Book Reviews & Resources

Find all the reviews that have been written on Made To Trade. From Books, to software, to trading platforms. Below the book reviews you will also find resources to aid your trading needs. 


Book Reviews 
Spread Betting the Forex Markets: An expert guide to spread betting the foreign exchange markets-This book written by prominent Forex technical analyst David Jones, is aimed at individuals looking to gain introductory to intermediate knowledge of using Spread betting in order to trade Foreign exchange. 
Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders-While not directly related to Forex and CFD Trading, this book provides insights to the minds of some the worlds top traders. While the situations may be dated the insights included aren’t. 
The Diary of a CFD Trader: How to make serious money from Contracts for Difference-Written by Catherine Davey this book promises a lot but fails to deliver on its promise of teaching you how to make serious money from CFD’s but turns out to be more of emotive tale of her personal experiences with CFD trading.
More Money Than God 
In recent times there has been a tirade of books examining the hedge fund industry.  Here we take a look at More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and The Making of the New Elite.  
Binary Options: Fixed Odds Financial Bets 
This book written by Hamish Raw gives a very detailed account of how Binary Options work and how the should be priced. Be warned this is not a simple introduction to Binary Options with Hamish Raw going through some complicated theory and mathematics. 
The New Market Wizards: Interviews with America’s Top Traders
Review of the follow up to Schwager’s original Market Wizards book, published in 1994 and in much the same style as the first book. 
How to Make Money Trading by Lex Van Dam 
Review of the beginner guide to trading written by well known hedge fund manager and star of the BBC’s Million Dollar Traders.


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Resources 
Where to gather historical data? 
A list of places where one can gather historical data, gathering and using historical great way to look for correlations and garner ideas for developing a trading strategy.
Free Betfair Trading Application: The Geeks Toy 
A look at the free betfair trading application The Geeks Toy, for information about trading financial bets on betting exchange’s check out our article here 
Black-Scholes Model for Stock Binary Options 
Does what it says on the tin, an excel spreadsheet for pricing stock binary options. Simple to use and free

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