Stock market - large-scale and complex area of knowledge. In the last couple of decades, various technologies of exchange trading have been actively developing.. Understand the structure of the stock market, laws and principles working on it, as well as the technologies used by various players - not at all easy.
In our today's material - a selection of 40 books and educational, which will help you better prepare for starting work in the stock market and writing mechanical trading systems.
Note: In preparing the material, the recommendations of Russian and foreign experts were used, working in the stock market. Among them - Michael Halls-Moore (Quantitative trading expert and blog author
Stock market device
Fooled by chance. The Hidden Role of Chance in Markets and in Life - Nassim Talleb – a cult book in the financial environment is useful for forming the right attitude to the stock market (and to life in general);Memoirs of a stock speculator - Edwin Lefebvre - Classical work, in paints telling about the life of a stock trader;Stock Trading. Classic timing formula, Money and Emotion Management - Jesse Livermore - The book gives the "Livermore formula" with an example of its application;Dancer investor. How did I get it $2 000 000 in the stock market - Nicholas Darvas - The Story of a Professional Dancer, who managed to develop a method for efficient selection of stocks for trading, perfect for beginners;New magicians of the market. Conversations with America's Best Traders - Jack D. Schwager – conversations with leading portfolio managers and traders, who have achieved outstanding success in trading on the exchange;How to predict financial market crashes. Critical Events in Complex Financial Systems - Didier Sornette – the author has developed a scientific method for predicting market crashes based on information about past crises;Long Term Secrets of Short Term Trading - Larry Williams – description of trading methods and tips for improving its efficiency;Chaos and order in the capital markets. A new analytical look at cycles, Prices and Market Volatility - Edgar Peters — describes the problems of modern nonlinear economic dynamics;Quantums: How Math Wizards Made Billions and Nearly Bumped the Stock Market - Scott Patterson is a best-selling book about the lives of quanta traders, which many believe to be the cause of the stock market crisis 2007 of the year;Wall Street sand castles. The story of the greatest fraud - Kurt Eichenwald – a description of the instructive history of fraud at Prudential-Bashe;Trading and Exchanges, Larry Harris is a book about the structure of the stock market, the laws in force, types of exchanges and players on them;Exchange trading secrets - Vladimir Tvardovsky, Sergey Parshikov — theoretical and practical textbook on e-commerce on the Russian stock market;References on derivatives on the Moscow Exchange website - Detailed list, compiled by the specialists of the Exchange, where beginners will also find useful resources, and experienced investors.
Mathematical preparation
Financial engineering. Financial risk management tools and methods - L. Galic – the book clearly defines all the tools, used in financial engineering;"Methods and Algorithms of Financial Mathematics" - Yu-Dau Luu — fundamental monograph, in which the concepts of financial mathematics are presented in an accessible language;Buying and Selling Volatility - Mikhail Chekulaev and Kevin B. Connolly – a detailed explanation of the strategy of "volatility trading";Lectures by Grigory Kantorovich from the Higher School of Economics ;High-frequency trading in a limit order book, Marco Avellaneda and Sasha Stoikov — one of the most famous articles of financial expert mathematicians;The Complete Guide to Capital Markets for Quantitative Professionals, Alex Kuznetsov - A book for people, with experience in science and technology, who want to better understand the field of finance;A Guide to Econometrics, 6th Edition — Peter Kennedy is a great book, which can serve as a good complement and expansion of university courses in econometrics.
Algorithmic and automated trading
Quantitative Trading, Ernest Chan – a book for individual investors, engaged in automated trading;Algorithmic Trading, Ernest Chan - Another book by Ernest Chan, describing strategies for automated and algorithmic trading;Inside the Black Box, Rishi K. Narang – a book for beginner HFT traders, engaged in the creation of their own trading system.Algorithmic Trading & DMA, Barry Johnson – a book for developers of automatic "trading engines" (not algorithmic systems);The Evaluation and Optimization of Trading Strategies,2nd Edition, Robert Pardo — a book about the development of trading systems, testing and using them;An Introduction to Algorithmic Trading: Basic to Advanced Strategies, Leshik, Cralle – a book about automated and algorithmic trading, various algorithms are considered (including brokerage trading systems);Building Algorithmic Trading Systems: A Trader’s Journey From Data Mining to Monte Carlo Simulation to Live Trading, Kevin J. Davey — the author shares his experience in creating automated systems for online trading;Statistical Arbitrage: Algorithmic Trading Insights and Techniques, Andrew Pole – a book about statistical arbitrage and automated trading based on it;High-Frequency Trading: A Practical Guide to Algorithmic Strategies and Trading Systems, 2nd Ed, Irene Aldridge – a useful book about high-frequency trading (HFT, high frequency trading);The Science of Algorithmic Trading and Portfolio Management, Robert Kissell – a book on algorymtic trading and portfolio management, suitable for readers with advanced knowledge of mathematics;The Practical Guide to Wall Street: Equities and Derivatives, Matthew Tagliani – written by an experienced trader, the book is designed for those, who wants to do more than just deal with the financial market, but also find a job in this area;Practical .NET for Financial Markets, Yogesh Shetty,Samir Jayaswal – a good introduction to the development of trading systems (which code is written in .NET);C++ for Quantitative Finance - Michael Halls-Moore's book on using C++ to build financial applications.
Educational and informational resources
Course on the creation of mechanical trading systems in the WealthLab environment — course from ITinvest partners, developers of the StockSharp trading system;Course on working directly with the StockSharp platform – includes techniques for writing robots in the C language #;MFD Information Publication — up-to-date economic information;Analytical materials of ITinvest experts – analysis of current events in the economy;Habre's ITinvest blog – creation of trading robots and online trading technology;Geinktimes' ITinvest blog – the impact of online trading on the economy; device; stock market;Community of traders Smart-Lab.ru – discussions of work in the stock market and expert publications.
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