Market Wizards: The Next Generation:The world's top young traders reveal how they beat the market
Jack Schwager's long-running interview series has spent three decades pulling back the curtain on the minds of exceptional traders, and this latest volume, co-written with money manager and trading historian George Coyle, keeps that tradition very much alive. What sets it apart from its predecessors is the age profile of its subjects. These traders are younger, on average, than anyone previously featured in the series, yet their track records sit comfortably alongside the very best the franchise has ever produced. The individual stories are, frankly, hard to put down. A former musician who left school early and has since accumulated close to $500 million in profits. A one-time security guard who turned a $5,000 stake into over $100 million in fewer than twelve years. A volunteer firefighter who hasn't recorded a single losing month across an entire decade of trading. Each story carries its own texture and its own logic. Schwager and Coyle ask sharp, knowing questions, and their subjects respond in kind, opening up about the specifics of their methods, their defining trades (the triumphs and the disasters), and the less glamorous work that underpins consistent performance. There's genuine warmth here too, with flashes of humour scattered throughout. Praise from respected voices, including Barry Ritholtz and Tom Hougaard, arrived before publication, and it's easy to see why. It's a grounded, absorbing read that offers practical insight without ever feeling like a textbook. Traders at any level will find something worth sitting with.
- Author: Jack D. Schwager and George Coyle
- Publisher: Harriman House
- Genre: Personal Development
- ISBN: 978-1804093641
- Pages: 368 pages