This list of top 35 trading books of all time is based on a quantitative composite ranking of Amazon book reviews, all time sales, and author popularity. This is a guide for traders to dig deeper on Amazon and see which books fit their own trading time frame, risk tolerance, return goals, and systems for markets they trade. These books are very different in methodologies, time frames, and markets traded. The authors are diverse in their writing styles from highly technical to more philosophical. You will see a common thread through all of these books on the importance of having a trading process with an edge, managing risks, and having the right mindset to be a trader.
- Think & Trade Like a Champion: The Secrets of a Stock Market Wizard by Mark Minervini 4.8 stars 431 ratings
- Trading in the Zone: Master the Market with Confidence by Mark Douglas 4.7 stars 1,475 ratings
- Hedge Fund Market Wizards: How Winning Traders Win by Jack D. Schwager 4.7 stars 206 reviews
- Technical Analysis Using Multiple Timeframes by Brian Shannon 4.7 stars 203 ratings
- How to Day Trade for a Living by Andrew Aziz 4.6 stars 1,806 ratings
- Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefèvre 4.6 stars 1,196 ratings
- Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders by Jack D. Schwager 4.6 stars 827 ratings
- Trade Like a Stock Market Wizard by Mark Minervini 4.6 stars 621 ratings
- Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques by Steve Nison 4.6 ratings 570 ratings
- Stan Weinstein’s Secrets For Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets by Stan Weinstein 4.6 stars 510 ratings
- The New Market Wizards: Conversations with America’s Top Traders by Jack D. Schwager 4.6 stars 380 ratings
- The New Trading for a Living by Alexander Elder 4.6 stars 364 ratings
- Come Into My Trading Room: A Complete Guide to Trading by Alexander Elder 4.6 stars 275 ratings
- How to Make Money in Stocks: A Winning System in Good Times and Bad by William J. O’Neil 4.5 stars 1,472 ratings
- The Man Who Solved the Market by Gregory Zuckerman 4.5 stars 1,415 ratings
- How I Made $2,000,000 in the Stock Market by Nicolas Darvas 4.5 stars 1,130 ratings
- The Disciplined Trader: Developing Winning Attitudes by Mark Douglas 4.5 stars 379 ratings
- Dark Pools: The Rise of the Machine Traders by Scott Patterson 4.5 stars 368 ratings
- How to Trade In Stocks by Jesse Livermore 4.5 stars 331 ratings
- Cryptoassets: The Innovative Investor’s Guide to Bitcoin and Beyond by Chris Burniske 4.5 stars 233 ratings
- Pit Bull: Lessons from Wall Street’s Champion Day Trader by Martin Schwartz 4.5 stars 228 stars
- Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 4.4 stars 2,218 reviews
- The Complete TurtleTrader by Michael W. Covel 4.4 stars 615 ratings
- A Beginner’s Guide To Day Trading Online by Toni Turner 4.4 stars 584 ratings
- Fortune’s Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System by William Poundstone 4.4 stars 278 ratings
- You Can Be a Stock Market Genius by Joel Greenblatt 4.3 stars 445 ratings
- Way of the Turtle: The Secret Methods that Turned Ordinary People into Legends by Curtis Faith 4.3 stars 335 ratings
- Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom by Van Tharp 4.3 stars 334 ratings
- $25K Options Trading Challenge by Nishant Pant 4.3 stars 212 ratings
- Day Trading Made Easy: A Simple Strategy for Day Trading Stocks by Matthew R. Kratter 4.2 242 ratings
- The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort 4.1 stars 2,264 ratings
- The 1 Hour Trade: Make Money With One Simple Strategy, One Hour Daily by Brian Anderson 4.1 stars 382 ratings
- Covered Calls Made Easy: Generate Monthly Cash Flow by Selling Options by Matthew R. Kratter 4.1 stars 359 ratings
- Trend Following: How to Make a Fortune in Bull, Bear, and Black Swan Markets by Michael W. Covel 4 stars 438 ratings
- Options Trading QuickStart Guide: The Simplified Beginner’s Guide to Options Trading by ClydeBank Finance 4 stars 255 ratings