This may be the most valuable book ever written about trading for beginners. It is mostly just nuts and bolts information about how markets and trading works. It encompasses a huge amount of information in a clear and entertaining manner. I find myself referring back to this book at least once a month. This book is a huge resource.

Among other items it includes the following:

• The crashes of 1929 and 1987
• How indexes work
• Fear and Greed
• Supply and Demand
• Asset allocation
• Office Equipment
• Choosing a Broker
• Margin Accounts
• How emotions affect trading
• Stock Market is always right
• Fundamental Analysis vs Technical
• IBD ratings
• Other sources for information
• Stages of stocks
• Support and Resistance
• Line and Bar Charts
• Candlesticks
• Uptrends
• Buy Signals
• Trading Ranges
• Downtrends
• Moving Averages
• Oscillators, RSI, Stochastics, MACD, Bollinger Bands
• Reversal Patterns
• Leading stocks in leading industries
• Setting up the buy
• Plan your trade, trade your plan
• Risk/Reward
• Stop-Loss orders
• Inter-day reversals
• Market orders, limit orders
• How to sell short
• Anatomy of a trade
• Analyzing broader markets, seeing the big picture
• Options, contrarian plays
• Level II Trading
• Losses

Ms. Turner is a delightful writer with a unique ability to explain the workings of trading. Her book a boon to both beginners and old pros.