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The Art and Science of Technical Analysis

Adam Grimes · 2012 · Level: intermediate

A working trader's synthesis: market structure, trend and range regimes, and how to test ideas instead of collecting indicators.

For prop traders: The rare technical analysis book that insists on statistics and process. Fits an evaluation mindset.

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Stan Weinstein · 1988 · Level: beginner

The four-stage framework: only buy stage 2 advances, never stage 4 declines, and let the 30-week average do the filtering.

For prop traders: Stage thinking is the fastest cure for bottom-fishing inside a funded account.

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One Good Trade

Mike Bellafiore · 2010 · Level: all levels

Inside SMB Capital, a real proprietary firm: how desk traders are trained, reviewed, and cut, and what separates the survivors.

For prop traders: Written from an actual prop desk. The review culture it describes is the culture an evaluation is silently grading.

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The PlayBook

Mike Bellafiore · 2013 · Level: intermediate

Build your own playbook: define each setup with its best conditions, size by setup quality, and archive trades so your best patterns get the capital.

For prop traders: Directly usable: a written playbook is what keeps size decisions from being made mid-drawdown.

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Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets

John J. Murphy · 1999 · Level: beginner

The standard textbook: trend, support and resistance, chart patterns, indicators, and intermarket relationships in one reference.

For prop traders: The reference to own before the pattern encyclopedias. Most prop traders only need the first half, done properly.

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