™I had never understood how an order actually reaches the market. The diagrams showed the whole path, and I could finally follow each step.
About My Market Book™
Understand the market.
Avoid costly mistakes.
Built from years of market experience. Shaped by careful research, experienced peer review and a belief that clear explanations make a difference.
The people behind the pages
Real experience.
Thoughtful review. Clear purpose.
My Market Book starts with years of first-hand market experience—and the questions that experience teaches you to ask. A circle of experienced investors and traders helps review the books and website, bringing practical perspective to the explanations.
We pair that experience with primary-source research, checked calculations and careful visual review. Every explanation has a purpose: help you understand how the market works, recognize where decisions can go wrong and ask better questions before putting money at risk.
Clear reasoning. Visible risks. Examples you can follow and question.
The care behind the clarity
Explore the eight principles behind our work.Years of first-hand market participation shape the questions we ask, the situations we explain and the risks we bring into view.
Experienced investors and traders in the founder’s circle help review the books and website, discussing practical clarity and questions a reader may have.
Rules and market mechanics are checked against original regulatory, exchange and other authoritative materials where relevant. Sources give you a route to verify and explore.
Worked examples and calculator logic receive calculation checks. Assumptions are stated so you can follow how the numbers lead to the result.
Diagrams and page layouts are reviewed for clear labels, consistent figures and a sequence you can follow. The visuals serve the explanation.
Potential losses, costs, uncertainty and limitations belong alongside opportunity. Understanding the downside is part of understanding the decision.
Ideas build on one another—from ownership and shares to orders, returns and records—so you can see how the pieces fit together.
We review reported issues and revise material when a correction or new edition is warranted. Our editorial standards and sourcing method explain the process.
Financial education. Independent decisions.
Published by ET COMMERCE LLC d/b/a My Market Book. Our books and website explain concepts for general education; they do not provide personalized investment, trading, legal or tax advice. We do not promise profits, loss avoidance or any financial result. Examples and tools can contain errors or become outdated. Verify important facts and seek qualified guidance for your own circumstances.
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In our readers’ words.
Personal experiences with My Market Book, shared in readers’ own words.
The glossary and lessons work well together. When a term was unfamiliar, I could look it up and see it used in an example.
I used to skip past valuation ratios. The worked examples walked through each calculation slowly enough that I could try the next one myself.
Risk always felt abstract to me until I saw it drawn out. The side-by-side comparisons made the idea of diversification much easier to grasp.
Earnings reports looked like a wall of numbers to me. The annotated examples showed me which figures to read first and why they matter.
It was helpful that bonds and interest rates were covered alongside shares. Seeing how the pieces connect gave me a fuller picture of the market.
The book explains why prices move, not just what the terms mean. The cause-and-effect diagrams helped me read market news with more confidence.
I wanted a refresher after years away from investing. The chapters build on each other, so I never felt I had missed a step.
I read it alongside my brokerage app, and the dashboard felt far less intimidating. I could finally tell what each number was showing me.
The overview diagram showed how exchanges, brokers and other participants fit together. I still flip back to it whenever a new term comes up.