Posted by curranjohn46 on 22nd of Oct 2010 at 02:17 pm
Anyone know of any good books on the following:
1). Trading psychology --I want to better identify my
personality traits so I can trade accordingly. Or become
more aware of any flaws that may hamper my success.
2). Designing and backtesting mechanical systems. I have
learned a lot here at BPT about staying with the trend, and being
mechanical to eliminate emotion. But I think I can learn even
more if I go through the complex process of creating mechanical
systems. I am not even clear how to backtest somebody
else's system. I just want to read what I can on backtesting
without spending money on some expensive software that I am
not sure I can even trust.
Looking for some good books
Posted by curranjohn46 on 22nd of Oct 2010 at 02:17 pm
Anyone know of any good books on the following:
1). Trading psychology --I want to better identify my personality traits so I can trade accordingly. Or become more aware of any flaws that may hamper my success.
2). Designing and backtesting mechanical systems. I have learned a lot here at BPT about staying with the trend, and being mechanical to eliminate emotion. But I think I can learn even more if I go through the complex process of creating mechanical systems. I am not even clear how to backtest somebody else's system. I just want to read what I can on backtesting without spending money on some expensive software that I am not sure I can even trust.
FYI. Reading this PDF from the original Turtle Traders prompted my post: http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/files/turtlerules.pdf
Love to know what people think of it as well.
Thanks for the recommendations on
Posted by curranjohn46 on 22nd of Oct 2010 at 03:36 pm
Thanks for the recommendations on psychology books. Any recos for developing trading plans, mechanized or not, are also appreciated.
Ditto - Trading in the Zone by Mark Douglas
Posted by evne01 on 22nd of Oct 2010 at 03:21 pm
Inside the Investor's Brain by
Posted by lachasse on 22nd of Oct 2010 at 02:22 pm
Inside the Investor's Brain by Richard Peterson
Trading in the Zone by
Posted by Michael on 22nd of Oct 2010 at 02:19 pm
Trading in the Zone by Mark Douglas