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The trading bible for the new millennium

In Come Into My Trading Room, noted trader and author Dr. Alexander Elder returns to expand far beyond the three M′s (Mind, Method, and Money) of his bestselling Trading for a Living. Shifting focus from technical analysis to the overall management of a trader′s money, time, and strategy, Dr. Elder takes readers from the fundamentals to the secrets of being a successful trader––identifying new, little known indicators that can lead to huge profits.

Come Into My Trading Room educates the novice and fortifies the professional through expert advice and proven trading methodologies. This comprehensive trading guide provides a complete introduction to the essentials of successful trading; a fresh look at the three M′s, including a proven, step–by–step money management strategy; and an in–depth look at organizing your trading time. Come Into My Trading Room reviews the basics of trading stocks, futures, and options as well as crucial psychological tactics for discipline and organization—with the goal of turning anyone into a complete and successful trader.

By showing traders how to combine the elements of mind, method, and money, Come Into My Trading Room gives readers the knowledge and insight to enter the market with confidence and exit with profits. Unparalleled depth and a wide range of coverage will keep all levels of traders engaged, informed, and returning to Come Into My Trading Room again and again.

Dr. Alexander Elder (New York, NY) is a professional trader, technical analysis expert, and practicing psychiatrist. He is the founder of Financial Trading Inc., providing intensive trading camps to traders all over the world. Elder′s first book Trading for a Living (Wiley: 0471592242) and the companion study guide have sold over 160,000 copies.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4915 in Books
• Published on: 2002-05-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

From the Inside Flap
How long will it take you to become a competent trader and how much will it cost?

What markets should you trade and how much can you expect to make?

What rules should you set, what methods should you use, how should you split your trading capital?

If these questions interest you, you picked the right book. Written by a professional trader, an expert in technical analysis, and a practicing psychiatrist, Come Into My Trading Room: A Complete Guide to Trading comes out nine years after Dr. Alexander Elder′s international bestseller Trading for a Living, reflecting his latest discoveries and concepts.

Come Into My Trading Room opens with a brief primer–aptly named Financial Trading for Babes in the Woods–aimed at newcomers, but containing important information for experienced traders. It clarifies topics whose mastery is essential for everyone: what markets to trade, how to interpret financial theories, and how to handle common barriers to success.

Moving up from the basics to the heart and soul of Dr. Elder′s methods, Come Into My Trading Room teaches the three key aspects of trading–Mind, Method, and Money. First, you see that the key to winning is in your mind–discipline. Then you learn how to find the best trades and make the most efficient entry and exit decisions. Dr. Elder shares his favorite analytic tools and covers system testing, day–trading, as well as longer–term swing trading, his new Impulse trading system, and a new SafeZone method for placing stops. These methods will allow you to trade with a high level of confidence in any market–stocks, futures, options, or currencies.

Moving beyond technical analysis, Dr. Elder teaches you the rules of money management that are essential for your survival and success. He shows how to structure your account like a submarine, divided into many compartments, so that it won′t sink if one section becomes flooded. The next section of this comprehensive trading guide–The Organized Trader–takes you where no trading book has ever gone before. It teaches you how to organize your time and effort. You learn to select markets and design a decision–making tree. Good records help you learn from your experiences and rise to a higher level of expertise. Dr. Elder clearly outlines four types of records–three of them looking back and

one looking forward–that are essential for any serious trader.

In the final section of this book, Dr. Elder delivers another first in trading literature–he invites you into his trading room and takes you with him on half a dozen of his recent trades, illustrating entries and exits with charts.

Distilling twenty years of trading and teaching experience, this book will put you on the road to mastering a new way of trading stocks, futures, options, and currencies. By the time you leave Dr. Elder′s trading room, you′ll be in a position to take your trading to a higher, more intelligent, and successful level.

From the Back Cover
Come Into My Trading Room
A Complete Guide to Trading

You can become a successful trader. It has been done before, and it is being done right now, today, by people around the world. If you enjoy learning, if you are not scared of risk, if the rewards appeal to you, and if you are prepared to put in the work, you have a great project ahead of you.

In Come Into My Trading Room: A Complete Guide to Trading, Dr. Alexander Elder takes you far beyond the three M′s (Mind, Method, Money) of his international bestseller Trading for a Living. He teaches you to manage your money and time, as well as strategy, so that you can enter the markets with confidence and exit with profits. This essential book educates the novice and gives more power to the professional through expert advice, proven trading methods, and something entirely unique–a visit to Dr. Elder′s own trading room. You get to follow him through several actual trades, whose entries and exits illustrate many of the key concepts of this book.

Come Into My Trading Room offers:
∗ A complete introduction to trading essentials
∗ An overview of trading psychology, both individual and mass psychology of the markets
∗ A practical overview of technical analysis, including new indicators and systems
∗ A step–by–step guide to risk control and money management
∗ Exact instructions for keeping records and organizing your time
∗ A visit to Dr. Elder′s private trading room, reviewing several of his recent trades

Be sure to work through the companion volume to this book–Study Guide for Come Into My Trading Room–before you risk a dollar in the markets. The Study Guide features 100 questions and answers and almost 50 charts to test your knowledge. Grade yourself to make sure you know enough about the nine key areas of trading. Work through eight case histories, select entry and exit points, and find out how well you understand what needs to be done in every trade. Use Dr. Elder′s Study Guide to make sure that you can measure up to your competitors and surpass them.

Come Into My Trading Room will help you master a new way of trading stocks, futures, options, and currencies. Unparalleled depth and a wide range of coverage give you the best chance to become the trader you′ve always wanted to be.

About the Author
ALEXANDER ELDER, MD, is a professional trader, an expert in technical analysis, and a practicing psychiatrist. He is the founder of Financial Trading Inc., a firm that provides intensive trading camps for traders worldwide. Dr. Elder′s first book, Trading for a Living, and its companion Study Guide have sold over 160,000 copies in English and were translated into nine languages. Dr. Elder′s Web site is www.elder.com.

Customer Reviews

A comprehensive guide to successful trading
I have several trading guides that I find useful. But this is the only "how to" book that not only showed me where I was going wrong and why I was going wrong but gave practical and achieveable advice on what to do about it. I now get better prices using limit orders. OK, I miss some trades (though not as many as you'd think), but there's always another one coming along. It's so much better to get in at a good price - if you get stopped out you lose a lot less, so you don't mind it as much. The 2% and 6% rules of money management have convinced me never again to be a loser. In the past I've made a lot then lost a lot. I now know how to keep most of it while still being able to make a fair bit with the good trades I find. It's also good to get advice on closing trades, which most books gloss over rather. Highly recommended.

Genuinely excellent
Dr Elder is now something of a cult hero among independent traders. Based on multiple readings of 'Trading for a living' and 'Come into my trading room' I would have to say that his status is entirely justified.

Come into my trading room genuinely is an excellent book. Far too many reviewers allocate five stars to trading books nowadays; just search under 'trading' or 'technical analysis' or other trading related terms, and then search by 'av. customer rating' and you'll find a mass of five star rated books. While these are usually ok this book genuinely warrants maximum praise.

By introducing the basics of trading, discussing psychological pitfalls, technical analysis, what markets to trade, money management, time management, together with a glimpse in to Dr Elder's own trading diary, the author really does cover every spectrum of short-term equity/futures trading.

The technical analyis section is larger in 'Trading for a living' but the technical indicators that are covered are done so in sufficient depth. Furthermore, this is a more complete guide than the author's earlier work and the writing style is helpful and simple to understand.

For these reasons, and for the relative cost of the author's books, I believe they both should be essential reading for all beginning traders.

Don't trade before reading it!
A must read for anyone who wants to trade. Don't trade before reading this book! Dr Elder focuses on psychology, DISCIPLINE, methodology for stock picking, and money management. This book teaches you the foundation of trading ( stock, futures, options), explains you how to improve your trades and build a trading plan. It also engages the reader to explore further with books recommendations.
It is very well written, and very clear.
I read a lot of books on the subject and with no hesitation put this one on the top of my list. PS: I also recommend John Murphy for Technical analysis, and Natenberg for options.