Mastering the Trade, Second Edition: Proven Techniques for Profiting from Intraday and Swing Trading Setups Hardcover – 16 Mar. 2012

This book is a must for anybody serious about learning how to trade profitably. It really is the 'bible' of trading - and the more times you go back and re-read, it the more you learn. The topics covered include, inter alia, background information as to what causes the markets to fluctuate, psychology, proven setups to use, and the importance of having a proper business plan. John Carter writes with a very refreshing honesty about his own travails when he started out and still maintains a clear affinity to new traders despite his obvious great success now. There are a great many trading books available, and most newbies make the mistake of equating the quantity that they have read with an ability to trade successfully. The brutal reality is that it is extremely difficult for a newcomer to turn a consistent profit. However, fully reading, re-reading, and rigidly implementing the relevant sections of 'Mastering the Trade' that suit your personal style will at least give you a fighting chance. Good luck.

This is my favourite trading book. I have a background as an equity trader and wanted to know more about additional ways of trading. In this book, John F. Carter presents a lot of actual trading setups (both short and longer term) which are easy to understand and implement. He offers guidance into money management and checklists as well as creating a trading plan. I can strongly strongly recommend this book to everyone who wants to try out trading.

Good, but long winded and waffles a bit. Like many others, I hoped for more of a simple, practical approach.Maybe my 'newbiness' showing the classic faults, lol... Perhaps in time as I (Hopefully) improve, I may come to appreciate this book a lot better. But for now.... I'm definitely looking to K.I.S.S.

One of the best trading books I have ever read. I am literally watching a squeeze trade on the FTSE100 make money as I type this review (UK 9am 15th Sept 2015). In fact, that one trade has more than paid for the book! If you can't find something in this book that suits your personality and lifestyle then you should not be trading.

I am a beginner trader and read several trading books before this. All the books have contributed some level of values in my trading. This book encompasses quite a lots of nitty gritty details of trading and has taught me some new techniques which I find it very useful. I strongly recommend new traders to read this book.

It's very nice , written in a simple language with guidance of opening positions by calculating the entry and the exit point as well, explains the factor which are associated with trading

Don't even think about trading until you have read this book

A good read and definitely teaches you a few good skills which you can execute while trading. The only issue was that some of the techniques used can only be applied on their platform.