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rfurlan · 2011-11-02 · Original thread
Books I would recommend for beginners:

Evidence Based Technical Analysis: http://www.amazon.com/Evidence-Based-Technical-Analysis-Scie...

Pairs Trading: http://www.amazon.com/Pairs-Trading-Quantitative-Methods-Ana...

Quantitative Trading: http://www.amazon.com/Quantitative-Trading-Build-Algorithmic...

An Introduction to High Frequency Finance: http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-High-Frequency-Finance-Ra...

Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners: http://www.amazon.com/Trading-Exchanges-Market-Microstructur...

I also wrote a couple of very introductory articles, sadly I never got past part #2: http://www.bitcortex.com/2008/12/28/pragmatic-automated-trad... http://www.bitcortex.com/2009/01/04/pragmatic-automated-trad...

I am could mentor 1-2 HN readers that are serious about getting into quant trading. Just let me know you are interested :)

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