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Market Wizards: Interviews With Top Traders Paperback – January 1, 1993

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A bestselling classic (more than 200,000 copies sold in hardcover and paperback) that delves into the minds of some of the world's most successful traders.
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    Market Wizards
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    480 pages
  3. Language
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    Harperbusiness
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    January 1, 1993
  6. Dimensions
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  7. ISBN-10
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    978-0887306105
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"One of the most fascinating books ever written about Wall Street." -- --Martin W. Zweig, Market Forecaster

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Jack D. Schwager is currently the Managing Member of Market Wizards Funds, L.L.C., in Vineyard Haven, MA. His prior experience includes 22 years as the director of futures research for some of Wall Street's leading firms. Schwager is a frequent seminar speaker and has lectured on a range of analytical topics with particular focus on the characteristics of great traders, technical analysis, and trading system evaluation. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Brooklyn College and an M.A. in Economics from Brown University.

Schwager is the author of the best-selling Market Wizards (1989), and the equally popular The New Market Wizards (1992). His other books include Getting Started in Technical Analysis (1999) and a three-volume series, Schwager on Futures, consisting of the following titles: Fundamental Analysis (1995), Technical Analysis (1996), and Managed Trading: Myths and Truths (1996).

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harperbusiness; Reissue edition (January 1, 1993)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 480 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0887306101
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0887306105
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 1.25 x 8 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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    Mr. Schwager is a recognized industry expert in futures and hedge funds and the author of a number of widely acclaimed financial books. He is perhaps best known for his best-selling series of interviews with the greatest traders and hedge fund managers of the last three decades: Market Wizards (1989), The New Market Wizards (1992), Stock Market Wizards (2001), Hedge Fund Market Wizards (2012), The Little Book of Market Wizards (2014), and Unknown Market Wizards (2020). A revised edition of his first book, A Complete Guide to the Futures Markets (1984), was published in 2017. His other books include Market Sense and Nonsense (2012), a compendium of investment misconceptions, and the three-volume series, Schwager on Futures, consisting of Fundamental Analysis (1995), Technical Analysis (1996), and Managed Trading (1996). He is also the author of Getting Started in Technical Analysis (1999), part of John Wiley’s popular Getting Started series.

    Mr. Schwager is a Co-founder and Chief Research Officer of FundSeeder, a firm that seeks to find undiscovered trading talent worldwide via its trader platform (FundSeeder.com), and a Co-founder of FundSeeder Investments (FundSeederinvest.com), which seeks to connect properly regulated traders with sources of investment capital. Previously, Mr. Schwager was a partner in the Fortune Group (2001-2010), a London-based hedge fund advisory firm. His prior experience also includes 22 years as Director of Futures research for some of Wall Street’s leading firms, most recently Prudential Securities.

    Mr. Schwager is a frequent seminar speaker and has lectured on a range of analytical topics including the characteristics of great traders, investment fallacies, hedge fund portfolios, managed accounts, technical analysis, and trading system evaluation. He holds a BA in Economics from Brooklyn College (1970) and an MA in Economics from Brown University (1971).

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Levon Gagik Yeghiazaryan
5.0 out of 5 stars Like it so much it purchased the rest of the series
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2024
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Very nice and interesting reading. A lot of psychology hinge and tricks which can be applied on everyday trading. Like it so much that purchased the rest of the serious and going to read them too
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D. Musicant
5.0 out of 5 stars Market Wizards, great book
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2013
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It's not perfect, but it's easily the best book about investing I've come across, well that's my current opinion. I finished it a few days ago. I'm not the most avid reader, when I find a book I read from cover to cover in a short time, it's a relative rarity, but this is one. I marked up the book a lot because I expect to reread it multiple times, I want the lessons to sink in and stick (I trade, stocks exclusively currently).

I'm reading New Market Wizards now, and I'm not finding it as compelling as it's predecessor, however it is holding my attention. Both are hardcover, bought in December 2011 at Amazon. The publisher is the same, although they indicate different home cities. What's surprising is the difference in the quality of the printing. The first book is very peculiar in its printing, sometimes it's off, not terribly clear, but still readable. It almost looks like it was desktop published on a cheap printer. It's inconsistent. The two books are amazingly different in the quality of print on the page. However, New Market Wizards' printing is professional and consistent to the point of being mechanical. It's perfect, but I have to say I think I actually prefer the the printing in my hardbound copy of Market Wizards.

Jack Schwager is very knowledgeable concerning the world of investing. The questions he asks the interviewees are often sophisticated and complex. I feel that he sometimes fails to keep from injecting some of himself into the discussions, but by and large he's very successful in his role as an interviewer and commentator (he injects his own comments and explanations at times into and after the interviews). There is a glossary of investment terms at the end of the book, so if you read the book, be aware of that from the start. I was not, however I already knew most all of the terms.

For the person who's interested in trading any markets I'd say this is required reading.
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Tyler I.
5.0 out of 5 stars First and best of the Wizards series; inspiring and very informative
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2005
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This book is genuinely very enlightening. It profiles big--and not so big--named traders/investors who make both consistent and large profits from various markets (futures, stocks, currencies, and commodities.)

Very importantly this book (and the series) demonstrates that money can be made from a wide variety of trading/investing styles: men who are pure fundamentalists that don't even look at charts to pure technicians and many forms in between are interviewed here. The lesson is that money can be made in various ways and that there are no golden rules to profitability, but rather a slew of solid systems with their own unique collection of mechanical and, usually, intuitive rules. The very important subject of investor psychology is a dominent theme throughout the book.

At the end of chapters and the end of the book the author sums up the ideas useful to the reader looking to gain market insight; at the end of the book Schwager (the author) looks for similarities between those interviewed.

Beyond a greater understanding of how to make money in the markets, the realization that one doesn't have to be an extremely intuitively gifted buy-and-hold fundamentalist, or a scalper on an exchange floor, etc to make big money and that failure is often inherent with gaining experience (many of those interviewed completely blew out in their early days.)

This is the first of the Wizards series. If you felt that you got a lot from this book (and you probably will,) then I would recommend also reading "The New Market Wizards" and "Stock Market Wizards" (the last is better then "The New Market Wizards" IMO) as well. It should be mentioned that this series of books is very easy to read and quite fun for its genre.

This book is truly worth the 5 stars. Every market participant should read this. Even if you don't trade but cared enough to look at this book's page and check the reviews then you probably should allow yourself to be inspired and enlightened by this book. Do yourself a favor and buy the book.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great book but cover is dirty
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2023
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Great book i already finished it on audible. But sadly thr cover has some stains for some reason and wish it was clean for such an expensive version
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great book but cover is dirty
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2023
Great book i already finished it on audible. But sadly thr cover has some stains for some reason and wish it was clean for such an expensive version
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Mahdi
5.0 out of 5 stars Different stories about famous traders
Reviewed in Canada on December 31, 2022
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Personnal knowledge. No strategies but excellente stories related to the world of trading
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Arvids Gargurnis
5.0 out of 5 stars Truly legendary
Reviewed in Germany on December 26, 2023
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A must read
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Gianluca Radice
5.0 out of 5 stars Molto interessante
Reviewed in Italy on November 14, 2023
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Racconta la vita di ogni Trader protagonista, di come hanno iniziato, le perdite, lo stress e infine il successo… stupendo!
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Deep
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read!
Reviewed in India on November 2, 2023
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Nice insights into super successful traders!
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Liam Kelleher
5.0 out of 5 stars A highly readable and very insightful book that probably turned me off trading
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 4, 2023
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I work as a commodities analyst and want to improve my knowledge of the trading world. This book, although old, remains a very helpful insight into a wide variety of trading topics and trading personalities.

What I got out of the book most is that you can be successful in different ways - trade very often and very carefully with technical analysis. Or use fundamentals and trade big when you think the market will move.

There are also many different personalities, thought the stereotype seems to be mostly people totally obsessed with money who are super stressed and have nothing happening in their personal lives. In order to be a good trader you have to be absolutely obsessive about the markets everyday. These people have lost everything and gained it back again.

I think that was a bit of a takeaway from me - I don’t really admire too many of the people in the book. Trading was and remains a form of professional gambling without any real world tangible benefits that I can see.

I would love to read more of the authors books as I find trading very interesting and this is super helpful insight, but this book turned me off the idea of being a trader full time more than anything. That in itself is very valuable insight.
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