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Sheldon Natenberg – Option Volatility and Pricing – Review

I’ve been studying and trading options for the past several months. It’s not a style drift, but adding an uncorrelated income stream to the current systematic portfolio of stocks and futures. I have already read several blogs and papers about options, listened to over a hundred podcast episodes, backtested my own ideas and I’m currently […]

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John M. Longo, Tyler J. Longo – Buffett’s Tips – Review

Thank you Äripäev for sending me the Estonian version of this book. Even though I’m not a fan of buy-and-hold investing, it was an interesting read about the 100 tips from one the greatest investors of all time, billionaire Warren Buffett. I’m obviously not going to list all the tips as this is what readers […]

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Mark Douglas – The Disciplined Trader – Review

I read Mark Douglas’s book “Trading in the Zone” several years ago and it helped a lot with trading psychology. I’ve later seen many traders refer to this other book by the author, so I started to feel that I should skim through this one as well. It’s also about trading psychology. According to the […]

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Holly and Steve Burns – Options 101 – Review

I recently decided to study options to understand if a particular negative skew (many small wins, occasional larger losses) strategy fits to my portfolio, which at the moment leans more towards positive skew methods like trend-following that take many small losses compensated by large wins. So it’s not about style drift nor replacing anything in […]

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Stan Weinstein – Secrets for Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets – Review

I’ve seen many traders refer to the book online and at some point it started to get my attention, which eventually triggered the interest to read the book. I haven’t seen Mr. Weinstein’s presence online, but he is a veteran already and probably retired as this book was first published in 1988. Stan Weinstein’s work […]