in the Jack Reacher series. Like his other books, hard to put down, you just want to keep on reading.

I also recently finished reading "Utopia" by Lincoln Child about a Theme Park that is targeted by a small group of well trained ex soliders to steal money and the technology used at the Theme park. Thiink 24 but in book form, the book takes place over about a 12 hour period.

Cheers
 
Yes, I read "One Shot" a few months ago. Agree completely. Lee Child never disappoints.

Currently I'm reading "Gogo Mama" by Sally Sara. Sally was the ABC's Africa correspondent for five years and in this book she introduces readers to some of the courageous people she met during her time there. Reading her account of the endless years of war and brutality, and the violence endured by so many African people, I feel a great sense of shame that we have so much here in this affluent country but still whine about what we don't like.
 
Michael Swanwick - Cigar Box Faust and other Miniatures

a collection of short stories and reflective essays - quirky, brilliant and timeless
 
"Into the fire"
By Linda Davies
Twentieth First Century Publishers, 2007

[This fast-paced financial thriller has an excellent depiction of Peru]
 
Rastan said:
I am currently reading Midnights Children by Salman Rushdie
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I tried reading that quite a few years ago and couldn't finish it. It was kinda strange really, as it had good writing but I just couldn't keep interested.

If you like good writing, try Kazuo Ishiguro's "The Remains Of The Day", or his more recent one "Never Let Me Go" (Remains is better though I think), and Ian McEwan's "Atonement".

I just finished Robert Heinlein's "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress".

GP
 
Currently reading Noam Chomsky's On Language, which is two of his works, Language and Responsibility and Reflection on Language in one book. I'm only half way through the first, but it does provide quite a good overview and introduction to his theories and philosophies. And is especially informative for someone like me who only knows his work through second hand sources.
 
If you like good writing, try Kazuo Ishiguro's "The Remains Of The Day", or his more recent one "Never Let Me Go" (Remains is better though I think), and Ian McEwan's "Atonement".
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All of the 'Booker Prize' winners are always about the prose (and usually therefore often a task to read). I read 'God of Small Things' for a similar reason which wasn't too bad, a lot of people rave about it. I really love Haruki Murakami for querky storylines and good prose. I read Atonement earlier this year and just yesterday was at the flicks to see 'Death at a Funeral' (which is pretty damn funny btw) and a preview came on and I picked it as the movie for Atonement (which I didnt know was being made into a movie) in 3 seconds flat. I will be intersted in seeing if they do the ending the same as the book (not that I will probably see it mind you).

I picked up 'Special Topics in Calamity Physics' recently and was happilly suprised, a really good debut novel by a smart (and beautiful - look at the inside cover) woman.
 
Adam Smith - "The Wealth of Nations"

Pretty much the first ever economic book written, way back in 1775 and it is amazing how relevant it still is today.

I am reading Books 4 and 5 (combined into one novel) which focus on the mercantile system and the role of the state.

His first 3 books (also in one novel) focused on the division of labour and how that helps economic growth.

A must read IMO :)
 
I've read a number of books since my last posting here, but one that may interest others here is 'The Worl of Wall Street' written by Jordon Belfort.
Jordon started his own brokerage firm in New York in the 90's and was making millions of dollars on IPO's.

I found it rather interesting they way he and a number of other brokerage houses were getting around the rules regarding % of ownership.

Also interesting in terms of how someones life can go from riches to jail in about a decade.

I found it enjoyable.
Brett
 
I'm just about to start on this one.

I.R.Toshchakov - Beat the odds in forex trading: How to identify and profit from high-percentage market patterns (2006).
 
Bit of a military history buff myself,

Reading an absolute classic, "A bridge too Far" by Cornelius Ryan.

Basically discusses the normally cautious Field Marshall Montgomery's audacious plan to sieze key bridges in Holland by massed airbourne drops behind German Lines in Sept 1944. The airbourne troops were to hold the bridges while a simultaneous armoured drive from Belgium passed over the bridges and into the industrial Ruhr region of Germany, causing a massive collapse of resistance and an early end to WWII.

German resistance was expected to be light and completely disorganized, consisting mainly of old men and boys on bicycles. Not only did Allied High Command grossly overestimate their own capabilities, fail to compensate for weather disruptions, they also magnificently bungled the military intelligence assessment all down the chain of command.

The result an Arhnem for instance, was that instead of meeting frail old men and young boys, the British 1st airbourne division dropped almost completely on top of 2 crack, battle-hardened Waffen SS panzer divisions with substansial numbers of Tiger and Panther tanks, that weren't even known to be there!

"A Bridge too Far" is a classic account of a tragic Allied miscalculation, and the valour and bravery of men from both sides.

jman
 
Recently read Tim Winton's latest: "Breath". Up to his usual compelling standard.
 

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