This is a fascinating book, by Irene Aldridge, president and head of research at AbleMarkets, a big data for capital markets company, and Steve Krawciw, CEO and head of business development at AbleMarkets.
It is accessibly written, making a potentially technically daunting read something to dip in and out of easily and quickly. And the main body of text is only 200 pages, making it a minnow in relation to some books that have recently come to the market.
The writing sounds natural and unforced, a boon to the busy reader (which we likely all are). This reader particularly likes the end of chapter questions and loves the riddle at the start of chapter seven (The analysis of news). Q is Why are trading floors quiet? A is All the robots are thinking. Puts mere humans in their place.
There are charts galore for those who prefer to receive information in visual form, and cute cartoons as occasional illustrations, and explanation of bid and limit orders using a tin of tomato soup. That works for this reader who has never worked as a trader, other than selling his own services to publishers and other potential clients prepared to pay.
Published by Wiley with a price tag of US$40.00, its ISBN is 978-1-119-31896-5.
One tiny quibble. There are too many mentions of AbleMarkets by name in the text. And another. In UK English at least, people rest on laurels rather than in them. But that really is scraping the bottom of the barrel of negative comments.
Add it to your Christmas present list, for yourself and any traders or market commentators you know.
