Alexander Elder, M.D., is a Russian-American professional trader and a teacher of traders. He is the author of Trading for a Living, considered a modern classic among traders. First published in 1993, this international best-seller has been translated into more than a dozen languages and is being used to educate traders around the world. His Come into My Trading Room: A Complete Guide to Trading was named a 2002 Barron's Book of the Year. His Entries & Exits: Visits to 16 Trading Rooms was named a 2007 SFO Magazine Book of the Year. His latest book is The New Sell & Sell Short: How to Take Profits, Cut Losses, and Benefit from Price Declines. Elder was born in Leningrad and grew up in Estonia, where he entered medical school at the age of 16. At 23, while working as a ship's doctor, he jumped a Soviet ship in Africa and received political asylum in the United States. He worked as a psychiatrist in New York City and taught at Columbia University. His experience as a psychiatrist provided him with unique insight into the psychology of trading.
Publications
Elder, Alexander, The New Sell and Sell Short: How to Take Profits, Cutting Losses, and Benefit from Price Declines. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, 2011., revised edition of his Sell and Sell Short. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
Elder, Alexander. Entries & Exits: Visits to Sixteen Trading Rooms. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley, 2006.
* translated into French as Entrées et sorties : visite guidée de seize salles de trading Publisher: Hendaye : Valor, 2007
Elder, Alexander, Straying From The Flock - Travels in New Zealand. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley, 2005.
Elder, Alexander. Trading for a Living: Psychology, Trading Tactics, Money Management. New York: J. Wiley, 1993. Held in 342 libraries according to WorldCat
* Translated into Chinese as 以交易为生 / Yi jiao yi wei sheng 机械工业出版社, Beijing : Ji xie gong ye chu ban she, 2010
* Translated into Spanish as Vivir del trading : psicología, tácticas de trading, gestión del dinero España : IdeasPropias], 2004
* Translated into Polish as Zawód inwestor giełdowy : psychologia rynków, taktyka inwestycyjna, zarządzanie portfelem 1998,
* Translated into French as Vivre du Trading : psychologie, tactiques de trading, money management
Elder, Alexander. Come into My Trading Room A Complete Guide to Trading. New York: Wiley, 2002. Study guide for this book is Held in 832 libraries according to WorldCat
* Translated into French as Entrez dans ma salle de trading : guide de trading complet Hendaye : Valor éd., DL 2004
* Translated into Russian as Трейдинг с доктором Элдером : энциклопедия биржевой игры /Treĭding s doktorom Ėlderom : ėnt︠s︡iklopedii︠a︡ birzhevoĭ igry2010
