Market Wizards vs The New Trading for a Living: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Futures, Stocks
Market Wizards
The world's top trader's reveal the secrets of their phenomenal success! How do the world's most successful traders amass tens, hundreds of millions of dollars a year? Are they masters of an occult knowledge, lucky…
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The New Trading for a Living
The best-selling trading book of all time—updated for the new eraThe New Trading for a Living updates a modern classic, popular worldwide among both private and institutional traders. This revised and expanded edition…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The New Trading for a Living is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 8 for Market Wizards.
- The New Trading for a Living has the widest readership — 1449 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Market Wizards | The New Trading for a Living | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.4 (109) | 4.3 (1449) |
| Hardcover | 4.5 (10) | 3.5 (4) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (92) | 4.5 (49) |
Reception
| Market Wizards | The New Trading for a Living | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 109 | 1449 |
| Editions | 2 | 4 |
| Want to read | 195 | 3640 |
| Reading it now | 58 | 762 |
| Written reviews | 13 | 113 |
| Wikipedia attention | 1580 | — |
| Pages | 458 | 304 |