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Time Compression Trading: Exploiting Multiple Time Frames in Zero Sum Markets (Wiley Trading) Review

Time Compression Trading: Exploiting Multiple Time Frames in Zero Sum Markets (Wiley Trading)
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I am very disappointed at this book. Not only have I wasted money on it, but time as well. This book has no new substance whatsoever. It does not provide any new helpful hints or strategies other than the basics every simple trader already knows.
I kept reading and reading, then after a hundred pages I started skimming just to reach something. What is the author suggesting to do to be more profitable at trades? And finally, there it comes. The "Theory of Time Compression". Guess what it is. It is basically this: don't trade utilizing short-term periods (5 minutes), trade utilizing long-term periods (days or weeks). Why? Because when you trade short term your TA signals deceive you and you won't see the big picture. That's it folks! That is the only message of the book!
I am shocked that such a book received 9 five stars out of the 10 that reviewed the book. I am even more shocked by the editorial review: "Reveals how to profit from the actions of market participants operating in different time frames". Really, who wrote this editorial review?
I am very disappointed.
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After posting my comments, I received a response from the author that developed into arguments then took an ugly turn, because of the character of the author, who kept attacking and reducling me. I noticed he did the same with other purchasers who did not like this book. He kept writing in bad language and ill manners, accusing us of being "morons", "stupid", and "losers". His writing also demonstrated an abnormal personality, and he was always writing in exploding capital letters like an inexperienced kid with apparent frustration. If you trust an author who talks like that to his audience, then go ahead and buy the book. But believe me, you would be buying a book, with no substance at all. Save your money, and do a good research. There are plenty of trading books out there by respectable authors that you can benefit from. This book is a scam, don't buy it.
Please check his responses to me and those who gave him a bad rating, then make up your mind.
I also noticed something really suspicious. I decided to look at the reviewers who praised the book. Six of the nine that rated this book as 5 stars have never rated anything else on Amazon. Have they not read any other books on trading? Only two of those nine posted their real names. In addition, none of the nine explained in any way or detail how they were able to utilize the concepts in this book to make them better traders. I even had a response from a "potential" reader who was praising and defending the author and his ideas before he read any of his books!
Therefore here is my question to all those reviewers that gave this book 5 stars: Can you detail the process by which you became a better trader after reading this book? Help me and help potential readers who are deciding whether or not to buy the book for practical help. We all know there is no holy grail, but how exactly did this book help you to be a winner against the other losers?
Finally, I went to the author's website and found out that he advertises and sells a mechanical system that generates buy and sell signals clearly based on Technical Analysis (You can see a program similar to MetaStock with charts and buy and sell signals), while in this book he attacks Technical Analysis in a whole chapter titled "The Illusion of technical Analysis". So which is it Jankovsky?
Readers: Please beware. If you really want to read books that offer value and practical applications, I suggest the followings. These books have many top reviews, not only nine. And you won't find their authors cursing readers who gave their books low rating, and calling them names:
- "Long-Term Secrets of Short-Term Trading", by Larry Williams
- "Way of The Turtles", by Curtis Faith
- "Cybernetic Analysis for Stocks and Futures", by John F. Ehlers
- "High Probability Trading", by Marcel Link
Good luck everyone. Trust me, you can make money in the market. Just read for giants, not suspicious authors.


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Technical Analysis Plain and Simple: Charting the Markets in Your Language (3rd Edition) Review

Technical Analysis Plain and Simple: Charting the Markets in Your Language (3rd Edition)
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This book is a good beginner's guide to technical analysis. The author touches on many aspects of technical analysis but doesn't go as deeply as Pring or Murphy. As an example, the author explains Elliot Waves in 4 pages, and there are 3 diagrams in those pages.
The book is 300 pages, but it's also 37 chapters. The chapter heading takes about a third of the page, there are breaks between subjects, there are a lot of charts, and not all the pages are filled completely top to bottom. There is less than you think. Take away the large headings, the subject breaks, the charts, fill up the pages completely and this book is probably only 150 pages to explain 37 chapters of material, which is barely enough to scratch the surface, which is what a beginner's book should contain.
One thing I like is that the author uses REAL LIFE examples. One thing I don't like is that while the author does a decent job of explaining the patterns, he doesn't show how to use those patterns as entry or exit points to help you make some $$$.
Overall, an average book at a good price if you want to learn technical analysis, but not trading. But if you want a GREAT book at a good price instead of just an average book, do yourself a favor and invest an extra $10 and buy "How Technical Analysis Works" by Bruce Kamich.

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Super Sectors: How to Outsmart the Market Using Sector Rotation and ETFs (Wiley Trading) Review

Super Sectors: How to Outsmart the Market Using Sector Rotation and ETFs (Wiley Trading)
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I trade as a second job and read over 80 books about trading and investing so far in my career. if you read other books about sector rotation, like john murphy s intermarket analysis and Laidi s " currency trading and intermarket analysis " and were expecting something similar dont buy this book. is has only very superficial information about sector rotation. the rest of the book is about common sense investing rules, some trading tips and some quotes about sun tzu. they are all worthwhile for a beginner who just started trading but thats it. the chapters about 5 sector supertrends are more than obvious. who doesnt know that china is growing a lot and will consume a lot of commodities? please. I did not pay to hear that. This author poorly matched the contents of his book with the title. Other readers should be warned. If you want to know about sector rotation, and i say that because this is exactly my trading style, you should read the above mentioned books or Sam Stovall s " sector analysis" . Apart from that you have Martin Pring's newsletter and thats about it. no more worthwhile reading in the market about sector rotation. sorry for my spelling I am so pissed of because i bought this book that I am writing this review from my cell.

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There are more than 600 exchange traded funds on the market today, and new ones are opening every day. Total worldwide invested assets in ETFs now tops $500 billion. Written in a straightforward and accessible style, Super Sectors outlines a specialized trading system that utilizes standard and leveraged exchange traded funds in an easy-to-follow plan, so that you can identify and invest in the hottest sectors in the world.In this book, author John Nyaradi skillfully shows you how to use ETFs to take advantage of businesses and sectors that are profiting, while also minimizing risk by getting out of the same areas before they start to decline. Along the way, Nyaradi reveals how to best analyze different sectors, such as technology, utilities, industrial, energy, services, and finance, and then discusses which ETFs can help you profit from the opportunities these sectors present. The book:• Outlines an active investment management strategy that will allow you to generate steady success in any market• Details how different types of businesses profit and suffer during different business cycles• Explores how sectors rotation strategies and exchange traded funds can put you in a better position to excel financially• Includes interviews with key expertsThe "buy-and-hold" strategy of yesterday won't work in today's investment environment. Nyaradi identifies the strongest potential sectors in the future. Find out what will work with Super Sectors as your guide.


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Invest in Penny Stocks: A Guide to Profitable Trading Review

Invest in Penny Stocks: A Guide to Profitable Trading
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Peter Leeds does a great job of laying out specific tips and strategies for entering into the realm of trading penny stocks. Once a type of stock that was frowned upon and scoffed at, the opportunity for large gains have recently brought them more into the mainstream.
Mr. Leeds helpfully categorizes his information according to the perspective readers skill level (Which was great for a newer investor like myself). Even suggesting that the reader skip certain sections if they are past a certain knowledge level. His aptly named "Leeds Analysis", a thorough, methodical process that potential penny stock investments are put through, is a great model potential investors can use in choosing their own penny stock investments wisely. If you're interested in getting to the realm of penny stocks this a great introduction and guide that will help you avoid pitfalls and hopefully lead you on your way to making great financial gains.

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Strategic Stock Trading: Master Personal Finance Using Wallstreetwindow Stock Investing Strategies With Stock Market Technical Analysis Review

Strategic Stock Trading: Master Personal Finance Using Wallstreetwindow Stock Investing Strategies With Stock Market Technical Analysis
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While reading Strategic Stock Trading, I was able to use some of the techniques from the book to "read" stock charts better and to make some better trades that resulted in profits. I was also able to close some positions which would have resulted in losses if I had held them any longer. I have been trading options since 2003. I quadrupled my trading account, then watched like a deer caught in the headlights, while my account had a 50% draw down from late 2007 thru early 2009. In the last six months I have inched my way up to about 75% of my top rung. Through self discipline, I have learned to shorten the holding time that I am in a position and have learned to liquidate positions which are starting to look like they want to take a vacation in the sun (head south).
While reading Strategic Stock Trading, I realized that by looking at stock charts with a different perspective, like Michael Swanson shows you how to do, trading can be so much easier. Michael shows how to step back and look at the overall life cycle of a sector of the stock market and the life cycle of an individual stock, to see which of the four stages of the life cycle they are in. Strategic Stock Trading shows how to see the trend that a stock is in, even though it may be oscillating up and down and not giving a clear trend in the short term. This oscillating within a range may happen just before the stock breaks out, up or down, depending on which part of the life cycle the stock is at.
With thousands of stocks to chose from to trade, how does a person know what to trade to make a profit? The media is full of brilliant ideas and suggestions. When you understand how to look at the life cycle of a stock and use some basic charting techniques, it is easy to see whether or not to take a position on a brilliant idea or suggestion, or whether to be in cash, ready to take advantage of the next direction a stock is going to take. It's not about being able to read Candlesticks, Fibonacci Retracements, Elliot Waves, Head and Shoulder and other patterns. It's being able to understand the psychology of other traders (including professional traders). This is what Michael Swanson is getting at in his book Strategic Stock Trading. Yes, it is a short book and it can be read in one sitting, if you like, but the basic concepts may take you by surprise. It may adjust your thinking a bit and you may become profitably happy from that adjustment. It happened to me and I am looking forward to a happy trading future - regardless of which way the market trends.

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Many say few know more about stock trading than Michael Swanson, who ran a top ranked hedge fund for four years and has built up a huge audience of readers on his website WallStreetWindow.com thanks to the accuracy of his market calls and investment acumen, including making over 50% in 2008 in one of the worst years for the stock market ever. His book Strategic Stock Trading demystifies the stock market by explaining what truly makes the stock market and individual stocks move the way they do and shows you how you can take advantage of it. The book explains the principles required for you to become an elite trader in the stock market, including what and when to buy and sell using the Two Fold Formula, how to manage risk, and how to be able to foresee real changes in the overall trend of the market before the crowd does. There are many investment books that describe aspects of technical and fundamental analysis. This one puts them together and shows you have to really use them in a strategic way backed by real life experiences and examples. It also discusses the psychology of investors in the market and how hedge funds and institutional investors now influence the stock market more than ever before and what the individual investor must do in this type of market to succeed.

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Stan Weinstein's Secrets For Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets Review

Stan Weinstein's Secrets For Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets
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This book has completely changed by perspective on trading or investing (there's a difference). With either one, I believe you will find this book VERY helpful and practical (recognizing breakouts, when to buy, when to sell, cycles of a stock's life, market timing, shorting stocks, establishing safeguards, various order types, etc.).
The book has a heavy emphasis on analyzing charts. This is a major plus, but it's very practical, not numbingly theoretical.
Weinstein is often compared to O'Neil in (momentum) investment style, but I find Weinstein's book much more systematic and well organized than anything I've read by O'Neil. I own 8 books about investing. This is the best, and the only one I go back to continually.
Bottom line: my portfolio has grown 30% in two months using his methodology, and it's kept me from making a LOT of bad decisions.
Don't let the date influence you. Start reading, and you will think he published it this year.

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Stan Weinstein's Secrets For Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets reveals his successful methods for timing investments to produce consistently profitable results.

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Stan Weinstein's personal philosophy on investing
The ideal time to buy
Refining the buying process
Knowing when to sell
Selling Short
Using the best long-term indicators to spot Bull and Bear markets

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The How to Make Money in Stocks Complete Investing System: Your Ultimate Guide to Winning in Good Times and Bad Review

The How to Make Money in Stocks Complete Investing System: Your Ultimate Guide to Winning in Good Times and Bad
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This is a great book. It will turn many of the conventional nuggets of wisdom about stock market on their head. It is a fairly complete book. For an individual trader it explains the investing process well. The 100 or so charts at the beginning of the book are very valuable and informative. CANSLIM is the right system to follow in my experience as well. Probably the most important piece of advice in the book is the advice to cut your losses short at 7-8% from your purchase price of a stock. Most recently 3 follow through days in the market have failed. This book however says that follow through days which mark the beginning of an uptrend in a stock market are reliable about 80% of the time. No book, no investing philosophy can be perfect, that's why one needs to cut the losses short so that one can live to fight another day.
This book with green cover is only slightly different from the one with orange cover. The differences are-
1) there is a quiz at the end to test your knowledge of CANSLIM
2) there are more recent charts of stocks which were hits and picked around March 2009 as part of William O'Neil's institutional service. These are stocks like Priceline, CERN, NFLX etc.
3) there is a CD attached to the back cover about a trial of one of their services.
All in all i don't think there is a need to get the latest book if you already have the book with orange cover.


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Dave Landry on Swing Trading Review

Dave Landry on Swing Trading
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First off, let me say that I have made a lot of money using the information in this book as a basis. But I have found that the market has been changing over the past year or two to make the techniques in here less reliable. I have had to work to tune the information in this book to be more suited for today's markets.
Most of the book is based around finding stocks that have a strong uptrend (or downtrend for shorting opportunities) by utilizing the ADX/DMI technical indicators. Then, you look for a recent high and a pullback of a few days. The idea is that these stocks will recover and shoot higher. He gives a bunch of charts showing stocks during the tech boom reaching new highs, pulling back for 3 or 4 days, then shooting up to astronomical heights. He also gives some variations on this same theme, but most are based on the ADX indicator.
While this is a good basis for finding plays, it does not yield many plays these days on a day to day basis. I wrote software to search out the types of price movement he talks about. In any given day, you will find maybe 20-50 (out of 3000 stocks I scan) stocks that loosely fit his criteria. Out of these, there are maybe 10 that match his criteria, and the next day, maybe 1 stock will follow the pattern. But I don't see many at all reaching the high from before the pullback, never mind shooting astronomically higher.
Further, to get anything out of this book, you will need software that is capable of scanning the market. You will never be able to find these plays manually.
Thus, I can recommend this book if you have access to such software or are capable of writing your own software, as I did. If you do, you can tune these techniques and do quite well for yourself. But otherwise, I can't see spending [money]for this book, for the reasons mentioned above.

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No time to day trade? Intermediate-term and long-term trading not enough? Then, swing trading is for you. Now, David Landry, Director of Trading Research for TradingMarkets has put his entire swing trading methodology into one book to teach you how to trade successfully, every day.Dave Landry on Swing Trading takes you from his daily routine to the exact methods David Landry uses day-in and day-out in his own analysis and trading. More than a dozen momentum-based strategies that pinpoint opportunities based on pullbacks and capitalize on false market moves. He also teaches you how to use volatility to select the right stocks and low risk/high reward set-ups. This is a complete manual on swing trading which includes everything the beginner and intermediate trader needs to get started trading quickly.The following sections are included in his book to help you improve your trading results:Trend Qualifiers - Determining which stocks are moving with the general market trend is the first step. Learn how to precisely identify strongly trending stocks. Stock Selection - Making sure that the stocks you have picked exhibit the highest potential to move in your favor is key. David Landry will show you how narrow down your universe to pick the right stocks to trade. Swing Trading Strategies - Once you have your universe of stocks to trade, you can determine which stocks exhibit the highest potential to trigger for a promising move using chart patterns. More than a dozen swing trading strategies presented in an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand format. He provides you with the specific rules for entry and exit so you can start identifying the best trading opportunities immediately. Trading Master Section - To ensure that you understand as much of Dave Landry's methodology as possible, he has included for you dozens of trading examples to help you understand exactly how he trades his strategies and how he reads the market with uncanny accuracy. Stock Market Timing - Now that you have great set-ups, how do you decide which ones have the best chance for follow through? Learn how to use a number of stock market timing techniques to hedge your trades by trading with the probable direction of the market. Money Management - The real holy grail of trading is not contained in a pattern or an oscillator, it is found in your ability to limit losses and maximize gains. An often-neglected yet crucial element of trading is examined by Dave Landry in-depth as he helps you tailor the best stop methodology for your trading style.Trader's Psychology - You have the tools and the right strategies, but do you have the discipline to succeed with the wealth of trading knowledge you have just learned? Finish off your swing trading education with Dave's thoughts on the winning trading methodology.And much, much more!--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Start Day Trading Now: A Quick and Easy Introduction to Making Money While Managing Your Risk Review

Start Day Trading Now: A Quick and Easy Introduction to Making Money While Managing Your Risk
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This book is chock full of information that comes at you fast in a great conversational tone. Its easy to understand and a lot of the methods are great to apply to even your long term investment strategy.
Because its a book for beginners, don't expect this to be the end all book for day trading. Keep your education going but this is a great start!

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Electronic Day Trading Made Easy, Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition: Become a Successful Trader Review

Electronic Day Trading Made Easy, Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition: Become a Successful Trader
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Great writers make complex tasks easy and not vice versa. I read this book, because one of my protégés bought it and asked for my opinion. My background is of a professional futures, options and equity trader for 23 years. Here are my conclusions:
1. The author is trying really hard to show his knowledge by defining almost every little thing in this industry. He over did it and included things he should have not. For example, on page 159 he talks about "Trading Against the Hedge Box" He says clearly in the first sentence that NASDAQ market would no longer allow this type of trading, but he goes on to explain the concept over the next five pages! Why? This is not making things EASY ...
2. The author tries to explain how scalping stocks (trading for 1/8 of a point) is the way to go on 1000 share lots. He sounds just like a graduate of the Online Trading Academy, and I will tell you this doesn't work. You will also find contradicting statements arguing if volatile NASDAQ stocks should be your favorite or trying to scalp the specialist on the NYSE should be the way to go? You can try and scalp the specialist, but let me tell you, the odds are not on your favor, because trying to make a 1/16 buying on the bid and selling on the ask (all day long as the author suggests) works in fantasy land.
3. The coverage of order execution is just completely WRONG! Page 113 "When stock prices are moving up FAST, the SOES buy order is an excellent tool for getting into the market ... if stock prices are declining QUICKLY, the SOES sell order is an excellent tool for getting out of the market quickly. Whoever wrote this statement, never traded a fast moving stock in his life! SOES will be the last place to go. Here is more, page 114, "Getting in the market with the SOES is one of the most common execution methods of day trading" WRONG AGAIN!
4. Level II screens are wrong, they are quoted in 1/32 increments for $50+ stocks. That is not something you will see in real life and it hurts illustrations of S/net orders.
5. Page 148 contains a strategy using Instinet. "A large Instinet BID volume by itself is ALWAYS a positive or bullish indicator." The author fails to tail you about MM and ECN tricks, and headfakes. There is more to it than that!
6. Page 167, "The day trader must have a higher percentage of winning trades than losing trades." In reality, professional traders such as Sunny Harris will say that on the average, out of ten trading days, successful traders will have 6. losing days and 4 winning days.
7. ARCA? One of the best execution vehicles was completely omitted from the book!
I can keep giving more examples, but I think I made my point clear. This book does not offer the TRUTH. If it did the title would be SUCCESSFUL Day Trading Made Easy. It seems to me that the author took the already published books and repackaged them. No real substance, and a guaranteed method to lose all your money.
An important method for making money in the stock market is to FILTER out the noise. I wish the author would have FILTERED out the fluff and fillers out of his book and made it EASY, other than including information that is not correct or irrelevant.
I doubt that the author would be able to show a real life WINNING trading record, based on what is in his book.
Afterall, what do you expect for twenty bucks?
One more thing, I hated the idea that the author will even say that it is possible to get financed by someone else. Page 24, "Hypothetically, the loan money is never at risk." WRONG AGAIN! What happens if you used those 100K to buy 1000 shares of ABC at 100, and the stock was halted intraday and opened for trading at 28? The trader will lose $72,000, but only $10,000 was his equity, who will pay the rest?

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Traders' secrets psychological & technical analysis: Real people becoming successful traders Review

Traders' secrets psychological and technical analysis: Real people becoming successful traders
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Traders' Secrets passes the two requirements for any book to become a classic - it combines crystal clarity with original, insightful detail. Each chapter describes the methods of its interviewee in precise detail. It further provides a psychological profile and context. Too often trading books provide minimal generalizations about trading strategies and systems, and worse, yet negligible detail about all important trading psychology. Consequently, Traders' Secrets is a fresh, original and valuable break from the norm in trading books.
The interviewees in this book have been tremendously helpful and generous in describing their methods, systems, backgrounds and years of research. They come from a variety of backgrounds - fundamentalists, intuitive, technical analysts, stock, futures, commodities traders. There is something for all traders in here. Modeling oneself on the success of others is probably the best way to success for oneself. Why wait to learn from your own mistakes when you can learn from the years of mistakes and successes of others?
--- excerpt from Introduction by Alpesh B Patel

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The Trader's Book of Volume: The Definitive Guide to Volume Trading Review

The Trader's Book of Volume: The Definitive Guide to Volume Trading
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This book was a disappointing read for me. The author didn't really offer much new. To his credit the book is an expansive presentation to many volume indicators. However, there were many times where I felt that the author repackaged free sites on the internet. The author's book title should be taken in an "encyclopedic" sense not in a "mastery" sense. It will show you how to trade different volume indicators based on popular practice. The author starts the book by stating that he has a proprietary volume indicator, the formula of which is not discussed in the book. He then goes over his many newsletter packages that you can subscribe for to get access to signals from this indicator.
The author presents the popular belief that strong volume in the direction of the trend confirms it and that week volume during corrections means the trend will resume. I don't believe in at least the past 3 years that this statement has held up well. There has been many low volume rallies that lasted for extended periods of time. Additionally the author's own examples had many flaws. He would show that volume is supposedly decreasing on a correction by connecting two volume spikes and then state that the volume is decreasing. But the volume is increasing if you look at it generally or look at the period's MA. The two spikes are a phenomenon of their own. The book has many examples were the volume pattern is questionable at best. He also delves into the classic chart patterns like head and shoulders and talks about how volume contracts in the right shoulder but in real life there are so many head and shoulder patterns were volume doesn't confirm them. I want to state that I have been actively trading for 10 years now. If you are a beginner I think this book will be a useful read for you.

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Trade the Trader: Know Your Competition and Find Your Edge for Profitable Trading Review

Trade the Trader: Know Your Competition and Find Your Edge for Profitable Trading
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I love reading trading books and I approach each one with an open mind. If there is one nugget of information inside -one unique idea, perspective or tool that I was unware of- then I feel that it's been time and money well spent.
I find myself struggling to come up with one in this book. The concepts are so basic, that really the only people it could usefully aid would be those new to trading. Probably the only observation I found interesting concerned pattern failure in 2009, and how the author believes that trading failure is a good strategy. Aside from that, it's basic (but nonetheless valid) advice on trendlines, stop placement, trading journals, psychology. Nothing, I'm afraid, that hasn't been covered hundreds of times elsewhere.
It's clearly written and accessible; Mr Tatro comes across as a likeable enough character. It's a fairly good (but brief) overview of the important concepts in trading, but doesn't add anything to the knowledge pool. A shame -I was hoping for something more groundbreaking.


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Trading is a zero sum game. In every trade, you're trading against every other trader. Trade the Trader is the first book that helps you understand those traders–and beat them! Hedge fund manager Quint Tatro reveals proven strategies for anticipating traders' moves, outwitting them, and profiting from them!

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