November 22, 2010 – 8:57 am
Booker did a brilliant job of balancing the dramatic impact of the fictional aspects of this book with the solid non-fiction wisdom he wanted to impart to the reader. I very easily and painfully (ouch!) identified with the many beginner mistakes the book’s hero “Harry Banes” made at the start of his trading experiences. These [...]
November 22, 2010 – 8:56 am
A very good from-scratch discussion of the market and trading mechanics, nice overview of the fundemental reports, some actionable strategies laid out and well explained and a few genuine veteran insights thrown in to boot. Worth owning, especially if you’re beginner to intermediate. However, he’s just too conservative. His setups are very good but you’ll [...]
November 22, 2010 – 8:55 am
Her “system” is a simplistic moving average that she renames with exotic names to give it some mystical aura and flavor. At the end of the book you are, as always, left wondering what to do next. There are NO specific clear cut entry/exit setups to follow and a lot of ramblings to boot, like [...]
November 22, 2010 – 8:54 am
This is an interesting read with some solid methods for trading forex. My biggest complaint is that it only talks about positon (long term) trading based on the daily charts, and has almost nothing about day trading. Position trading is fine if you have a large amout of capitol and can withstand some major drawdowns, [...]
December 28, 2007 – 8:55 am
I bought this book on a whim because I was frustrated. Incredibly, I couldn’t find any information on how to figure out the swap rate. I have 3 big forex books on my shelf and they wax eleoquent about technical analysis, the Bretton Woods agreement, how to make a fortune, and etc. – but do [...]
December 28, 2007 – 8:53 am
It has nothing new about Forex trading or even trading in general, it has some technical analysis (you can find it in any TA book). Misleading the newbies by showing some good looking trades using the Moving averages and “his ” Oscillator (I am not sure what is so special about it), giving false impression [...]
December 28, 2007 – 8:49 am
in this book you have lots of fillings. like that : because any idea will work great if you have a trending market. so I do not like the charts that shows a good looking results while it does not work in the real live trading. it has three poor systems with no commision or [...]
