#200: 4- Must-Have Algo-Trading Books For Advanced Traders

Have you ever noticed that most of the best traders are avid readers?

Ask any trader for a list of their favorite books and you’ll get an enthusiastic response. And in fact, one of the most frequent questions we get is…

…what are the best books for algo traders?

In this 2nd episode of the trading book series, we focus on our top 4 favorite trading books for ADVANCED traders, including:

Why reading is so important for traders
Book 1 - the book on understanding data mining and biases
Book 2 - the best book on position sizing
Book 3 - the book with lots of interesting ideas
Book 4 - the best book on trading psychology
The 4-week trading book challenge
Plus loads of audience questions

Watch the replay of our latest episode:

Episode Highlights:

[00:00] Introduction

[02:15] Why reading is so important for traders

[05:18] Book 1 - the book on understanding data mining and biases

[11:45] Book 2 - the best book on position sizing

[18:59] Book 3 - the book with lots of interesting ideas

[24:39] Book 4 - the best book on trading psychology

[35:50] The 4 week trading book challenge

[38:08] Audience questions

Tomas and the Systems On The Road team

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