Market Wizards: The Original Book and the Full Series
Market Wizards is Jack D. Schwager's book of interviews with successful traders, first published in1989, and the first of 6 books in the series. This page covers the original book, the series in publication order, what each volume focuses on according to its publisher, and where a new reader might start.
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Quick answer
- The original: Market Wizards, first published in1989; the current edition is Wiley's updated paperback.
- The series: 6 books of interviews, from1989 to June 9, 2026.
- Where to start (TradingLoot's guidance): with the original, then by the market you trade.
The original book
According to Wiley, Schwager interviewed top traders and distilled their approaches into one formula: "solid methodology + proper mental attitude = trading success." The publisher-supplied contents of the current edition divide the interviews into five parts:
- Futures and Currencies, including Michael Marcus, Bruce Kovner, Richard Dennis, Paul Tudor Jones, and Ed Seykota
- Mostly Stocks, including Michael Steinhardt, William O'Neil, and Marty Schwartz
- A Little Bit of Everything
- The View from the Floor, including Tom Baldwin
- The Psychology of Trading, an interview with Dr. Van K. Tharp
The same contents list a preface to the paperback edition and a section titled "What I Believe 22 Years Later."
The series in order
In order of first publication. Each focus line is the publisher's description, not TradingLoot's assessment.
1. Market Wizards
Jack D. Schwager · first published 1989
Wiley · ISBN 9781118273050 · Book details and sources
Interviews across futures and currencies, stocks, and floor trading, plus a section on the psychology of trading (from the publisher-supplied contents).
2. The New Market Wizards
Jack D. Schwager · first published 1992
Wiley · ISBN 9781592803378 · Book details and sources
A sequel to Market Wizards, according to Wiley. Its contents include parts on currencies, futures, fund managers, and the psychology of trading.
3. Stock Market Wizards
Jack D. Schwager · first published 2001
Harper Business · ISBN 9780066620596 · Book details and sources
Stock-market traders only, according to HarperCollins, unlike the first two books, which included traders across stocks, bonds, currencies, and futures.
4. Hedge Fund Market Wizards
Jack D. Schwager · first published 2012
Wiley · ISBN 9781118273043 · Book details and sources
Fifteen hedge fund traders and forty lessons drawn from them, according to Wiley, which calls it the fourth installment of the series.
5. Unknown Market Wizards
Jack D. Schwager · first publication date not stated in our sources
Harriman House · ISBN 9780857198716 · Book details and sources
Individual traders managing their own accounts, according to Harriman House. The revised edition adds new material on the markets of 2020 to 2022.
6. Market Wizards: The Next Generation
Jack D. Schwager and George F. Coyle · first published 2026
Harriman House · ISBN 9781804093641 · Book details and sources
Traders with the youngest average age of any book in the series, according to Harriman House, interviewed with co-author George F. Coyle.
Where to start
This is TradingLoot's guidance, not a ranking of the books. After the original, the choice depends on what you trade.
- Start with the original Market Wizards: it is the first book, and its contents open with futures and currencies.
- For more interviews with futures traders, The New Market Wizards has a part on futures.
- If you trade stocks, Stock Market Wizards focuses only on stock-market traders.
- If you trade your own account, Unknown Market Wizards interviews individual traders.
- For traders active in recent markets, Market Wizards: The Next Generation is the newest volume.
What The Next Generation adds
According to Harriman House, Market Wizards: The Next Generation, publishedJune 9, 2026, continues the series' interviews with traders who have "the youngest average age of any book in the series." Schwager wrote it with George F. Coyle, whom the publisher describes as a "seasoned money manager and trading historian." The publisher's description also highlights individual traders' results; TradingLoot doesn't repeat those figures.
Editions and naming
- Wiley publishes the original as Market Wizards, Updated, a paperback edition dated February 2012.
- Stock Market Wizards was published as a hardcover in 2001 and as a paperback in 2003.
- Unknown Market Wizards is currently a revised edition from 2023. Its publisher's page doesn't state when the first edition was published, so this page doesn't either.
- For Market Wizards: The Next Generation, the publisher lists a paperback and an ebook ISBN; other listings show a further ISBN that the publisher's page doesn't, so it isn't recorded here.
For trading psychology books rather than interviews, see Trading Psychology Books.
Book details and sources
Sources were checked in October 2026. Facts and descriptions come from the publishers' own pages: Wiley, HarperCollins, and Harriman House. Contents come from the tables of contents Wiley supplies for three of the books. First-publication years for the first two books come from Schwager's author biography on a HarperCollins page. Retailer listings and book-summary sites aren't used. See our Methodology for how we research and verify.
TradingLoot doesn't claim a first-hand reading of any of these books. Each book's details below say what its description is based on.
