Books

Merlin's recommendation:

Thomas Bulkowski: Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns. It also contains statistical data.


Eva Diaz: Real Traders, Real Lives, Real Money

Jack Schwager: Market Wizard books.

Keith Nielsen: Follow the Smart Money.

Jeff Cooper: Hit and Run Trading: The Short-Term Traders' Bible.

John Murphy: ??? (a classic work on Technical Analysis)

John Hill: Building Winning Systems with Trade Station, The Ultimate Trading Guide, Scientific Interpretation of Bar Charts.

Dan Zanger's recommendations :

First two is the top:

William J. O'Neil: How to Make Money in Stocks.

Thomas N. Bulkowski: Ecnyclopedia of Chart Patterns.

Edwin LeFevre: Reminiscenses of a Stock Operator

Nicholas Darvas: How I Made $2,000,000 in Stock Market.

Steve Nison: Janapese Candlestick Charting Techniques

Prechter Jr, Robert R: Elliott Wave Principle: Key to Market Behaviour

Thomas N. Buklowski: Trading Classic Chart Patterns

Alexander Elder: Trading for a Living: Psychology, Trading Tactics, Money Management

Jack Schwage: Technical Analysis

Bruce M. Karmich: How Technical Analysis Works

Oliver Velez & Greg Capra recommendations (not on Dan's list already):

William J. O'Neill, McGraw-Hill: How to Make Money in Stocks

Mark Douglas: The Discpilined Trader

William Gallacher: Winner Take it All

Marc Freidfertig, George West: The Electronic Day Trader

David Nassar: How to Get Started in Electronic Day Trading

Fernando Gonzales: Strategies for the On-line Day Trader

By Tony Turner (that are not on the above lists):

Stan Weisntein: Secrets for Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets

Barry Rudd: Stock Patterns for Day Trading

Fernando Gonzalez, William Rhee: Strategies for Online Day Trader, Adcanced Trading Techniques for Online Profits


Other books (not on recommended lists):

Henrich Weber, Kermit Zieg: The Complete Guide to Point-and-Figure Charting
Jeremy Du Plessis: The Definitive Guide to Point and Figure

Noble DraKoln: Forex for Small Speculators <- He has good option strategies, a must read. Larry Williams: The Right Stock at the Right Time. Note: Larry turned 10.000 into 1.100.000 in 12 months on futures market. The above book is more to investors than to traders. Better to check if he has other books. Michael Harris: Stock Trading Techniques based on Price Patterns and Short-term Trading with Price Patterns. F.H. "Chick" Goslin: Trading Day by Day, Winning the Zero Sum Game of Futures. Larry McMillan: Options as a Strategic Investment, McMillan on Options.

Keith Schap: The Complete Guide to Spread Trading.

Stephen Aikin: Trading STIR Futures. A book about short-term interest rate futures and various strategies relating to them.

A booklist here: www.invest-store.com/janarps/firesale.html

Dominic Connolly: The UK Trader's Bible.

Tibor's pics:

Richard Hexton: Technical Analysis in the Options Market: The Effective Use of Computerized Trading Systems

Ethel R.K. Goldman: Computerized Trading Strategies: How to Programme for the Stock and Futures Markets

Mark Jurik: Computerized Trading: Maximizing Day Trading and Overnight Profits