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Bibliography:
Trading Systems - Risk Management - Money Management

 

The acquaintance with a single good book can modify your life.

I think it is impossible to succeed in the markets without a theoretical background. So reading at least 20 good books is a must. In my opinion a "good" book does not bother the reader with Entry methods or other Market Timing stuff. It focuses on probabilities, portfolio issues and the psychology involved.

Trading is not about having the latest indicators. Unfortunately obviously every trader has to go through the technical analysis period, where he or she is looking for THE indicator, which tells everything what will happen tomorrow.
The sooner you are able to accept that this is not the place where to focus your research on, the better.

However, once past the basics, what you need if you're planning to dig deeper and get more serious is a statistical view of the markets.
You don't even need to be the math-innovative-type, but to give you an example simple coin tosses can really stimulate your imagination to further develop your own money management schemes.
First stimulate, then simulate.

If you both
understand and accept the importance of Money Management it would be enough to read the highly recommended books (letters in red). But nobody will understand the square or cubic root without knowing the fundamental operations of arithmetic...

Be sure to read the Expert Citations also.





1) Books:

Author

Title

Edition

Place

Year

Publisher

 

Angell, George

Winning in the Futures Markets

1

New York

1990

McGraw-Hill

Appel, Gerald

83 ways to beat the market

1

Greenville,

S. C.

1986

Traders Press, Inc.

Arms, Richard W.

The Arms Index (TRIN)

1

Homewood, Illinois

1989

Dow Jones-Irwin

Atkin, Michael

A Guide to Futures Trading

1

London,

New York

1989

Routledge

Babcock, Bruce, Jr.

The Dow Jones-Irwin Guide to Trading Systems

1

Homewood, Illinois

1989

Dow Jones-Irwin

Balsara, Nauzer J.

Money Management Strategies for Futures Traders

1

New York

1992

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Baratz, Morton S.

The Investor's Guide to Futures Money Management

1

Columbia, Maryland

1989

Futures Publishing Group

Bernstein, Jake

How the Futures Markets work

1

New York

1989

New York Institute of Finance

Bleymüller, Josef
Gehlert, Günther
Gülicher, Herbert

Statistik für Wirtschaftswissenschaftler

9

München

1994

Vahlen

Büschgen, H. E.

Das kleine Börsenlexikon

18

Düsseldorf

1989

Verlag Wirtschaft und Finanzen

Colburn, James T.

Trading in Options on Futures

1

New York

1990

New York Institute of Finance

Cordero, R.

Risiko-Management mit Optionen

1

Bern, Stuttgart

1989

Verlag Paul Haupt

Cox, J. C.,
Rubinstein, M.

Options Markets

1

Englewood Cliffs/New Jersey

1985

Prentice-Hall

Cryer, Jonathan D., Miller, Robert B.

Statistics for Business: Data Analysis and Modeling

2

Belmont/ California

1994

Duxbury Press

Robert Deel

Trading the Plan: Build Wealth, Manage Money, and Control Risk

1

New York

1997

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Dreesbach, Stefan

Terminhandel

1

Wiesbaden

1994

Gabler

Elder, Alexander

Financial Trading (Trading for a Living)

1

London

1993

Kogan Page

Elton, Edwin J.,
Gruber, Martin J.

Modern Portfolio Theory and Investment Analysis

4

New York

1991

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Epstein, Charles B.

Managed Futures in the Institutional Portfolio

1

New York

1992

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Erben, Wilhelm

Statistik mit Excel 5.0

1

München, Wien

1995

R. Oldenbourg

Fitzgerald, M. Desmond

Financial Options

1

London

1987

Euromoney Publications

Frost, Alfred J.

A Philosophy of Markets and the Outlook for Stocks, Gold and the Economy

1

Gainesville

1989

New Classics Library

Gallacher, William R. Winner Take All: A Brutally Honest and Irreverent Look at the Motivations and Methods of Top Traders 1 Chicago/Illinois, 1994 Probus Publishing Company

Gehm, Fred

Quantitative Trading & Money Management

1

Chicago, Bógota, Boston,...

1995

Richard D. Irwin

Geyer, Alois

Betriebswirtschaftliches Entscheiden mit dem Personal Computer

1

Wien, New York

1990

Springer

Gietzen, Al

Real-Time Futures Trading

1

Chicago, Illinois

1994

Probus Publishing Company

Göcken, Ursula,
Schulte, Karl-Werner

Fundamentale Aktienanalyse

1

Bergisch Gladbach, Köln

1990

Verlag Josef Eul

Hielscher, Udo

Investmentanalyse

1

München, Wien

1990

Verlag R. Oldenbourg

Hochstädter, Dieter

Statistische Methodenlehre. Ein Lehrbuch für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftler

7

Frankfurt, Thun

1991

Harri Deutsch

Hull, J.

Options, Futures, and other Derivative Securities

1

Englewood Cliffs/New Jersey

1989

Prentice-Hall

Jackson, J. T.

Detecting High Profit Day Trades in the Futures Markets

1

Brightwaters, New York

1994

Windsor Books

Janssen, Jürgen, Laatz, Wilfried

Statistische Datenanalyse mit SPSS für Windows

1

Heidelberg

1994

Springer

Johannsen, Kai

Spekulieren auf Termin

1

Haar bei München

1990

Markt & Technik

 Jones, Ryan The Trading Game: Playing by the Numbers to make Millions 1 New York, Chichester 1999 John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Kase, Cynthia A.

Using the Power of Probability to profit in the Futures Market

1

Chicago

1996

Irwin Professional Publishing

Kaufman, Perry J.

The New Commodity Trading Systems and Methods

1

New York

1987

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Kolb, Robert W.

Understanding Futures Markets

3

Miami, Florida

1991

Kolb Publishing Company

Kraus, Alexander

Makrolösungen mit
Excel 4.0

2

München

1992

te-wi

Kraus, Alexander

Excel 5.0 Makrolösungen

1

München

1994

te-wi

LeBeau, Charles,
Lucas, David W.

Technical Traders Guide to Computer Analysis of the Futures Market

1

Homewood, Illinois

1992

Business One Irwin

Lederman, Jess
Klein, Robert A.

Global Asset Management

1

New York

1994

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Lerbinger, Paul

Das große Buch der Aktie

1

Ebmatingen / Zürich

1987

Fortuna Finanz-Verlag

Lehnert, Uwe

Datenanalysesystem SPSS für Windows

1

München, Wien

1994

R. Oldenbourg

Loistl, Otto,
Löderbusch, B.,
Schepers, N.,
Weßels, T.

Computergestütztes Wertpapiermanagement

4

München, Wien

1992

R. Oldenbourg

Loistl, Otto

Kapitalmarkttheorie

1

München, Wien

1991

R. Oldenbourg

Lukac, Louis P.,
Brorsen, Wade B.,
Irwin, Scott H.

A Comparison of twelve Technical Trading Systems

1

Greenville,
S. C.

1990

Traders Press, Inc.

McCafferty, Thomas A.

Winning with Managed Futures

1

Chicago, Illinois

1994

Probus Publishing Company

Murphy, Joseph E., Jr.

Stock Market Probability

1

Chicago, Illinois

1994

Probus Publishing Company

 

Murphy, John J.

Technical Analysis of the Futures Markets

1

New York

1987

New York Institute of Finance

 

Natenberg, S.

Option Volatility and Pricing Strategies

1

Chicago

1988

Probus Publishing Company

 

Nölkel, Dieter

Die Deutsche Terminbörse

1

Pfaffenweiler

1990

Centaurus

 

Pardo, Robert

Design, Testing, and Optimization of Trading Systems

1

New York

1992

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

 

Pastré, Wilhelm

Handbuch der Börsenindikatoren

1

Würzburg

1990

Verlag A. Schmidt

 

Peters Carl C.

Managed Futures

1

Chicago

1992

Probus Publishing Company

 

Posmeck, Andreas

Futures Funds und Managed Futures

1

Wiesbaden

1994

Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, Gabler

 

Prechter, Robert R.

A Turn in the Tidal Wave

1

Gainesville

1989

New Classics Library

 

Rotella, Robert

The Elements of successful Trading: Developing your comprehensive strategy through Psychology, Money Management and Trading Methods

1

New York

1992

New York Institute of Finance

 

Pring, Martin J.

Technical Analysis explained

3

New York

1991

McGraw Hill

 

Schwager, Jack

A Complete Guide to the Futures Markets

1

New York

1984

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

 
Schwager, Jack Schwager on Futures: Managed Trading, Myths and Truths 1 New York 1996 John Wiley & Sons Inc.  
Schwager, Jack Schwager on Futures, Technical Analysis 1 New York 1995 John Wiley & Sons Inc.  
Schwager, Jack Market Wizards: Interviews With Top Traders 1 New York 1989 Prentice Hall Direct  
Schwager, Jack The New Market Wizards: Conversations with America's Top Traders 1 New York 1995 John Wiley & Sons Inc.  

Sherry, Clifford J.

The New Science of Technical Analysis: Using Statistical Techniques of Neuroscience to Uncover Order and Chaos in the Markets

1

Chicago / Cambridge

1994

Probus Publishing Company

 

Siebers, Alfred B. J.

Gewinne realisieren an der Warenbörse

1

Landsberg / Lech

1987

Verlag Moderne Industrie

 

Stewart, T. H.

How Charts can make you money

1

New York

1985

Nichols Publishing Company

 

Süchting, Joachim

Finanzmanagement

5

Wiesbaden

1991

Gabler

 
Taleb, Nassim Dynamic Hedging 1 New York 1997 John Wiley & Sons Inc.  

Teupe, Franz J.

Chart Analyse

1

Dortmund

1991

Finanzverlag Franz J. Teupe

 

Uhlir, Helmut,
Steiner, Peter

Wertpapieranalyse

2

Graz

1991

Physika-Verlag Heidelberg

 

Van K. Tharp

Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom

1

New York

1998

McGraw-Hill

 

Vince, Ralph

The Mathematics of Money Management: Risk Analysis Techniques for Traders

1

New York

1992

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

 

Vince, Ralph

The New Money Management: A Framework for Asset Allocation

1

New York

1995

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

 

Vince, Ralph

Portfolio Management Formulas: Mathematical Trading Methods for the Futures, Options, and Stock Markets

1

New York

1990

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

 

Welcker, Johannes

Technische Aktienanalyse

6

Zürich

1991

Verlag Moderne Industrie

 

Zahn

Handlexikon zu Futures, Optionen und innovativen Finanzinstrumenten

1

Frankfurt

1991

Fritz Knapp

 

2) Master's Theses/Dissertations:

Author

Title

Type

Place

Year

University

 

Fojtl, Christian

Technical Analysis of the Stock Markets in New York, Vienna and Frankfurt

Dipl.-Arb.

Wien

1989

Wirtschaftsuniversität
Wien

 

Herlitz, Klaus

Technische Analyse

Diss.

Berlin

1975

 

Hruby, Alexander

Neuere Ansätze der Asset Allocation

Dipl.-Arb.

Wien

1994

Wirtschaftsuniversität
Wien

 

3) Related Literature:

Author

Title

Edition

Place

Year

Publisher

 

Bös, M.

Optionsbewertung und Kapitalmarkt

1

Köln

1991

Josef Erl Verlag

 

Gastineau, G. L.

The Options Manual

3

New York

1988

McGraw-Hill Book Company

 

McMillan, L. G.

Options as a Strategic Investment

2

New York

1986

New York Institute of Finance

 

Müller-Möhl, E.

Optionen - Grundlagen und Strategien für das Optionsgeschäft

1

Stuttgart

1989

Schäffer Verlag

 

Sharpe, W. F.

Investments

3

Engelwood Cliffs/New Jersey

1985

Prentice-Hall International

 

Zimmermann, H.

Preisbildung und Risikoanalyse von Aktienoptionen

1

Grüsch (Schweiz)

1988

 

o. V.

Options

1

Chicago

1990

Business One Irwin, Options Institute, The Chicago Board Options Exchange

 

o. V.

Daily Graphs

Options Guide

1

Los Angeles

1990

William O'Neil & Co. Inc.

 

o. V.

The Value Line Investment Survey

1

New York

1985

Value Line Inc.

 

e) Here is other literature which I either did not read or could not find (use the great Elsevier Search Archive to look for articles (64 Economics Journals, above all 'Review of Financial Economics'):

Ankrim, Ernest M., and Chris R. Hensel, "Commodities in Asset Allocation: A Real-asset Alternative to Real Estate?" Financial Analysts Journal, (May-June 1993) pp. 20-29.

Baratz, M.S. and Warren Eresian. "The Role of Managed Futures Accounts in an Investment Portfolio." MAR Conference on Futures Money Management, January, 1990.

Bodie, Z. and V. Rosansky. "Risk and Return in Futures Markets." Financial Analysts Journal, (May/June 1980).

Bodie, Zvi. "Commodity Futures as a Hedge Against Inflation." The Journal of Portfolio Management, (Spring 1983), pp. 12-17.

Carter, C., G. Rausser, and A. Schmitz. "Efficient Asset Portfolios and the Theory of Normal Backwardation." Journal of Finance, 40 (March 1985), 193-208.

Epstein, Charles B. (ed.). Managed Futures in the Institutional Portfolio. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1992.

Evans, J.L. and S.H. Archer. "Diversification and the Reduction of Dispersion: An Empirical Analysis." Journal of Finance, (December 1968), 761-769.

Fischmar, D. and Carl C. Peters. "Portfolio of Stocks, Bonds and Managed Futures Using Compromise Stochastic Dominance." The Journal of Futures Markets, Vol. II, No. 3, June, 1991, pp. 259-270.

French, K. "A Comparison of Futures and Forward Prices." Journal of Financial Economics, 12 (1983), 311-342.

Grauer, F. and R. Litzenberger. "The Pricing of Commodity Futures Contracts, Nominal Bonds and Other Risky Assets Under Commodity Price Uncertainty.", Journal of Finance, 33 (1979), 69-83.

Gray, Roger. "Risk Management in Commodities and Financial Markets." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, (May 1976), 280-285.

Hartzmark, M. "Returns to Individual Traders of Futures: Aggregrate Results." Journal of Political Economy, 95 (1987), 1292-1306.

Herbst, Anthony F., and Joseph P. McCormack. "A Further Examination of the Risk/Return Characteristics of Portfolios Combining Commodity Futures Contracts with Common Stocks." Working Paper #CSFM-167, The Center for the Study of Futures Markets, Columbia Business School, (February 1988).

Irwin, S.H. and B.W. Brorsen. "Public Futures Funds." Journal of Futures Markets, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Fall 1985), pp. 463-485.

Irwin, Scott H. "Justifying Managed Futures." FIA Review, (Jul/Aug. 1990) pp. 10-12.

Irwin, Scott H. and Diego Landa. "Real Estate, Futures and Gold as Portfolio Assets." The Journal of Portfolio Management, (Fall 1987).

Irwin, Scott H., Terry Krukmeyer, and Carl R. Zulauf. "The Investment Performance of Public Commodity Pools over 1979-1989," submitted to The Journal of Futures Markets, and accepted for publication, 1992.

Lee, Chung F., Raymond Leuthold, and Jean Cordier. "The Stock Market and Commodities Futures Market: Diversification and Arbitrage Potential." Financial Analysts Journal, July-August 1985.

Lintner, J. "The Potential Role of Managed Commodity-Financial Futures Accounts (and/or Funds) in Portfolios of Stocks and Bonds." Paper presented at the

annual conference of the Financial Analysts Federation, Toronto, Canada, (May 16, 1983).

Lummer, Scott, and Lawrence B. Siegel, "GSCI Collateralized Futures: A Hedging and Diversification Tool for Institutional Investors," The Journal of Investing, (Summer 1993), pp. 75-82.

Markowitz, H. Portfolio Selection: Efficient Diversification of Investments. New York: Wiley, 1959.

Miller, Merton, and Myron Scholes. "Rate of Return in Relation to Risk: A Reexamination of Some Recent Findings" in Michael Jensen, ed. Studies in the Theory of Capital Markets. New York: Praeger, (1972).

Mitchell, Mark. "The Regulation of Commodity Trading Advisors." Emory Law Journal, (Fall 1976), pp. 957-1003.

Murphy, J. Austin. "Futures Fund Performance: A Test of the Effectiveness of Technical Analysis." The Journal of Futures Markets, Vol. 6, No. 2, 1986, pp. 175-185.

Orr, A. "John Lintner and the Theory of Portfolio Management." Presented at the Sixth Annual Managed Accounts Reports Conference, February, 1985; Chicago, Illinois (Revised, 1987).

Peters, Carl C. (ed.). Managed Futures -- Performance, Evaluation and Analysis of Commodity Funds, Pools and Accounts, Chicago: Probus Publishing, 1992.

Peters, Carl C. "New Perspective on Portfolio Risk Management." Presented at the 10th Annual MAR Conference on Futures Money Management, January, 1989; Scottsdale, Arizona.

Phillips, Willard R. Jr. "Fiduciaries and Futures." Journal of Financial Management, Vol. 1, No. 3, (1981).

Raynauld, Jacques and Jacques Tessier. "Risk Premiums in Futures Markets: An Empirical Investigation." The Journal of Futures Markets, 4, No. 2, (1984), 189-211.

Angrist, Stanley W. "Institutions Buy Futures to Cut Risks." The Wall Street Journal, December 10, 1990, C1.

Angrist, Stanley W. and Elyse Tanouye. "Professional Futures Traders Get More Money from Big Investors." The Wall Street Journal, August 5, 1991, C1.

Angrist, Stanley W. and Elyse Tanouye. "Key to Picking Managed Futures is to Focus on Possible Drawdown." The Wall Street Journal, February 21, 1992, p. C1.

Angrist, Stanley W. and Elyse Tanouye. "Managed Futures Can Provide a Cushion for Declines in an Investor's Portfolio." The Wall Street Journal, February 19, 1992, p. C1.

Angrist, Stanley W. and Elyse Tanouye. "Maze of High Fees, Costs Makes Picking Right Managed Futures Fund Critical." The Wall Street Journal, February 20, 1992, p. C1.

Angrist, Stanley W. "Virginia's Pension Plan Earmarks $100 Million for Futures Trading." The Wall Street Journal, April 26, 1991, C1.

Angrist, Stanley W. "The Big Money Gives Futures a Whirl." The Wall Street Journal, May 11, 1992, C1.

Burns, Mary Ann. "The Managed Money Business." FIA Review, (Jul/Aug. 1990), 7-9.

"Commodity Fund Law Takes Effect In Japan." Journal of Commerce, April 21, 1992, 7A.

Crawford, William B., Jr. "Money Managers See Future in Futures." Chicago Tribune, (Sep. 2, 1991), Sec. IV, 1.

Doohan, John. "Looking Into the Futures." World Link, 1992, No. 1, p. 125.

"Dubin &D; Swieca Lands Futures Trading Account from Alcoa Pension Fund." Securities Week, (December 23, 1991), 5.

Dubin, G., G. Hornig, and H. Swieca. "Experts Offer Look at Economic Value of Managed Futures." Pension World, May 1992, pp. 12-13.

Durr, Barbara. "Managed Futures Industry Given First Break." Financial Times, May 8, 1992, p. 19.

Greising, David. "Maybe It's Time to Put a Future in Your Portfolio." Business Week, December 30, 1991, p. 146.

"Friday Briefing: Rebuttal." Chicago Tribune, January 31, 1992, Section III, p. 1.

Hart, Patrick III and Richard Bornhoft. "Managed Futures Being Placed in Fund Portfolios." Pension World, April 1992, pp. 23-25.

Hunter, Kim. "Putting the Spotlight on Commodities." Futures and Options World, October 1991, 33-35.

"Kodak Leads the Move Into Commodities Trading." Corporate Finance, (April 1990), 69.

Leckey, Andrew. "Managed Futures Funds Making Inroads as a Hedge for Portfolios." Chicago Tribune, May 10, 1992, Sec VII., 6.

MacRae, Desmond. "Of Pork Bellies and Pension Funds." Global Investor, February 1992, p. 28.

Maidenberg, H.J. "Surprising Profits of Futures Funds." The New York Times, FebruaryÊ6, 1991, p. C8.

Miller, Merton H. "A Question of Cost." World Link, 1992, No. 1, p. 126-128.

"Pension Capital May Give Boost to Commodity Fund Trading." Journal of Commerce, April 13, 1992, 6A.

Pike, Richard. "Managed Futures Can Add Portfolio Stability." Pension World, (October 1989).

Pike, Richard. "What Institutions Want in Managed Futures Programs." Futures, November 1991, 36J-L.

Ring, Trudy. "Embracing Managed Futures." Global Finance, September 1991.

Sandner, John F. "The Future is in Managed Risk." World Link, January 31, 1992, pp. 126-128.

Sawyier, David R. "On Shore Headaches Move Funds Offshore." FIA Review, (July-August 1990) pp. 12-13.

Stahl, David. "Big Money Prospects for Managed Futures." Futures and Options World, October 1991, 37-41.

Szala, Ginger. "What Pension Plan Pros Think of Managed Futures." Futures, April 1992, 56-58.

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