📚TraderLion’s Recommending Reading List 📚 (Thread)
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1. How To Make Money in Stocks - William O’Neil
William J. O'Neil is the founder @IBDinvestors. His #CANSLIM methodology and studies have influenced us at TraderLion & many authors including those in this thread.
Reminiscences is the biography of Jesse Livermore, one of the greatest speculators who ever lived. More than 80 years later, it is still one of the most highly recommended investment books ever written.
Livermore started trading in securities when he was fourteen years old. This book is derived from a series of interviews between Richard Wyckoff and Jesse Livermore from the 1920s.
Douglas uncovers the underlying reasons for lack of consistency and helps traders overcome the mental habits that cost them money. This is a MUST-READ for all traders/investors.
The Disciplined Trader focuses on how traders can take control of their trading behavior by developing a systematic, step-by-step approach to winning week after week, month after month.
7. How I Trade and Invest in Stocks - Richard Wyckoff
Wyckoff leverages over 33 years of experience in the markets in this book. His primary reason for writing this was to help new investors who find the markets too complex.
8. Secrets for Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets - Stan Weinstein
All traders/investors should read this book as it offers the skeleton of which phases stocks go through again and again over many years. Timeless principles.
11. Lessons from the Greatest Stock Traders of All Time - @monsterstocks1
This book follows Livermore, Bernard Baruch, Gerald Loeb, Darvas, and WON and emphasizes their processes and common characteristics even as they traded in different time periods.
12. Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders - @jackschwager
Schwager interviewed dozens of top traders and while the details differed, they can all be boiled down to the same formula: solid methodology + proper mental attitude = trading success.
13. Unknown Market Wizards: The Best Traders You’ve Never Heard of - @jackschwager
This book continues on the popular Market Wizards series, interviewing exceptionally successful traders to learn how they achieved their performance results.
Minervini unveils his trademarked stock market method SEPA, which combines careful risk management, self-analysis, and perseverance. He explains his process for achieving triple-digit returns.
16. Technical Analysis Using Multiple Timeframes - @alphatrends
This book is an excellent introduction to technical analysis and reading price action. It goes through how to read trends, market structure, and the psychology of price movement.
This book covers a series of experiments that identifies a feedback loop between testosterone & success that is responsible for how we feel after a winning or losing streak. Very fun read.
18. 24 Essential Lessons for Investment Success - William O’Neil
We had to end with another book from WON! This one breaks down his 40 years of experience studying the markets into a handful of easy-to-digest lessons.
19. How I Made $2,000,000 in the Stock Market - Darvas
Let's not forget Darvas! In this book, he documents his techniques including his unique Box system. This is a classic even to this day and we highly recommend reading it.
Most traders miss the best moves because they don’t recognize high-probability setups like the “Oops Reversal.”
Here’s how HIMS offered a textbook entry right after earnings—and what to learn from it:
This case study breaks down:
How HIMS got on the radar
The exact setup and entry
Risk sizing and trade management
Key takeaways for future trades
HIMS was already a momentum leader in the weight loss sector.
What made it actionable last week?