Books and Movies
Reviews of trading books, finance and business movies and documentary . Honest insights to help traders and investors learn, get inspired, and sharpen their edge.
Movie Night: The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) – A Case Study in Incentives, Excess, and Moral Hazard
The Wolf of Wall Street is less a trading film than a study of incentives, sales culture, and moral hazard….
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay, A Review
Extraordinary Popular Delusions book review shows how crowd psychology drives market bubbles, manias, and crashes across history. Learn how this…
The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham, A Review
The Intelligent Investor breaks investing into clear rules: treat markets like moody Mr. Market, buy with a margin of safety,…
Naked Forex by Alex Nekritin and Walter Peters, A Review
Nekritin and Peters distill trading to a plain chart: mark zones, wait for price-action triggers, and protect each trade with…
Movie Night: The Hummingbird Project (2018) – It’s About Ownership
The movie tracks cousins building a straighter fiber line to beat rivals by milliseconds, only to learn edges decay. It…
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness by Morgan Housel, A Review
Morgan Housel explains why even smart people make bad money choices and shows how focusing on behavior, risk limits, and…
Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques by Steve Nison, A Review
Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques shows how candlestick patterns reveal market psychology, helping retail traders refine entries, exits, and stops across…
Movie Night: Limitless (2011) – The Mirage of Limitless Potential
Eddie Morra uses NZT-48 to enhance his intellect, rapidly rising in trading and life. But his reliance on the drug…
The Trading Game: A Confession by Gary Stevenson, A Review
The Trading Game book review unpacks Gary Stevenson’s rise from intern to star interest rate trader, showing how inequality, low…
Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom by Van K. Tharp, A Review
This book explains how Van Tharp’s focus on risk, position sizing, and psychology helps you build a trading plan that…