Our Books
The books behind the method
Trading classics from the last hundred years and more. Price, people and patience — free to read.
Oren has read every book here — a personal recommendation.
Books matter in trading, and in life too. A good one keeps teaching long after the last page.
The shelf
16 more classics · Trading psychology · Technical analysis · Market history · Speculation
- Market history
The Making of a Stockbroker
Edwin Lefèvre · 1925
The road of a young man into the brokerage business, by the author of Reminiscences. Wall Street seen from the broker’s side of the desk.
- Speculation
Wall Street Stories
Edwin Lefèvre · 1901
Short stories about brokers, traders, tips and manipulation. The first follows a broker looking for a sound investment for a recently widowed client — duty against the profit-driven street.
- Market history
Ten Years in Wall Street
William Worthington Fowler · 1870
“Revelations of inside life and experience on ’change” — a story-like look at trading life on Wall Street and the rise and fall of its speculators.
- Market history
Inside Life in Wall Street
William Worthington Fowler · 1873
The sequel to Ten Years in Wall Street: “how great fortunes are lost and won”, with stories of deals, fortunes and traders.
- Market history
Men and Mysteries of Wall Street
James K. Medbery · 1870
A historical portrait of the people, the institutions and the daily work behind the stock market of its time. How the street really ran, from the inside.
- Speculation
Sampson Rock of Wall Street
Edwin Lefèvre · 1907
A novel set in the financial world of Wall Street, by the author of Reminiscences. Power, deals and the men behind the big moves.
- Trading psychology
The Plunderers
Edwin Lefèvre · 1916
A novel of schemers and a bold confidence game aimed at New York’s finest jewellers. Greed, deception and how easily people believe what they want to believe.
- Technical analysis
How I Trade and Invest in Stocks and Bonds
Richard D. Wyckoff · 1922
The methods Wyckoff evolved and adopted during thirty-three years on Wall Street, in his own words. Trading and investing, side by side, from one of the fathers of market analysis.
- Technical analysis
Studies in Tape Reading
Richard D. Wyckoff (as “Rollo Tape”) · 1910
How a trader reads supply and demand straight from the price, without tips or opinions. Stops, volume, dull markets, charts and the trader’s temperament — the roots of price-action reading.
- Trading psychology
Psychology of the Stock Market
G. C. Selden · 1912
How crowd psychology moves prices: the speculative cycle, panics, and the trader’s own state of mind. Selden argues that understanding the market’s mood matters as much as the numbers.
- Technical analysis
The ABC of Stock Speculation
S. A. Nelson · 1903
An early introduction to speculation in stocks, built on Charles Dow’s ideas about reading the market’s movements. Short, plain chapters from the first days of market analysis.
- Technical analysis
Scientific Stock Speculation
Charles H. Dow · edited by G. C. Selden · 1920
Trading principles, trends and price movements following Charles Dow’s ideas. A compact look at the thinking that became the Dow theory.
- Technical analysis
The Stock Market Barometer
William Peter Hamilton · 1922
A study of the market’s forecast value based on Charles H. Dow’s theory of the price movement. How the averages can be read to understand the major trend.
- Speculation
The Theory of Stock Exchange Speculation
Arthur Crump · 1887
A 19th-century classic that warns the would-be speculator about the risks first. Clear thinking, enough capital and patience — and the personal qualities that decide who lasts.
- Speculation
Common Sense in Stock Speculation
Maurice Cowen · 1922
A treatise on stock speculation and investment, including the experience of successful traders. Judgement and common sense over excitement.
- Market history
The Cycles of Speculation
Thomas Gibson · 1907
Booms, busts and the recurring patterns of speculation in stocks and commodities. Gibson holds that speculators lose through poor method, lack of knowledge and psychological mistakes — and asks for study and discipline instead of hunches.
Free copies come from public libraries: Project Gutenberg, the Internet Archive, HathiTrust and the University of Michigan Library. Every book here was first published in the United States before 1931 and is in the public domain there. HathiTrust may limit access outside the US — check the rules in your country. Covers are our own designs.
A free book by Oren Shibet · 35 pages
Through a Trader’s Eyes
The market, the method and the mindset, from twenty years of trading. Written by Oren Shibet.
- How price really moves — and why stops get taken
- Reading a chart top-down, from the monthly to the entry
- Risk, patience and the trader’s mind