🛡️ Risk Management

Frameworks for identifying, assessing, and mitigating uncertainty in business, finance, and complex systems. These books appeal to leaders and strategists who know that anticipating failure is its own form of success.

New Trader Rich Trader

by Steve Burns • 2017

No system, no risk rules, no exit plan: why most traders fail. The fix for all three.

4.36

481

🧠 Trading Psychology 👤 Retail Trading 📈 Trend Following 📊 Technical Analysis ⚙️ Trading Systems

New Trader Rich Trader

No system, no risk rules, no exit plan: why most traders fail. The fix for all three.

by Steve Burns 2017

4.36

481 ratings

🧠 Trading Psychology 👤 Retail Trading 📈 Trend Following 📊 Technical Analysis ⚙️ Trading Systems

Options Volatility Trading

by Warner • 2009

Trade volatility, not direction: use VIX, Greeks, and earnings plays to find options profits.

3.54

📉 Derivatives Markets 📊 Options Trading 🌪️ Volatility Trading 🧮 Options Pricing ♟️ Options Strategies

Options Volatility Trading

Trade volatility, not direction: use VIX, Greeks, and earnings plays to find options profits.

by Warner 2009

3.54

24 ratings

📉 Derivatives Markets 📊 Options Trading 🌪️ Volatility Trading 🧮 Options Pricing ♟️ Options Strategies

Prop Trading Secrets

by Kathy Lien • 2025

Learn to lose on purpose: the risk rules ten funded traders use to replace their salaries.

3.52

🏢 Prop Trading 📊 Day Trading 🧠 Trading Psychology 📈 Trader Development 💼 Trading As Business

Prop Trading Secrets

Learn to lose on purpose: the risk rules ten funded traders use to replace their salaries.

by Kathy Lien 2025

3.52

21 ratings

🏢 Prop Trading 📊 Day Trading 🧠 Trading Psychology 📈 Trader Development 💼 Trading As Business

Project Management Essentials

by William P. Athayde • 2013

Before you launch another project, learn the five-phase framework that catches what most plans miss.

3.33

📋 Project Management 📖 Quick Reference 👥 Stakeholder Management 🌊 Waterfall Methodology 🚀 New Project Managers

Project Management Essentials

Before you launch another project, learn the five-phase framework that catches what most plans miss.

by William P. Athayde 2013

3.33

9 ratings

📋 Project Management 📖 Quick Reference 👥 Stakeholder Management 🌊 Waterfall Methodology 🚀 New Project Managers

The Federal Management Playbook

by Ira Goldstein • 2016

Federal leadership follows different rules. A playbook for getting results inside the bureaucracy.

4.40

🏛️ Public Administration 🏢 Public Sector Leadership 🔧 Organizational Design 🔄 Change Management 📋 Government Contracting

The Federal Management Playbook

Federal leadership follows different rules. A playbook for getting results inside the bureaucracy.

by Ira Goldstein 2016

4.40

10 ratings

🏛️ Public Administration 🏢 Public Sector Leadership 🔧 Organizational Design 🔄 Change Management 📋 Government Contracting

Currency Kings

by Ben Robson • 2017

How forex billionaires built their fortunes, and the strategies a retail trader can steal.

3.42

💱 Forex Trading 🌐 Global Macro 📈 Trend Following 🔢 Quantitative Trading 👥 Trader Profiles

Currency Kings

How forex billionaires built their fortunes, and the strategies a retail trader can steal.

by Ben Robson 2017

3.42

26 ratings

💱 Forex Trading 🌐 Global Macro 📈 Trend Following 🔢 Quantitative Trading 👥 Trader Profiles

Project Management for IT-Related Projects

by Bob Hughes • 2004

Why IT projects fail and the ten management disciplines that keep yours on track.

3.30

🖥️ Software Project Management 🔄 Project Lifecycle ✅ Quality Assurance 🔀 Change Management 📅 Project Planning

Project Management for IT-Related Projects

Why IT projects fail and the ten management disciplines that keep yours on track.

by Bob Hughes 2004

3.30

43 ratings

🖥️ Software Project Management 🔄 Project Lifecycle ✅ Quality Assurance 🔀 Change Management 📅 Project Planning

The Complete Strategy Guide to Day Trading for a Living in 2019

by Mark Vogel • 2019

The skills and systems to trade full-time across stocks, forex, and options, with risk kept tight.

3.30

📈 Day Trading 📊 Technical Analysis 🧠 Trading Psychology 🤖 Automated Trading 📉 Swing Trading

The Complete Strategy Guide to Day Trading for a Living in 2019

The skills and systems to trade full-time across stocks, forex, and options, with risk kept tight.

by Mark Vogel 2019

3.30

10 ratings

📈 Day Trading 📊 Technical Analysis 🧠 Trading Psychology 🤖 Automated Trading 📉 Swing Trading

Streetwise

by Lloyd Blankfein • 2026

Brooklyn projects to Goldman Sachs CEO: a near-collapse, lymphoma, and a Congressional firestorm.

4.33

2k+

🏦 Investment Banking 🗽 Wall Street 🏢 Corporate Leadership 📉 Financial Crises 🔄 Career Reinvention

Streetwise

Brooklyn projects to Goldman Sachs CEO: a near-collapse, lymphoma, and a Congressional firestorm.

by Lloyd Blankfein 2026

4.33

2k+ ratings

🏦 Investment Banking 🗽 Wall Street 🏢 Corporate Leadership 📉 Financial Crises 🔄 Career Reinvention

The Everything Project Management Book

by Rick A. Morris • 2008

Scope creep, missed deadlines, silent stakeholders: catching problems before they catch you.

3.11

🗂️ Project Management ⏰ Time Management 👥 Team Leadership 🔄 Change Management 📋 Traditional Pm

The Everything Project Management Book

Scope creep, missed deadlines, silent stakeholders: catching problems before they catch you.

by Rick A. Morris 2008

3.11

9 ratings

🗂️ Project Management ⏰ Time Management 👥 Team Leadership 🔄 Change Management 📋 Traditional Pm

CompTIA Project+ Cert Guide

by Robin Abernathy • 2017

The project manager's exam prep: phases, constraints, risk, agile, and the documents that bind them.

4.67

🏗️ Project Management 📝 Certification Exam Prep 🔄 Project Lifecycle 📋 Pmbok Framework 🔁 Agile Methodology

CompTIA Project+ Cert Guide

The project manager's exam prep: phases, constraints, risk, agile, and the documents that bind them.

by Robin Abernathy 2017

4.67

3 ratings

🏗️ Project Management 📝 Certification Exam Prep 🔄 Project Lifecycle 📋 Pmbok Framework 🔁 Agile Methodology

Computer Networking Beginners Guide

by Axel Ross • 2019

A beginner's CCNA guide where subnetting, wireless, and security are the core, not an afterthought.

4.00

🌐 Computer Networking 🖧 Cisco Certification 🔒 Network Security 📡 Wireless Networking 🧮 Subnetting

Computer Networking Beginners Guide

A beginner's CCNA guide where subnetting, wireless, and security are the core, not an afterthought.

by Axel Ross 2019

4.00

1 ratings

🌐 Computer Networking 🖧 Cisco Certification 🔒 Network Security 📡 Wireless Networking 🧮 Subnetting

Practical Project Control Manager Handbook

by Jeremie Averous • 2016

Projects drift. The exact controls to lock scope, schedule, and budget on course from the start.

⚙️ Project Control 📋 Project Management 🔍 Scope Management ⏳ Schedule Management 💰 Cost Control

Practical Project Control Manager Handbook

Projects drift. The exact controls to lock scope, schedule, and budget on course from the start.

by Jeremie Averous 2016

⚙️ Project Control 📋 Project Management 🔍 Scope Management ⏳ Schedule Management 💰 Cost Control

Credit Scoring and Its Applications

by Lyn C. Thomas • 1987

How the algorithms that decide who gets a loan actually work, and how to build them.

3.62

💳 Credit Risk 🏦 Consumer Lending 📊 Statistical Modeling 🔮 Predictive Analytics ⚙️ Operational Research

Credit Scoring and Its Applications

How the algorithms that decide who gets a loan actually work, and how to build them.

by Lyn C. Thomas 1987

3.62

13 ratings

💳 Credit Risk 🏦 Consumer Lending 📊 Statistical Modeling 🔮 Predictive Analytics ⚙️ Operational Research

Forex Trading Made Easy For Beginners

by Marlon Green • 2014

The beginner's path through currency trading: price action, signals, and the risk rules that matter.

💱 Forex Trading 📈 Price Action Trading 🎯 Trading Strategies 📊 Technical Analysis 🤖 Automated Trading

Forex Trading Made Easy For Beginners

The beginner's path through currency trading: price action, signals, and the risk rules that matter.

by Marlon Green 2014

💱 Forex Trading 📈 Price Action Trading 🎯 Trading Strategies 📊 Technical Analysis 🤖 Automated Trading

Maximizing Project Value

by John C. Goodpasture • 2013

Finished isn't the same as valuable. A project manager's guide to building what actually lasts.

📋 Project Management 🎯 Strategic Alignment 🤝 Stakeholder Engagement 📊 Data-Driven Management 👥 Team Development

Maximizing Project Value

Finished isn't the same as valuable. A project manager's guide to building what actually lasts.

by John C. Goodpasture 2013

📋 Project Management 🎯 Strategic Alignment 🤝 Stakeholder Engagement 📊 Data-Driven Management 👥 Team Development

Criptomonedas para dummies

by Víctor Ronco Viladot • 2020

Buying, securing, and investing in crypto without losing your savings, your keys, or your mind.

3.80

122

💱 Cryptocurrency Basics 💰 Personal Finance ⛓️ Blockchain Technology 📈 Digital Asset Investing 🔗 Decentralized Finance

Criptomonedas para dummies

Buying, securing, and investing in crypto without losing your savings, your keys, or your mind.

by Víctor Ronco Viladot 2020

3.80

122 ratings

💱 Cryptocurrency Basics 💰 Personal Finance ⛓️ Blockchain Technology 📈 Digital Asset Investing 🔗 Decentralized Finance

The Inner Voice of Trading

by Michael Martin • 2011

Your trading system isn't the problem. Your emotional patterns are.

3.78

116

🧠 Trading Psychology 📊 Behavioral Finance 💡 Emotional Intelligence 🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🧘 Meditation And Focus

The Inner Voice of Trading

Your trading system isn't the problem. Your emotional patterns are.

by Michael Martin 2011

3.78

116 ratings

🧠 Trading Psychology 📊 Behavioral Finance 💡 Emotional Intelligence 🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🧘 Meditation And Focus

Day Trading Playbook

by David Reese • 2019

Candlestick patterns that work across any market, plus the 2% rule that keeps traders alive.

📈 Day Trading 📊 Technical Analysis 🧠 Trading Psychology 📉 Chart Patterns 🎯 Trading Strategies

Day Trading Playbook

Candlestick patterns that work across any market, plus the 2% rule that keeps traders alive.

by David Reese 2019

📈 Day Trading 📊 Technical Analysis 🧠 Trading Psychology 📉 Chart Patterns 🎯 Trading Strategies

Forex for Beginners

by Adam Kritzer • 2012

Trade the world's biggest market around the clock. A beginner's roadmap to currencies, not gambling.

4.21

💱 Currency Trading 📈 Forex Basics 🗺️ Trading Strategy 📊 Technical Analysis 🏛️ Fundamental Analysis

Forex for Beginners

Trade the world's biggest market around the clock. A beginner's roadmap to currencies, not gambling.

by Adam Kritzer 2012

4.21

14 ratings

💱 Currency Trading 📈 Forex Basics 🗺️ Trading Strategy 📊 Technical Analysis 🏛️ Fundamental Analysis

Managing Your First Project

by Thomas Ghantt • 2012

Four constraints, one structure, and the discipline to find trouble while fixing it is still cheap.

3.54

🗂️ Project Management 👔 New Managers 📘 Beginner's Guides 🤝 Stakeholder Management 💬 Team Communication

Managing Your First Project

Four constraints, one structure, and the discipline to find trouble while fixing it is still cheap.

by Thomas Ghantt 2012

3.54

26 ratings

🗂️ Project Management 👔 New Managers 📘 Beginner's Guides 🤝 Stakeholder Management 💬 Team Communication

New Trader,Rich Trader 2

by Steve Burns • 2014

Risk 1% to make 3%: the math that keeps traders alive long enough to get rich.

4.38

199

🕯️ Technical Analysis 🧠 Trading Psychology ⚖️ Asymmetric Bets 🧑‍💼 Retail Traders 🧪 Behavioral Finance

New Trader,Rich Trader 2

Risk 1% to make 3%: the math that keeps traders alive long enough to get rich.

by Steve Burns 2014

4.38

199 ratings

🕯️ Technical Analysis 🧠 Trading Psychology ⚖️ Asymmetric Bets 🧑‍💼 Retail Traders 🧪 Behavioral Finance

Futures Made Simple

by Kel Butcher • 2012

Leverage and psychology can wreck a futures trader; a few risk rules make the difference.

3.40

📈 Futures Trading 🌾 Commodity Markets 🧠 Trading Psychology 📊 Technical Analysis 🔍 Fundamental Analysis

Futures Made Simple

Leverage and psychology can wreck a futures trader; a few risk rules make the difference.

by Kel Butcher 2012

3.40

25 ratings

📈 Futures Trading 🌾 Commodity Markets 🧠 Trading Psychology 📊 Technical Analysis 🔍 Fundamental Analysis

The Four Biggest Mistakes in Option Trading

by Jay Kaeppel • 1998

Why cheap options are a losing bet, and the volatility metric that turns the odds in your favor.

3.6

📊 Options Trading 📉 Implied Volatility 📐 Options Greeks 💸 Options Selling 🎲 Probability In Trading

The Four Biggest Mistakes in Option Trading

Why cheap options are a losing bet, and the volatility metric that turns the odds in your favor.

by Jay Kaeppel 1998

3.6

15 ratings

📊 Options Trading 📉 Implied Volatility 📐 Options Greeks 💸 Options Selling 🎲 Probability In Trading

Starting Out in Project Management 3rd edition

by Simon and Murray-Webster • 2018

Your first project run well: scope, schedule, team, risk, and the discipline to finish strong.

4.50

📋 Project Management 🔄 Project Lifecycle 📊 Traditional Project Management ✅ Quality Management 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Team Leadership

Starting Out in Project Management 3rd edition

Your first project run well: scope, schedule, team, risk, and the discipline to finish strong.

by Simon and Murray-Webster 2018

4.50

4 ratings

📋 Project Management 🔄 Project Lifecycle 📊 Traditional Project Management ✅ Quality Management 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Team Leadership

The Economist Guide to Investment Strategy

by Peter Stanyer • 2006

Most portfolios fail because owners bail during bad times. A framework built for the worst days.

3.28

200

🧭 Investment Strategy 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📊 Asset Allocation 🔍 Market Efficiency 🏰 Safe Haven Investing

The Economist Guide to Investment Strategy

Most portfolios fail because owners bail during bad times. A framework built for the worst days.

by Peter Stanyer 2006

3.28

200 ratings

🧭 Investment Strategy 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📊 Asset Allocation 🔍 Market Efficiency 🏰 Safe Haven Investing

The Strategy Paradox

by Michael E. Raynor • 2007

The strategies that win big also lose big. The escape: a portfolio of options.

3.89

300

🏢 Corporate Strategy ❓ Strategic Uncertainty 📊 Real Options Theory 🔮 Scenario Planning 🧩 Organizational Design

The Strategy Paradox

The strategies that win big also lose big. The escape: a portfolio of options.

by Michael E. Raynor 2007

3.89

300 ratings

🏢 Corporate Strategy ❓ Strategic Uncertainty 📊 Real Options Theory 🔮 Scenario Planning 🧩 Organizational Design

Options Trading Playbook

by David Reese • 2019

The step up from basic calls and puts: strategies that profit whether markets rise, fall, or stall.

3.00

📈 Options Trading 📉 Volatility Strategies 🧮 Options Greeks 📊 Technical Analysis 🧠 Trading Psychology

Options Trading Playbook

The step up from basic calls and puts: strategies that profit whether markets rise, fall, or stall.

by David Reese 2019

3.00

5 ratings

📈 Options Trading 📉 Volatility Strategies 🧮 Options Greeks 📊 Technical Analysis 🧠 Trading Psychology

The Art of Chart Reading

by Lawrence Chan • 2018

Chain signals across timeframes to turn small trades into a waterfall of profits without added risk.

3.70

📈 Technical Analysis 💹 Day Trading 📉 Swing Trading 📊 Chart Patterns 🕯️ Price Action

The Art of Chart Reading

Chain signals across timeframes to turn small trades into a waterfall of profits without added risk.

by Lawrence Chan 2018

3.70

10 ratings

📈 Technical Analysis 💹 Day Trading 📉 Swing Trading 📊 Chart Patterns 🕯️ Price Action

The Strategic ETF Investor

by Scott P. Frush • 2012

A step-by-step guide to building an ETF portfolio around your life, not Wall Street's template.

3.57

📈 ETF Investing ⚖️ Asset Allocation 🌊 Passive Investing 📊 Modern Portfolio Theory 🔧 DIY Investors

The Strategic ETF Investor

A step-by-step guide to building an ETF portfolio around your life, not Wall Street's template.

by Scott P. Frush 2012

3.57

7 ratings

📈 ETF Investing ⚖️ Asset Allocation 🌊 Passive Investing 📊 Modern Portfolio Theory 🔧 DIY Investors

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