Trading
for a living
Alexander Elder, M.D., is a professional
stock trader, living in New York. Dr. Elder was
born in Leningrad and grew up in Estonia, where he entered medical
school at the age of 16. At 23, while working as a ship’s doctor, he
jumped a Soviet Union ship in Africa and received political asylum in
the United States. He worked as a psychiatrist in New York City and
taught at Columbia University. His experience as a psychiatrist
provided him with a unique insight into the psychology of trading. Dr.
Elder’s books, articles, and software reviews have established him as
one of today’s leading experts on trading.
Trading
for a Living Successful trading is based on three M’s: Mind,
Method, and Money. Trading for a Living helps you master all of those
three areas: How to become a cool, calm, and collected trader and other
how to help steps; How to profit from reading the behavior of the
market crowd, How to use a computer to find good trades, How to develop
a powerful trading system, How to find the trades with the best odds
of success and How to find entry and exit points, set stops, and take
profits.
Trading for a Living helps you discipline your Mind, shows you the
Methods for trading the markets, and shows you how to manage Money in
your trading accounts so that no string of losses can kick you out of
the game. To help you profit even more from the ideas in Trading for a
Living, look for the companion volume. Study Guide for
Trading for a Living. It asks over 200 multiple-choice questions, with
answers and 11 rating scales for sharpening your trading skills.
