Market Wizards, Updated Interviews With Top Traders
by Schwager, Jack D.Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2012-02-07
Publisher(s): Wiley
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Summary
How do the world's top traders make millions of dollars in the markets - sometimes in a matter of only weeks or even days? That's 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, you'll 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 bestselling trading books of all-time!
Author Biography
Jack D. Schwager is a recognized industry expert on futures and hedge funds and the author of a number of widely acclaimed financial books. He is currently the co-portfolio manager for the ADM Investor Services Diversified Strategies Fund, a portfolio of futures and FX managed accounts. He is also an advisor to Marketopper, an India-based quantitative trading firm. Previously, Mr. Schwager was a partner in the Fortune Group, a London-based hedge fund advisory firm, which specialized in creating customized hedge fund portfolios for institutional clients, and also spent over twenty years as a director of futures research for some of Wall Street's leading firms.
Table of Contents
| Preface to the Paperback Edition | p. ix |
| Preface | p. xv |
| Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
| Prologue | p. xix |
| My Own Story | p. xxi |
| Futures and Currencies | p. 1 |
| Taking the Mystery Out of Futures | p. 3 |
| The Interbank Currency Market Defined | p. 7 |
| Michael Marcus: Blighting Never Strikes Twice | p. 9 |
| Bruce Kovner: The World Trader | p. 51 |
| Richard Dennis: A Legend Retires | p. 83 |
| Paul Tudor Jones: The Art of Aggressive Trading | p. 115 |
| Gary Bielfeldt: Yes, They Do Trade T-Bonds in Peoria | p. 139 |
| Ed Seykota: Everybody Gets What They Want | p. 151 |
| Larry Hite: Respecting Risk | p. 175 |
| Mostly Stocks | p. 193 |
| Michael Steinhardt: The Concept of Variant Perception | p. 195 |
| William O'Neil: The Art of Stock Selection | p. 221 |
| David Ryan: Stock Investment as a Treasure Hunt | p. 239 |
| Marty Schwartz: Champion Trader | p. 257 |
| A Little Bit of Everything | p. 281 |
| James B. Rogers, Jr.: Buying Value and Selling Hysteria | p. 283 |
| Mark Weinstein: High-Percentage Trader | p. 321 |
| The View from the Floor | p. 343 |
| Brian Gelber: Broker Turned Trader | p. 345 |
| Tom Baldwin: The Fearless Pit Trader | p. 367 |
| Tony Saliba: "One-Lot" Triumphs | p. 385 |
| The Psychology of Trading | p. 405 |
| Dr. Van K. Tharp: The Psychology of Trading | p. 407 |
| The Trade: A Personal Experience | p. 429 |
| Postscript: Dreams and Trading | p. 435 |
| Final Word | p. 439 |
| What I Believe 22 Years Later | p. 441 |
| Appendix 1: Program Trading and Portfolio Insurance | p. 453 |
| Appendix 2: Options-Understanding the Basics | p. 455 |
| Glossary | p. 461 |
| Excerpt: Edward Thorp | p. 473 |
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