The Best Trading Audiobooks for Improving Your Financial Savvy

When it comes to the economy, advice from various experts and perspectives abounds—so much so that it can feel like you need advice on which advice to take. And for those who specialize in trading, general financial advice or even investment instruction is often not specific enough. When dealing with the high stakes associated with trading, either as a hobby or a career, it’s essential to seek out wisdom from those who have learned from industry-specific experiences and shared those lessons with the world. For everyone from beginners to experts, here are the 10 best trading audiobooks:

Trading in the Zone

Master the Market with Confidence, Discipline, and a Winning Attitude

De: Mark Douglas

Narrado por: Kaleo Griffith

Duración: 7 h y 57 m

Fecha de lanzamiento: 04-24-18

Idioma: Inglés

5 out of 5 stars 5,323 calificaciones

Think of this selection as a guide to the psychology behind trading. Expert Mark Douglas is best known in the industry for introducing the concept of trading psychology with his first book, The Disciplined Trader, in 1990. While anyone can learn the logic and practices that drive the trading game, Douglas’s teachings address the mindset necessary for successful trading. Assisted by the excellent narration of Kaleo Griffith—who has earned praise for his work in every genre from nonfiction to thrillers and beyond—Douglas illuminates the mental tricks and tactics necessary to approach trading with a confident, winning attitude. Regardless of what strategies you ultimately adopt, Douglas’s advice is designed to help fortify a solid psychological foundation upon which to build your trading career.
How to Day Trade for a Living

A Beginner's Guide to Trading Tools and Tactics, Money Management, Discipline and Trading Psychology

De: Andrew Aziz

Narrado por: Kevin Foley

Duración: 6 h y 56 m

Fecha de lanzamiento: 08-14-17

Idioma: Inglés

4.5 out of 5 stars 1,308 calificaciones

Beginner and intermediate traders take note: Andrew Aziz’s guide is perhaps one of the most comprehensive, useful how-to guides available on the topic of day trading. Those just getting started can do so with confidence by following the first half of the audiobook’s introduction to trading guides, while traders who have more experience can use Aziz’s insight to evaluate past mistakes and learn better strategies for future trades. Kevin Foley has a wealth of experience in investment audiobook narration, making him an expert in conveying seemingly complex financial how-do and advice in easily digestible ways. For early-career traders, this is a strong cornerstone around which to build a trading library.
Trading for a Living

Psychology, Trading Tactics, Money Management

De: Alexander Elder

Narrado por: Richard Davison

Duración: 2 h y 58 m

Fecha de lanzamiento: 07-08-05

Idioma: Inglés

4.5 out of 5 stars 2,412 calificaciones

Alexander Elder’s trove of trading wisdom was first published in 1993 and has remained one of the best-selling trading works for over two decades—and with good reason. Elder’s wisdom centers on the idea of trading discipline: Knowing how and when to exercise it—and when to ditch discipline and take a necessary risk. Considering how thin a boundary separates disciplined risk-taking and gambling chaos, it’s to Elder’s extreme credit that he not only has figured out how to walk that fine line but has also authored a guide teaching others to do the same. For an in-depth synthesis of hands-on strategy with a psychological mindset approach, Trading for a Living offers a balance that few others are able to strike.
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

De: Edwin Lefevre

Narrado por: Rick Rohan

Duración: 9 h y 52 m

Fecha de lanzamiento: 01-29-07

Idioma: Inglés

4.5 out of 5 stars 3,213 calificaciones

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is starkly different than the rest of the selections on this list in that it is a novel—a roman à clef based closely on the life of Jesse Livermore, one of the men to first introduce the practice of day trading in the late 1800s. Edwin Lefevre adopts the mindset of an original trader, giving a cutting perspective on the very beginning of the trading industry, an undeniably valuable insight for anyone looking to enter into the field. Narrator Rick Rohan is an Audie and Earphone Award winner, and reviewers agree his performance here is yet another stellar showing.
The Intelligent Investor Rev Ed.

De: Benjamin Graham

Narrado por: Luke Daniels

Duración: 17 h y 48 m

Fecha de lanzamiento: 07-07-15

Idioma: Inglés

4.5 out of 5 stars 7,076 calificaciones

Benjamin Graham is largely considered the greatest investment advisor of the 20th century, so it makes sense that his work, The Intelligent Investor, would be among the best audiobooks in the trading genre. Graham was one of the first to champion what is now a very popular trading ideology known as "value investing," and this is his original explanation of his time-tested methodology. Over the decades, countless investors have consulted Graham’s wisdom, and Luke Daniels’s narration keeps the material clear and easy to follow, making this a formative source for any trading aficionado or beginner.
Market Wizards

Interviews with Top Traders

De: Jack D. Schwager, Bruce Kovner, Richard Dennis, Paul Tudor Jones, Michael Steinhardt, Ed Seykota, Marty Schwartz, Tom Baldwin

Narrado por: Dj Holte

Duración: 14 h y 41 m

Fecha de lanzamiento: 03-21-13

Idioma: Inglés

4.5 out of 5 stars 2,619 calificaciones

Once you’ve listened to the handful of basic investment texts, it can seem like there are few other entries in the investment genre that can introduce new information. That’s why Market Wizards is such a valuable work: It offers up real one-on-one interviews with actual traders like Richard Dennis, Bruce Kovner, Ed Seykota, and more. Once you’ve heard about the best strategies, tactics, psychology, and more for your trading approach, these interviews will offer you real perspectives on the actuality of day trading. While other works can offer solid strategies and tactics, this compilation gives real-world examples and first-person accounts that are completely unique to these investors and can present learnings in a direct-from-the-source way.
The Little Book That Still Beats the Market

De: Joel Greenblatt

Narrado por: Adam Grupper

Duración: 3 h y 51 m

Fecha de lanzamiento: 09-14-10

Idioma: Inglés

4.5 out of 5 stars 1,986 calificaciones

Joel Greenblatt’s The Little Book That Still Beats the Market is considered a must-listen in all investment genres, but as the wisdom within concentrates in particular on the stock market, it’s doubly valuable for traders. What’s most impressive, and most useful, about Greenblatt’s work is that it clocks in at just under four hours—and despite its brevity, manages to offer a fully comprehensive understanding of stock trading to the average listener. The author sticks to using plain and accessible language, making the ideas he communicates easy to comprehend, but the easily digested nature of Greenblatt’s advice doesn’t make it any less potent.
One Good Trade

Inside the Highly Competitive World of Proprietary Trading

De: Mike Bellafiore

Narrado por: Kevin Foley

Duración: 15 h y 8 m

Fecha de lanzamiento: 07-10-20

Idioma: Inglés

5 out of 5 stars 537 calificaciones

For the average trader, the first titles on our list are more than enough to get started and get ahead in most markets. But for a particular subgenre of investors called proprietary or "prop" traders, more detailed strategy is required. Enter Mike Bellafiore, the co-founder of the proprietary trading firm SMB Capital and a renowned thought leader in the world of prop trading. Since proprietary trades are performed using the assets and investments belonging directly to a company, their stakes are far higher—and the challenges and obstacles that face the traders performing them are completely unique. One Good Trade is one of few authoritative works that offers true insight and actionable advice from the perspective of a proprietary trader with the success that Bellafiore has seen throughout his career. While comparatively few investors choose to go into proprietary fields, even those who don’t plan to enact the author’s practical advice can gain useful insights from his experiences, and with downright entertaining reminiscences from Bellafiore’s career peppered throughout the narrative, it’s easy to get drawn into his world whether or not prop trading is for you.