External Reading
With over 100 years of Wall Street experience between us, we at TFG Trading Matrix have seen everything the market has to offer. No matter how many shares, names, or dollars you trade, there is no doubt that the most indispensible device in your market tool-belt is experience. For that reason, TFG Trading Matrix is constantly drawing from our own experiences, as well as those of others who have come before us. This External Reading List is a compilation of the volumes that have most directly influenced our trading environment. We highly recommend these select books as resources for both historical perspective and cultural education on Wall Street trading.
| Title - Author | Recommended by |
| Memos from the Chairman - Alan C. Greenberg | Alan Portnoi |
| You Can Be a Stock Market Genius (Even if You're Not Too Smart): Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits - Joel Greenblatt | Dean Machado |
| Financial Shenanigans: How to Detect Accounting Gimmicks & Fraud in Financial Reports - Howard Schilit | Dean Machado |
| The Little Book That Beats the Market - Joel Greenblatt | Dean Machado |
| Reading Financial Reports for Dummies - Lita Epstein | Dean Machado |
| The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing - Benjamin Graham | Dean Machado |
| The Disciplined Trader: Developing Winning Attitudes - Mark Douglas | Jeremy Frommer |
| Analyzing Bar Charts for Profit - John Magee | Jeremy Frommer |
| Technical Analysis Plain and Simple: Creating the Markets in Your Language - Michael N. Kahn | Jeremy Frommer |
| Hit and Run Trading: The Short-Term Stock Traders' Bible - Jeff Cooper | Jeremy Frommer |
| Electronic Trading Masters - Allen Jan Baird | Jeremy Frommer |
| Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don't - Jim Collins | Jeremy Frommer |
| Stock Investing for Dummies - Paul Mladjenovic | Jeremy Frommer |
| How the Stock Market Works: A Beginner's Guide to Investment - Michael Becket | Jeremy Frommer |
| The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable - Patrick Lencioni | Jeremy Frommer |
| True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership - Bill George | Jeremy Frommer |
| A Beginner's Guide to Day Trading Online - Toni Turner | Jeremy Frommer |
| Republic - Plato | Jeremy Frommer |
| Inferno - Dante | Jeremy Frommer |
| The Art of War - Sun Tzu | Jeremy Frommer |
| Conversations of Socrates - Xenophon | Jeremy Frommer |
| Prince - Machiavelli | Jeremy Frommer |
| Socratic Logic - Peter Kreeft | Jeremy Frommer |
| The New Market Wizards: Conversations with America's Top Traders - Jack D. Schwager | Jeremy Frommer |
| Merger Mania: Arbitrage: Wall Street's Best Kept Money-Making Secret - Ivan F. Boesky | Jeremy Frommer |
| Understanding by Design - Gran Wiggins and Jay McTighe | Jeremy Frommer |
| Secrets of the Soes Bandit: The Original Electronic Trader Reveals his Battle-Tested Trading Techniques - Harvey Houtkin | Jeremy Frommer |
| How Charts Can Help You in the Stock Market - William Jiler | Jeremy Frommer |
| Obama Zombies: How the Liberal Machine Brainwashed My Generation - Jason Mattera | Jeremy Frommer |
| The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett | Jeremy Frommer |
| Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir - Shalom Auslander | Jeremy Frommer |
| Wall and Mean: A Novel - Tom Bernard | Jeremy Frommer |
| Trading to Win: The Psychology of Mastering the Markets - Ari Kiev | Jeremy Klein |
| Fooling Some of the People All of the Time- David Einhorn | Jeremy Klein |
| By the Numbers: A Survival Guide to Economic Indicators-Stephen D. Slifer and W. Stansbury Carnes | Jeremy Klein |
| Den of Thieves - James B. Stewart | Marc Schwartz |
| Liar's Poker - Michael Lewis | Marc Schwartz |
| The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference - Malcolm Gladwell | Marc Schwartz |
| Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets: A Comprehensive Guide to Trading Methods and Applications - John Murphy | Marc Schwartz |
| Getting Started in Technical Analysis - Jack D. Schwager | Mark Moskowitz |
| Learn to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Self-Discovery and Fulfillment - David Fontana | Mark Moskowitz |
| Tools and Tactics for the Master Day Trader: Battle-Tested Techniques for Day, Swing and Position Traders - Oliver Velez & Greg Capra | Mark Moskowitz |
| Technician's Guide to Day & Swing Trading - Martin J. Pring | Mark Moskowitz |
| Series 55 Study Manual 2008 | Mark Moskowitz |
| The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny - Robin Sharma | Mark Moskowitz |
| Zen in the Martial Arts - Joe Hyams | Mark Moskowitz |
| Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives - Dan J. Millman | Mark Moskowitz |