Adventures of a Currency Trader: A Fable about Trading, Courage, and Doing the Right Thing

by Rob Booker

• ISBN13: 9780470121542
• ISBN10: 0470121548
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2007-05-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Praise for ADVENTURES of a CURRENCY TRADER "A truly easy, unique, and enjoyable read! Rob has done it once again to teach us in the funniest way possible how not to make the most common trading mistakes. If you are tired of reading how-to books, this is perfect for you. I highly recommend this book to all traders. Everyone will learn something about themselves by reading this book." -Kathy Lien, author, Day Trading the Currency Market, and Chief Strategist, www.dailyfx.com "Adventures of a Currency Trader is a must read for anyone who has ever traded or is thinking about trading in the Forex markets. Rob Booker has a unique way of taking years of market knowledge and transforming it into an educational and entertaining experience. It has quickly become a cult classic in my trading library!" -H. Jack Bouroudjian, Principal, Brewer Investment Group "Brilliant! Rob's humor and humanity shine through in this parable about trading and life. Filled with wisdom and wit, it's an exhilarating rollercoaster ride through the peaks and valleys of the learning curve, with many valuable lessons learned along the way." -Ed Ponsi, President, FXEducator.com "Rob's fable of everyman 'Harry Banes' is destined to become a trading classic. This is both the missing piece and the foundation that comes before the strategies and methodologies. The search for the Holy Grail begins and ends in the heart and mind. The journey is authentic and real and if you're willing to take it with Rob, you will be rewarded in the end. Seldom has psychology and wisdom been so entertaining!" -Raghee Horner, trader and author of Forex Trading for Maximum Profit and Days of Forex Trading "In a series of insightful and entertaining vignettes, Rob Booker teaches both the novice and the experienced trader some hard won truths about the currency market. It's a must read book written by a guy who survived the trenches and went on to prosper in the biggest and most competitive financial market in the world." -Boris Schlossberg, Senior Currency Strategist, Forex Capital Markets LLC, and author of Technical Analysis of the Currency Market

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Introduction

In Search of Amazing Profits

The Future Looks Bright

A Trip to the Thirty-First Floor

Two Promising Conversations

Lessons Learned

A Turn for the Worse

Trying to Awake from the Nightmare

Charlie Flank Goes to U.S. National Bank

Mapping Out a New Career

Charlie Flank Meets His Match

Coming Clean

Looks Can Be Deceiving

The Story of George Sister

Back to Square One

Breakfast wit? Harvey

Back to Where It All Began

Testing

Homework

Team Banes Begins Anew

Presenting Our Findings

Back in the Game

Return to the Thirty-First Floor

Settling My Tab Epilogue

The Retail Carry Trade

How I Got Six Hundred Pips

Index

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