Begin a new career and learn how to become a stock trader. People who get jobs as traders work in a fast paced and exciting market environment. Trading stocks for a living can offer independence and financial security. Consider several training resources to help you in your career and job.
Recommended Trader Career Books
Trend Following: How Great Traders Make Millions in Up or Down Markets - Trend following is an opportunistic trading strategy that calls for buying high and selling low—the exact opposite of Wall Street’s long favored buy and hold approach. It is the best strategy for consistently making money in the markets. Challenging much of the other conventional wisdom about trading, trend following uses simple and basic, yet widely misunderstood, concepts of recognizing and capturing the majority of a trend, up or down, for profit.
The Logical Trader - An in-depth look at the trading system that anyone can use
The Logical Trader presents a highly effective, yet simple trading methodology that any trader anywhere can use to trade almost anything. The "ACD Method" developed and refined by Mark Fisher after many years of successful trading, provides price points at which to buy and sell as determined by the opening range of virtually any stock or commodity. This comprehensive guide details a widely used system that is profitably implemented by many computer and floor traders at major New York exchanges. The author's highly accessible teaching style provides readers of The Logical Trader with a full examination of the theory behind the ACD Method and the examples and real-world trading stories involving it.
Trader Vic--Methods of a Wall Street Master - Trader Vic — Methods of a Wall Street Master Investment strategies from the man Barron’s calls "The Ultimate Wall Street Pro" "Victor Sperandeo is gifted with one of the finest minds I know. No wonder he’s compiled such an amazing record of success as a money manager. Every investor can benefit from the wisdom he offers in his new book. Don’t miss it!" —Paul Tudor Jones Tudor Investment Corporation "Here’s a simple review in three steps: 1. Buy this book! 2. Read this book! 3. See step 2. For those who can’t take a hint, Victor Sperandeo with T. Sullivan Brown has written a gem, a book of value for everyone in the markets, whether egghead, novice or seasoned speculator."
The Disciplined Trader: Developing Winning Attitudes -