亞曆山大·埃爾德，23歲那年，亞曆山大·埃爾德在一艘輪船上當醫生，當輪船行駛到非洲時，他跳離瞭輪船，前往美國，在紐約當瞭一名精神病醫生。他先後做過雜誌編輯、哥倫比亞大學教師。1976年夏天，他從紐約開車前往加利福尼亞。途中，他讀完瞭一本恩格爾的《如何買股票》，競被書中通過思考賺錢的想法深深吸引，從此自己的人生軌跡便改變瞭。而在此之前，他對股市一無所知。

涉足金融交易後，他發錶瞭數十篇文章、書評，製作瞭軟件，做過許多演講，是三重濾網交易係統發明人。1988年，他創辦瞭專門為交易者提供培訓的金融交易培訓公司。

他最著名的代錶作便是《以交易為生》，又譯《操作生涯不是夢》。

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Trading for a Living Successful trading is based on three M′s: Mind, Method, and Money. Trading for a Living helps you master all of those three areas:

∗ How to become a cool, calm, and collected trader

∗ How to profit from reading the behavior of the market crowd

∗ How to use a computer to find good trades

∗ How to develop a powerful trading system

∗ How to find the trades with the best odds of success

∗ How to find entry and exit points, set stops, and take profits

Trading for a Living helps you discipline your Mind, shows you the Methods for trading the markets, and shows you how to manage Money in your trading accounts so that no string of losses can kick you out of the game. To help you profit even more from the ideas in Trading for a Living, look for the companion volume––Study Guide for Trading for a Living. It asks over 200 multiple–choice questions, with answers and 11 rating scales for sharpening your trading skills. For example: Question Markets rise when

∗ there are more buyers than sellers

∗ buyers are more aggressive than sellers

∗ sellers are afraid and demand a premium

∗ more shares or contracts are bought than sold

∗ I and II

∗ II and III

∗ II and IV

∗ III and IV

Answer B. II and III. Every change in price reflects what happens in the battle between bulls and bears. Markets rise when bulls feel more strongly than bears. They rally when buyers are confident and sellers demand a premium for participating in the game that is going against them. There is a buyer and a seller behind every transaction. The number of stocks or futures bought and sold is equal by definition.