{"id":2244,"date":"2009-10-14T13:53:13","date_gmt":"2009-10-14T18:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=2244"},"modified":"2009-10-14T18:16:30","modified_gmt":"2009-10-14T23:16:30","slug":"choosing-a-book-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/choosing-a-book-title","title":{"rendered":"Choosing a Book Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am now at the end of the process for my trading book with Wiley. \u00a0My book discusses why traders fail and succeed as prop traders. \u00a0It offers an inside looking into the highly competitive world of proprietary trading. \u00a0 I share what the market has taught me over the past twelve years. \u00a0I introduce characters, traders some who have succeeded and some who have failed to highlight market lessons. The Tentative Title has been <em>The Way of the Prop Trader: Tools and Techniques of a Proprietary Trading Firm<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Other titles being considered are 1)\u00a0<em>One Good Trade: Inside the Highly Competitive World of Proprietary Trading<\/em>;2)\u00a0<em>Education of a Prop Trader: From the Floor of a Proprietary Trading Firm<\/em>; \u00a03)<em>The Way of the Prop Trader: \u00a0From Inside a Proprietary Trading Firm; 4) The Essentials of Prop Trading: An Inside Look at Proprietary Trading on Wall Street. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>I have until Friday to\u00a0lock down\u00a0the title. \u00a0If you have another suggestion or comment please share.<\/p>\n<p>Writing a book is so much more than writing the book.<\/p>\n<p>Best of luck with your trading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am now at the end of the process for my trading book with Wiley. \u00a0My book discusses why traders fail and succeed as prop traders. \u00a0It offers an inside looking into the highly competitive world of proprietary trading. \u00a0 I share what the market has taught me over the past twelve years. \u00a0I introduce characters, traders some who have &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/choosing-a-book-title\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[370,18,364],"class_list":["post-2244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-comments-2","category-mike-bellafiore-bellas-blogs","tag-proprietary-trading-book","tag-smb-capital","tag-wiley","no-post-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Choosing a Book Title | SMB Training<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/choosing-a-book-title\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Choosing a Book Title | SMB Training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I am now at the end of the process for my trading book with Wiley. \u00a0My book discusses why traders fail and succeed as prop traders. \u00a0It offers an inside looking into the highly competitive world of proprietary trading. \u00a0 I share what the market has taught me over the past twelve years. \u00a0I introduce characters, traders some who have ... 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