When I was a teenager, I wrote about twenty published books about computers (beginning with The World Connection back in 1983, when I was 16 years old). I didn't write a book for a long, long time until Chart Your Way to Profits, which came out a couple of years ago.
Why do I write books? Well, as a kid, it's so I could have cash for ridiculous things like a Porsche (a seriously stupid move) and pay my way through college (less stupid). But that's no longer the reason. I made more last night on a simple move in the /ES than I have from the entire Chart Your Way to Profits income stream. So Lord knows it's not for the money.
I mainly do it because I enjoy it. As it is now, I don't know where I'd find time for another book, but I've got a few ideas I'm kicking around. I'd love to know which one youd' be the most interested in buying. Generally speaking, the ideas are:
- The Slope of Hope – a retrospective, drawn largely from this blog, of the 2005-2008 financial markets. I think "repurposing" a lot of the material from thsi blog would make a pretty fascinating chronology and would yield a lot of good lessons in trading;
- We Want Our Money Back!– profiles of all the investment bankers, Countrywide Loan-types, World Savings-types, and other ne'er-do-wells and the compensation they extracted from the bubble; the kind of populist rile-em-up book that makes for an infuriating bathroom read;
- Advanced ProphetCharts Trading – not the real title, but basically a deeper-dive into ProphetCharts with some of the newer features, including retracement levels, pattern recognition, candlesticks – – kind of a Chart Your Way to Profits, Part Deux
Here's an easy poll to tell me your preference:
As a follow-up, a couple other ideas I've got are……….
- Just A Minute! – the Modern Man's guide to lovemaking; and
- Oh My God, It's Coming Toward Us – Tim Knight's guide to fitness and fashion
