Trading Audio Books

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slugFX

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Hello all,

I suppose this would fall under the category of trader development...

I have just accepted an offer for a new job which will be in the city so I will be riding the bus to work every day soon. Does anyone have recommendations on some really good trading audio books? I would love to get some loaded on my iPhone to make this bus ride productive every day!

I will probably also load a bunch of trading eBooks onto my iPad for reading material as well, but there is already a sticky for that.

Thanks,

Slug
 
I just thought of this but if you go to audible.com and cross reference with my thread about suggested books or video it should be a good combo
 
This guy has the right idea,

The First 20 Hours by Josh Kaufman.

https://soundcloud.com/joshkaufman-1/first-20-hours-audiobook

Apparently according to the reviews just read the first 3 chapters lol.

It seems like he tries to blend the 10,000 hours book with a few of Tim Ferris's ideas of deconstructing to minor more achievable goals which kind of sounds like Ferris took it from The Secret.
 
Tansen said:
This guy has the right idea,

The First 20 Hours by Josh Kaufman.

https://soundcloud.com/joshkaufman-1/first-20-hours-audiobook

Apparently according to the reviews just read the first 3 chapters lol.

It seems like he tries to blend the 10,000 hours book with a few of Tim Ferris's ideas of deconstructing to minor more achievable goals which kind of sounds like Ferris took it from The Secret.
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The first 20 hours. That's an eternity in modern contemporary society! ;D
 
Ended up buying:
Mark Douglas - Trading in the Zone
Napoleon Hill - Think & Grow Rich
Eric Thomas - The Secret to Success

I have read the first 2 eBooks already, but now I have them as audiobooks and can listen to them on the way to work :)
 
I purchased it from the Apple store on my iPhone.. and I actually have not been through the audio version yet. I have listened to maybe a chapter and it's kind of boring, I think I prefer reading over audio books because it's easier to get distracted and not pay attention when listening to audio books.
 
slugFX said:
I purchased it from the Apple store on my iPhone.. and I actually have not been through the audio version yet. I have listened to maybe a chapter and it's kind of boring, I think I prefer reading over audio books because it's easier to get distracted and not pay attention when listening to audio books.
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Yes I know what you mean - sometimes my mind wanders while I'm listening on the road. However I do still regularly play them.

My library consists of:

Books I would or have listen(ed) to again

Trading In The Zone - Mark Douglas
Market Wizards - Jack Schwager
Hedge Fund Market Wizards - Jack Schwager
Millionaire Traders -How Everyday People Are Beating Wall Street At Its Own Game - Kathy Lien & Boris Schlossberg

Books I probably won't listen to again

Get Rich With Options - Lee Lowell
The Little Book Of Currency Trading - Kathy Lien

Books I've not finished yet

One Good Trade - Mike Bellafiore - Decent start so far

Books I've not started yet

The Prop Traders Chronicles - Francis Chan
 
TommyL said:
Books I probably won't listen to again

The Little Book Of Currency Trading - Kathy Lien
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Isn't she one of the people who appear on CNBC all the time?

I remember about a year ago someone appeared on there with a ridiculous 1.5 R:R saying they were going to risk 300pips for a 450 pip gain or something ridiculous.
 
sqa said:
300 pips risk on 450 profit? Isn't that pretty much just flat gambling at that point?
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I never really liked any of the CNBC's talking heads some of them risk crazy amounts for a minimal gain, however given it's a "long term position" they are trying to take multi-month trades I could safely assume. It's not really gambling it's just highly risky the reward is meh, but still a positive expectancy if they are right and sadly even if it goes a bit in profit they don't care if they have to close at that time because it's probably a sizable position that their client is eating the risk on.
 
Tansen said:
Isn't she one of the people who appear on CNBC all the time?

I remember about a year ago someone appeared on there with a ridiculous 1.5 R:R saying they were going to risk 300pips for a 450 pip gain or something ridiculous.
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Yeah I think she does a few TV appearances but not sure which station as I don't know too much about her.
 
Tansen said:
Isn't she one of the people who appear on CNBC all the time?

I remember about a year ago someone appeared on there with a ridiculous 1.5 R:R saying they were going to risk 300pips for a 450 pip gain or something ridiculous.
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She does take trades like that a lot, but her hit rate is high enough. BK Asset Management (the fund she co-runs last I checked) takes 2 risk to 1.5 or 1 reward sometimes.. her hit rate makes it worth while overall, and she's been trading that way for many years.

Not my digs, but if it works for her...
 
There's a couple of good ones out that are easy to listen to.

I thought this was a good listen, good overview of the markets

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Any of Michael Lewis' books in audio format are quite entertaining -

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game .
Liar's Poker
Flash Boys
The Big Short
The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
 
thenewmin said:
There's a couple of good ones out that are easy to listen to.

I thought this was a good listen, good overview of the markets
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Hi,

It appears this is your audio book.

I'd have been ok if you wanted to drop a shameless plug as the author... but instead you'd rather shill. This shows a lack of respect to the forum and its readers.

Feel free to PM me if you'd like to talk about it... but unless there's a good explanation, your book simply will not be part of the discussion here at FXGears.
 
rod178 said:
Any of Michael Lewis' books in audio format are quite entertaining -

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game .
Liar's Poker
Flash Boys
The Big Short
The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
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Agree with your opinion of Lewis's books.

"The big short" was not only engrossing insight into the GFC but one of the best journalistic pieces I have read in the field of finance.
 
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