Trading for a Living Successful trading is based on three M′s: Mind, Method, and Money. Trading for a Living helps you master all of those three areas:

∗ How to become a cool, calm, and collected trader

∗ How to profit from reading the behavior of the market crowd

∗ How to use a computer to find good trades

∗ How to develop a powerful trading system

∗ How to find the trades with the best odds of success

∗ How to find entry and exit points, set stops, and take profits

Trading for a Living helps you discipline your Mind, shows you the Methods for trading the markets, and shows you how to manage Money in your trading accounts so that no string of losses can kick you out of the game. To help you profit even more from the ideas in Trading for a Living, look for the companion volume––Study Guide for Trading for a Living. It asks over 200 multiple–choice questions, with answers and 11 rating scales for sharpening your trading skills. For example: Question Markets rise when

∗ there are more buyers than sellers

∗ buyers are more aggressive than sellers

∗ sellers are afraid and demand a premium

∗ more shares or contracts are bought than sold

∗ I and II

∗ II and III

∗ II and IV

∗ III and IV

Answer B. II and III. Every change in price reflects what happens in the battle between bulls and bears. Markets rise when bulls feel more strongly than bears. They rally when buyers are confident and sellers demand a premium for participating in the game that is going against them. There is a buyer and a seller behind every transaction. The number of stocks or futures bought and sold is equal by definition.

亚历山大·埃尔德，23岁那年，亚历山大·埃尔德在一艘轮船上当医生，当轮船行驶到非洲时，他跳离了轮船，前往美国，在纽约当了一名精神病医生。他先后做过杂志编辑、哥伦比亚大学教师。1976年夏天，他从纽约开车前往加利福尼亚。途中，他读完了一本恩格尔的《如何买股票》，竞被书中通过思考赚钱的想法深深吸引，从此自己的人生轨迹便改变了。而在此之前，他对股市一无所知。

涉足金融交易后，他发表了数十篇文章、书评，制作了软件，做过许多演讲，是三重滤网交易系统发明人。1988年，他创办了专门为交易者提供培训的金融交易培训公司。

他最著名的代表作便是《以交易为生》，又译《操作生涯不是梦》。