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Best Books for Futures Traders
Futures prop accounts reward system discipline and punish improvisation. The Turtle shelf is the core; Hull is the reference for the contract mechanics.
Way of the Turtle
The original Turtle experiment told by a Turtle: the rules were simple, and the hard part was following them through drawdowns.
The Complete TurtleTrader
The full Turtle story: how Dennis and Eckhardt recruited novices, taught them a breakout system, and what happened to each of them.
Trend Following
The case for trend following as practiced by the big CTA funds: cut losses, ride trends, diversify, and never predict.
Market Wizards
Interviews with the great traders of the 1980s: Paul Tudor Jones, Ed Seykota, Bruce Kovner and others on entries, exits, and above all risk.
Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives
The standard university textbook on derivatives: pricing, hedging, Greeks, and how futures and options markets actually work.