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Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets: A Comprehensive Guide to Trading Methods and Applications (New York Institute of Finance)

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Classic Technical Analysis Book
Excellent introduction to TA - an easy read
What works in the short term market
A Well Written Introduction to Technical Analysis
a must have if you are entering the markets

Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets: A Comprehensive Guide to Trading Methods and Applications (New York Institute of Finance)
John J. Murphy
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall Press
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ASIN: 0735200661

Book Description

John J. Murphy has now updated his landmark bestseller Technical Analysis of the Futures Markets, to include all of the financial markets.

"If one could read only one book on technical analysis, this should be the one." --Knight-Ridder Financial Products and News (on the first edition, Technical Analysis of the Futures Markets, 0-13-898008-X)

This outstanding reference has already taught thousands of traders the concepts of technical analysis and their application in the futures and stock markets. Covering the latest developments in computer technology, technical tools, and indicators, the second edition features new material on candlestick charting, intermarket relationships, stocks and stock rotation, plus state-of-the-art examples and figures. From how to read charts to understanding indicators and the crucial role technical analysis plays in investing, readers gain a thorough and accessible overview of the field of technical analysis, with a special emphasis on futures markets. Revised and expanded for the demands of today's financial world, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in tracking and analyzing market behavior.

"One way to get started in technical analysis is to read a good book on the subject. One of my favorites is Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets: A Comprehensive Guide to Trading Methods and Applications by John J. Murphy. It's an easy read." Ralph J. Acampora, CMT, Managing Director, Prudential Securities Inc.

Customer Reviews:

Classic Technical Analysis Book.......2007-06-28

I received 4 copies of this book during my course work at the NYIF, its an excellent referance manual for anyone applying Technical Analysis to the financial markets.

Excellent introduction to TA - an easy read.......2007-06-27

This is the first book I bought on TA and, honestly, it looked intimidating. It's not. Open it up and it reads cover to cover very quickly. Not too technical - not too basic. Just right. This is an excellent introduction to technical analysis: easy to read language, large print, nice heavy bright white pages. Oh, and the content is excellent as well: worded well, good organization, understandable examples and illustrations.

What works in the short term market.......2007-06-03

I am a firm believer of using technical analysis when considering investing for the short term. To me a short term investing ranges anywhere from a few months to a year. I invest mostly in the commodity market, particularly gold and silver, and get amazed with the regularity with which I see meltdown in these markets. There were, three I think, in the year 2006, one or two in 2007 and there will be more in the coming years. The fundamentals are all good for these markets, but there is no running away form liquidations in these markets. The one in 2006 was apparently precipitated by $6.6 billion blow-up of Amaranth hedge fund. The summer 2006 meltdown in emerging markets also seemed to had a correlated move in the commodities market.

Relying on fundamentals alone can get one trapped in the markets which are undergoing serious corrections. A safer investing is when one listens to what market is trying to tell, this is where this book helps. I highly recommend this book!!

A Well Written Introduction to Technical Analysis.......2007-05-30

I found this book to be analogous to a college primer on a subject. In this instance it is T.A. The book is broad based. The author has cited several potential books for further in depth studies in areas of specific interest to the analyst. I used the study guide with the book for feedback and conceptual reinforcement. While I do not believe a serious knowledge base can be built with only one book, this book lays a fine foundation to build on.

a must have if you are entering the markets.......2007-05-19

i have a solid collection of books regrding the financial markets, and this book by far has to be the best.i have searched high and low for easy to read, and understandable books regarding technical analysis. this one is it, if i had brought this book first i would have not brought the 8 previous books i have regarding the subject, especially if you are looking at entering the forex market....this book means millions of dollars in the bank too me

Modeling Derivatives Applications in Matlab, C++, and Excel

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Offers prebuilt code for immediate use
Do not waste your time; an ugly compilation of material/ideas
Excellent resource for coding derivatives
State of the art derivative modeling book
Describes the Modelling Procedure and Gives the Code

Modeling Derivatives Applications in Matlab, C++, and Excel
Justin London
Manufacturer: FT Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0131962590

Customer Reviews:

Offers prebuilt code for immediate use.......2007-06-29

This book offers prebuilt, modifiable code that you can use for energy, power, weather and many other derivatives applications. The download process is fast and easy. For those who use Matlab, C++, or Excel, there is no competition. A great book with unique content and code.

Do not waste your time; an ugly compilation of material/ideas .......2007-06-28

The book is quite ambitious in its goals & scope, and encompasses many markets (energy, rates, equities)
Unfortunately, the book has nothing original to offer and the code segments are pretty much "taken" from open sources, with a clear lack of understanding of how the code or the models work
In conclusion, that may be a decent read for a newcomer that wants to see different areas where modeling/simulation/pricing are being used, but only as a reference - there is no useful info contained in this book

Excellent resource for coding derivatives.......2007-06-16

This book was my ultimate go-to resource on several financial engineering projects (on the buy side). It covers many different derivatives and provides example MatLab and C++ code that is easy to modify and extend.

The instructions for setup and downloading the code could be more clear, perhaps on a CD.

State of the art derivative modeling book.......2007-04-10

Great book. But the code downloading process is a bit weird. Don't know why they just attach a CD.

Describes the Modelling Procedure and Gives the Code.......2007-02-08

Derivatives are not simple things. It almost seems that complexity was a design goal when they were being set up. In order to determine their real value either today or in the future you almost have to model them on a computer.

This book covers dozens of different types of derivatives, including the common ones and some of the new even more esoteric ones. It talks about the structure of the derivative, and then presents models of them. The models are presented in the most common modelling 'languages' in use today. There is a lot of code involved, but there is not a CD included with the book. Instead, an access code providing a one time download for the code. Note, a one time download. Be sure and save the code quickly and on several media. This procedure allows the models to be updated as needed without regard to the time it takes for the book to move from being written to being published, but if you have a disk crash....

The biggest things this book provides are: first, you get to see what an expert in the field has done, and second, you get the code to run his models on your system, and of course you can modify them if you find some other aspect suits your needs better.

This is a new book, first printed in December 2006, so it is current with the derivatives being marketing at that time.

Professional Stock Trading: System Design and Automation

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I have real reservations & concerns about this one...
Shop around
Alright
Software in book runs perfectly but has not been helpful to me.
I love this book and the codes ...

Professional Stock Trading: System Design and Automation
Mark R. Conway , and Aaron N. Behle
Manufacturer: Acme Trader
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The Encyclopedia of Trading Strategies
Trading Systems That Work: Building and Evaluating Effective Trading Systems
Building Winning Trading Systems with TradeStation
New Trading Systems and Methods (Wiley Trading)
Mastering the Trade (McGraw-Hill Trader's Edge)

ASIN: 0971853649

Book Description

Learn the art and science of trading systems from professional speculators. The authors share powerful long and short trading strategies in TradeStation that span all time frames, including over one hundred annotated charts with commentary and rationale. The book contains a complete implementation of a professional trading platform, including dozens of TradeStation strategies, indicators, and functions -- with 64 pages of EasyLanguage code. Further, advanced trading techniques such as pair trading and float trading are explained. These systems are integrated into a fully automated framework for position sizing and trade management. Finally, follow the authors as they track their stock selections throughout the week in real time.

Professional Stock Trading is a practical blueprint for the entrepreneur who has the desire, ambition, and intensity to enter the trading business. In a scientific manner, a trader learns how to master the technical elements of the business and integrate them into a disciplined approach. The book ends with a full-scale implementation of a professional trading platform. Swing traders, day traders, and investors who aspire to a greater understanding of the stock market will welcome this book.

Customer Reviews:

I have real reservations & concerns about this one..........2007-06-28

Despite the apparent sophistication of the many diverse trading strategies and systems introducted in this book, none of them seem to back-test well on historical data in TradeStation. By well; I mean any better than most simple moving average cross-over systems! So why bother paying $100 for the book and another $200 for the software CDROM?

I also emailed the author for help getting these sytems to work at all on FOREX. Theoretically, this should be doable by changing profit target and other stop variables. He returned my emails twice promising support but then I never heard from him again.

I'm left with the impression that these systems just don't work on either stocks or FOREX. Buyer beware.

Shop around.......2007-05-08

I have not yet read the book but quickly discovered a couple of things of which you might want to be aware. The software is "included" in that the last 60 or 70 pages (sorry...I have already packaged it for return) are source code. The software is not provided in an electronic format. You are referred to the author's website to purchase the software "pretyped". Figuring it would be worth it to avoid the typing and typos, I went to the website to discover that the software is $199 and the book is $99. Since Amazon listed the book new for $199 and used for around $180, I was slightly annoyed and will be attempting to return the book.

Bottom Line - price shop this!

Alright.......2007-03-28

Lets not get too excited. Not sure how much reading and technical analysis other readers have done, while I think some of the book is useful other parts of it seem to be a waste and pretty basic. It wasnt what I was looking for and the price seems way too high. Seems for whatever reason its out of print in the stores so the author and his company are selling it for a huge mark up. Didnt get the software and the code doesnt work the way it is written in the book, either out of date or needs to be updated TS code.
Unless you really want it, I would pass on this one at the price offered.

Software in book runs perfectly but has not been helpful to me........2007-01-27

I purchased the book in an attempt to jump start developing an automated rule based trading system. The software runs perfectly without problems. Unfortunately I have not found the strategies or indicators to be helpful after testing them on limited historical data. I have found the book (and software on a CD that comes with the book) "New Trading Systems and Methods" by Perry J. Kaufman to be extremely helpful in developing a rule based automated trading system.

I love this book and the codes ..........2006-12-03

Folks, try to get this book for under $100 if you have a chance. I think the authors may have realized that they have made a mistake by pricing the book at $70. The source codes alone are worth many times over. I challenge anyone to find a deal in eBay with these many trading codes for under $300.

There are only 5000 copies in print, the copies in Amazon are sold out. You can still find a few available else where. Once they are gone, if you want the codes, you need to buy the CD from the authors, and it won't be $70.

I will add to this review after I finished the book.

Added April 08, 2007:

After I've gone through the book with greater details, I love the book and the codes even more ! sure it's very basic, but this is not the point. The point here is to learn how to build systems via studying the codes. It's almost paradoxical that whilst giving you all the codes actually forces you to learn the codes yourself for the diligent students. I am a programmer myself, hence I don't find the codes difficult. On the other hand, due to the richness of codes scattered through out the text, one must take his time going over the ideas presented. (By the way, the codes and algorithms were professionally designed either by the authors or outside contractor(s) hired by the authors). For example, Say you are reading over the section on AcmeTail, well, you need to stand back and think about why a candlestick with a long tail is caught by function, what would happen if you change the percentage value, why did the change caused more or less candlesticks to be caught, etc. Do up a few PaintBar studies to test the function independently until you are satisfied with the results. By the way, I love the idea of implementing all the exit strategies in the Acme Trade Manager, brilliant!

The point here is to test the codes and see how they work, and through reviewing, testing and debugging (with some of your codes mixed in), the student will hopefully masters Easylanguage.

After you finished this book, you are ready to incorporate your trading ideas using EasyLanguage via the framework set out in this book.

Advanced modelling in finance using Excel and VBA

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Absolutely Great!
A Cookbook for Financial Modellers
Not really satisfying
Advanced modelling in finance using Excel and VBA
Highly Recommended

Advanced modelling in finance using Excel and VBA
Mary Jackson , and Mike Staunton
Manufacturer: Wiley
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Financial Modeling - 2nd Edition: Includes CD
Financial Modeling Using Excel and VBA (Wiley Finance)
Building Financial Models with Microsoft Excel: A Guide for Business Professionals
Monte Carlo Methods in Financial Engineering (Stochastic Modelling and Applied Probability)
The Complete Guide to Option Pricing Formulas

ASIN: 0471499226

Book Description

This new and unique book demonstrates that Excel and VBA can play an important role in the explanation and implementation of numerical methods across finance. Advanced Modelling in Finance provides a comprehensive look at equities, options on equities and options on bonds from the early 1950s to the late 1990s.

The book adopts a step-by-step approach to understanding the more sophisticated aspects of Excel macros and VBA programming, showing how these programming techniques can be used to model and manipulate financial data, as applied to equities, bonds and options. The book is essential for financial practitioners who need to develop their financial modelling skill sets as there is an increase in the need to analyse and develop ever more complex 'what if' scenarios.

Specifically applies Excel and VBA to the financial markets
Packaged with a CD containing the software from the examples throughout the book

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Customer Reviews:

Absolutely Great!.......2006-01-11

Advanced Modeling is a fantastic book, and pretty easy to follow with relatively few coding errors. There are some books out there that have errors in the code that they use, which makes it difficult or someone to learn the techniques. Even for those without a solid background in VBA, this book can benefit you to start learning how to code properly. Anyone who is relatively proficient with Excel can definitely gain a new trick or two from reading this book. All you really need to start using this book is a basic understanding of finance concepts (e.g. portolio theory, capital budgeting, binomial options pricing, Black-Scholes, etc.). The techniques that are taught are also useful in other modeling exercises, and not necessarily just for finance-related topics.

A Cookbook for Financial Modellers.......2005-10-19

Yes, the book won't teach you CAPM, Black-Scholes, or much financial theory. But there is NO shortage of those books. There is a shortage of books with real-world Excel solutions to applying financial theory to data. I've had this book for a couple of years and have probably only used 10% of it, only because I don't have time, real business need, to do the rest. I sometimes take it to bed to read and dream of having the time to try out some of their other models. That's the only thing I can add to the other reviews here, the amount of love and passion for the subject put into this book. There's not one extra padded word or graphic in this book. Yes, if there was one book I'd have to take to a desert island with Excel and some financial data this would be it.

Not really satisfying.......2004-06-05

One of the main points of programming books is to help the reader understand the models being programmed. On this count, "Advanced modelling in finance using Excel and VBA" fails miserably. There is very little explanation of the financial concepts and models. Anyone hoping to learn finance from this book will be very disappointed.

The result is a series of programming black boxes and ugly spreadsheets having only limited usefulness.

Although the level of his book is somewhat lower, Benninga's "Financial Modeling" book is much better at explaining the conceptual basis of financial models. A good programmer will be better off with Benninga than with Jackson-Staunton.

Advanced modelling in finance using Excel and VBA.......2004-03-15

This is probably the best book written on financial modeling in excel, definitely worth the $50. Comes with a great CD-ROM. The books strength is its illustration of financial models and implantation in Excel. Since the models focus on static solutions the book is probably of greater use in academics than in industry. It would be great if there was instruction about how to input real time data into Excel and implement the models dynamically. Of particular interest to me is the great VBA code given on the CD, namely the code to calculate autocorrelation, cubic spines, eigenvalues and eigenvectors. This alone was worth the 50 bucks.

There are some major deficiencies in this book. Noticeably absent topics include: bond portfolio immunization; swap pricing; forwards and futures hedging; the ARCH, GARCH and CHARMA models.

My background is in finance, mathematics and computer science. Unlike the guy above, I don't see any need for advanced mathematics in order to study this book. In fact I am sure you don't. The point is to make excel do it for you. However it will a lot easier for those who understand the finance and mathematics behind what they are telling excel to do. I am assuming that those who are considering this book most likely have taken at least one college level calculus course and one statistics course. But I don't think even that is necessary and definitely not stochastic calculus.

Highly Recommended.......2003-03-06

VBA is one of those tools I long knew I should be proficient in but never got around to learning. That is, not until I found this book. It makes it easy for a financial professional to quickly come up to speed and start coding VBA within spreadsheets. The fact that the focus is on financial applications means that you learn coding techniques that will be useful on the job. I highly recommend the book!

Point & Figure Charting: The Essential Application for Forecasting and Tracking Market Prices (Wiley Trading)

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Great resource for anyone sick of pie chart investing...
Warren Buffett would disagree

Point & Figure Charting: The Essential Application for Forecasting and Tracking Market Prices (Wiley Trading)
Thomas J. Dorsey
Manufacturer: Wiley
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ASIN: 0470043512

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"Everyone who's involved in financial markets must understand Point and Figure charting in order to get the full picture, whatever your view of technical analysis". - Jim Rogers, author of Hot Commodities and Investment Biker

"An invaluable road map for managing risk in the markets. Tom's methodology has given us the discipline and confidence to look around corners for our clients for almost twenty years." - James A. Parish, President and COO, Morgan Keegan & Co., Private Client Group

"Tom Dorsey continues to be one of the foremost authorities on Point and Figure charting. His relative strength analyses are essential for investors and traders alike. Furthermore, I always want to know what his NYSE Bullish Percent Indicators is "saying." - Lawrence G. McMillan, President, McMillan Analysis Corp., www.optionstrategist.com

"Tom Dorsey has done it again... he has taken his 30-plus years of unending devotion, talents, and insights in technical analysis and applied them to Exchange Traded Funds. He begins with the history of ETFs, explains how different they are from mutual funds, and then applies his expertise in Point and Figure charting to help traders and investors time their purchases and sales." - Ralph J. Acampora, CMT, Director of Technical research, Knight Capital

"Reading Tom Dorsey's Point & Figure Charting is the like procuring a road map before you begin a journey. It's a comprehensive look at how to succeed in the markets. This book is not only essential but easy to follow for everyone." - Paulo Pinto, CEO, Dif Broker

"Point and Figure Charting has become a valuable part of my daily trading routine. As an investment professional, it makes perfect sense to use Tom's methods in conjunction with fundamental analysis." - Damion Carufe, Investment Professional

Customer Reviews:

Great resource for anyone sick of pie chart investing..........2007-05-25

I have been studied Tom's material on the Dorsey Wright website for several years now. And this book is a cumulation of many of the great ideas he talks about in his podcasts and daily notes section. As much as some people like to think technical analysis is the holy grail to riches, it is not. The main goal is risk management and not to hold on to the big losers in your portfolio that will destroy your investment return. How many investors have suffered since 2000 by having a majority of their portfolio in Large Cap Growth, and are now just getting back to even? Point and Figure doesn't call the top or the bottom, but it will alert you to when the trend changes. Tom's book goes over many of these techniques. Well done.

Warren Buffett would disagree.......2007-05-07

Warren Buffett would surely disagree with the basic premise of this book: That technical charting analysis can ensure a successful stock investment.

You really do have to already believe that charting has an underlying validity, before venturing to this book. I found it difficult to distinguish this from any other technical investing text. Invariably, there are the cute slogans. Double Top. Triple Top. Diagonal Triple Top. Triple Bottom. High Pole. Low Pole. Broadening Top. Bearish Signal Reversed.

With all this jargon, there is little proferred objective evidence of efficacy. Yes, certain patterns might in some examples give rise to a prediction about future price performance that turned out correct. But what about other cases, where the predictions failed? Dorsey addresses this by saying that the most important thing is your judgment, about when to apply his methods. What objective measures are there, about developing and applying this judgment? The text is so vague on this, that every case where someone who tries out the book's methods and gets poor results, can simply be said to have been using poor judgment. Notice that this lets the methods off the book.

A cynical view is that all this charting is akin to seeing patterns in clouds or stars. The best investment advice vis a vis this book is to spend your money on something else.

Design, Testing, and Optimization of Trading Systems

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A good introduction to trading system development
Classic book for trading systems
Boring
Worst Book I've Ever Read On The Topic
Concise

Design, Testing, and Optimization of Trading Systems
Robert Pardo
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ASIN: 0471554464

Book Description

A practical, hands-on guide to setting up, adjusting, and trading mechanical systems that requires no computer or programming skills! Here's everything you'll need to develop and verify each stage of a profitable trading strategy, from formulation through testing to real-time trading. Armed with the author's battery of easily accomplished testing and optimization techniques — many never before published — you'll design a workable trading strategy, reliably measure its profit potential and risk, and then test it to see if it works in real-time trading. No matter what your level of trading expertise, now you can swiftly isolate and eliminate the causes of trading failure and make the decisions essential to profitable computerized trading. You'll discover:

The seven major components of mechanical trading strategies and their uses
When and how to use fast, accurate, and realistic computer simulations to evaluate a strategy's trading performance without risking precious capital
The best ways to tailor a trading strategy to fit the unique personalities of widely different markets
What to expect from a trading model in real-time trading
How to judge trading performance with respect to historical testing performance

Design, Testing, and Optimization of Trading Systems helps you develop, evaluate, and apply a winning computer trading system that suits your specific needs.

Customer Reviews:

A good introduction to trading system development.......2007-02-04

Let me state my biases up front. I've always been rather suspicious of so-called "mechanical" trading strategies, although I'm a strong supporter of a technical approach to the market.

Technical analysis, for me, has always been about individual market participants, as a group, are likely to respond to price action to further their interest for profits, or to conserve capital. Market players are not mindless robots who are as predictable as coin flips, but people pursuing goals, and who learn from history. How the market reacts to news and fundamental info is extremely important from this point of view.

While there are things that can be learned from looking at price action, any algorithm that can extract profits from markets is likely to be short lived. With the advent of cheap, powerful computers, it is all too easy to "test" a system on historical data, only to have it fail in real time. Proper system testing is difficult to do.

Even if testing is done properly, it is likely to have been found by a significant number of smart, well-capitalized people long before you or I ever came onto the scene, making historical test results misleading, possibly unprofitable.

The fact is, markets change, and the context of price action in the past may be totally different to the current market environment. How do market systems account for market change, while still producing valid results?

This book allayed some of my fears. Since system testing IS hard to do, it is unlikely that a significant percentage of people will discover the signals of a profitable system, making the method unprofitable.

Even a skeptic such as myself will admit that proper historical testing can, at the very least, encourage thought about future market conditions, and prepare for various scenarios.

Most important (to me), system testing provides a reasonable method for adapting to changing markets. As new data comes in, the model can, and should, change.

This book teaches you how to do proper system testing, so you can have confidence in your results.

I deduct 1 star from the emphasis on the use of a frequentist statistical methodology. It is becoming clear in economics that talk of "long run frequencies" makes little sense for historical events that occur in a particular place, or a particular time, and are not likely to be repeated.

The use of Bayesian methods based on a subjective interpretation of probability (ie. degrees of belief), are growing in usage, and can provide more appropriate answers to certain questions that the "frequentist" methods do not.

For experienced technicians, I can recommend it.

Classic book for trading systems.......2006-11-08

Very well written (simple English) that help to organize thoughts of trading. and it help to improve your level of thinking about trading in general. little book, but very useful.

Boring.......2006-05-01

I agree in part with the reviewer that has given 1 star to this book. I have not finished this book yet, and in fact I bought this book because of the numerous 5 stars reviews.

Many definitions appear only after they are mentioned in the text, so that perhaps you need to read and reread for this book to be useful.

Worst Book I've Ever Read On The Topic.......2005-04-19

I have never written a comment about a book, but hopefully other people will at least be warned. This is the one of the worst books I've ever read. I have read several Wiley books; most of them are poorly written and lacking substance. This one is unbelievably bad.
This book deserves a negative five stars. (Who wrote those other reviews?)
If you have never read a book on trading systems, then this book is may tell you something. Otherwise, save your money. There's nothing here.

Concise.......2005-03-04

This book is the epitome of concise; I'm sure its the thinnest hardcover book I own. Don't be fooled; it is very dense and targeted. It does not tell you much about specific trading strategies; it is directed toward the person who has some trading ideas and wants to know how to test them thoroughly. I wish there were more books out there like this; expensive but worth every penny.

New Frontiers in Fibonacci Trading: Charting Techniques, Strategies & Simple Applications

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Fibonnaci Primer
New Frontiers in Fibonacci Trading: Charting Techniques, Strategies & Simple Applications
Nothing fantastic, an okay introduction for beginners
A good book about Fibonacci trading
Very interesing book

New Frontiers in Fibonacci Trading: Charting Techniques, Strategies & Simple Applications
Michael Jardine
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ASIN: 1592800610

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Traders caught at the crossroads of traditional, proven, trading techniques - and new online tools and methods - have struggled to find a way of blending the two together into a unified trading system. Now, the marriage of the methods is complete, and brought into sharp focus in New Frontiers in Fibonacci Trading. This groundbreaking new work combines the foundations of Fibonacci trading with classic charting techniques, modern applications, and cutting edge online analysis tools.Michael has gone beyond his role as 'student" of the markets - becoming a gifted teacher in the process. He has not only mastered traditional charting and timing techniques - he's developed new methods of his own by adopting Fibonacci fundamentals to the online trading arena in which today's trader must operate for maximum advantage. He's broken down his process into an understandable 5-part 'system" which encompasses.- The Building Blocks of Price Action - market structures, retracement patterns and Fibonacci basics- Practical Fibonacci Applications - featuring original new applications explained in simple terms- 'ChartWorks" - a comprehensive charting section featuring indicators, case-study trades, chart-reading tips - and more- Building Good Trading Habits - 3 key steps for making rational, unemotional decisions and maintaining a steady, clear-headed focus throughout the trading day - even when the market is giving off mixed messages- Enthios RealTime - Puts all the pieces together, and introduces new methods that form the core of his own propriety 'Objective Method Trading System"With detailed charts and graphics throughout, each chapter illustrates real trading situations, setups, and solutions. Michael has fused cherished trading concepts and Fibonacci basics with his own experiences in online, real-time trading. The result is a thorough new primer that shows you how to trade with greater success - on a consistent basis.

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Fibonnaci Primer.......2007-05-18

I wanted to understand how to use Fibonacci in my trading, as well as when not to use it. Michael Jardine does a solid job of conveying the information a beginner to Fibonacci would want to know. I am sure there are better and more indepth Fibonacci trading books, but I dont believe that you could manage to keep the information accessible to new and early traders AND show how it is used, whilst going to the deep end of the pool regarding some of the uses for Fibonacci. At the end of the day, Traders, specifically commodities traders, want the ability to do technical analysis and technical forecasting to know when to 'get in' and when to 'get out' of a trade. Michael Jardine provides a solid basis for an early trader to gain knowledge and methods on how to do that through the use of Fibonacci. Please keep in mind however, that many of the trades that Mr. Jardine executes in this book are what I would term 'scalping' and require a much more precise hand at executing trades and much more 'nerve' to practice regularly then what other trading books teach. I would recommend this book to a new student of Trading, but only insofar as it is one of a dozen other books.

New Frontiers in Fibonacci Trading: Charting Techniques, Strategies & Simple Applications.......2007-02-15

Excellently written book. Described in laymen terms, I found this book to be the best I have ever read on any stock market subject. I highly recommend it, and refuse to lend mine to anyone.

Nothing fantastic, an okay introduction for beginners.......2007-02-14

After reading some of the other reviews I thought the book would be a lot better than it was. While it does give a good introduction to Fibonacci and some of its uses, I found the book a bit hard to put into practice into my own trading. There are a lot of examples of specific trades and what went right and what went wrong. Maybe it needs another read to absorb all the information. But my impression after finishing the book was that using this approach to trade doesn't really improve your chances in isolation but must be used with other indicators to even be useful. So while the book doesn't make any promises, if you are dedicated, disciplined and willing to learn this way of trading, then maybe it might suit your style of personality and trading. While its all very interesting I didn't feel it suited my trading style.

A good book about Fibonacci trading.......2006-02-13

This is a solid 4-star book. I thought that I would learn something new about trading Fib levels, unfortunately no - most of the techniques are discused on the forums or are writted by Dinapoli or Fischer. But anyway, all the information is relevant and can be applied to real life trading, and the author adds some more trading tips and strategies.

Very interesing book .......2005-09-04

It's really as it claimsto be. New Frontiers in Fibonacci Trading . I read it once, but will need to read it againandagain. every time you read achapter you find something new

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Macintosh Users Beware
A basic instruction book if you need a hard copy
JR
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Quicken 2007: The Official Guide
Maria Langer
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The only official guide to Quicken--the #1 personal finance software on the market

Fully endorsed and reviewed by Inuit, makers of Quicken, Quicken 2007:The Official Guide offers the time- and money-saving techniques you need to organize and manage your personal finances and master all of the new and improved features of the software.

You will discover proven tips for managing money and investments--including spending, savings, budgets, banking, and more. The book explains how to track income and expenses, automate bill-pay, reconcile checking, savings, and credit card accounts, create reports, simplify filing systems--and even save on taxes. Financial calculators, capital gains snapshots, investment tracker tools, and online resources are also covered. The chapters closely follow the software to help you find information quickly and easily.

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Macintosh Users Beware.......2007-03-24

I would have rated this book zero stars for Mac Users, but I was forced to choose a number ... so I chose 1 star. This book is totally directed toward Windows users. If you are a Mac User, check your CD for a Mac User Guide.

A basic instruction book if you need a hard copy.......2007-03-08

Most of the stuff in this book is there in the Quicken help file, but I am a person who likes to thumb through a hard copy in the evening and not have to sit at my computer. My one hesitation about this book is it tells you everything about Quicken, but it does not help you solve the many, many quirky problems that arise with Quicken during setup, data conversion, downloads, investment accounts, etc. I had to go to the forums for that info. If you want a hard copy operating manual that is complete but short on problem solving, this is an excellent book. If you want a book that will help you unsnarl Quicken's many quirks, this is not for you.

JR.......2007-01-21

Typical of all "Offical Guides" this book is complete, however, without any lightness. It tells the nuts and bolts wthout the humor of a "... for Dummies" book. If you plan on doing any advanced work, other than just keeping your check book, then an "Offical Guide" may be necessary.

Not so hot.......2006-12-25

A salesy, broadbrush book. Won't help you as much as you might hope. True, the very basic stuff is covered (so I give it 1 star instead of the hoped-for option, 0. When it comes to converting data files - like Mac to PC, neither this book nor the paid professionals at Intuit provide any help at all. In that sense, this book is a total waste.

Point and Figure Charting: The Essential Application for Forecasting and Tracking Market Prices, 2nd Edition (A Marketplace Book)

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Point & Figure Charting for STOCK TRADERS ONLY
In Defense of the Presentation
Technical Analysis De-Mystified - Not
Technical Analysis De-Mystified
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Point and Figure Charting: The Essential Application for Forecasting and Tracking Market Prices, 2nd Edition (A Marketplace Book)
Thomas J. Dorsey
Manufacturer: Wiley
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ASIN: 0471412929

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The classic source for the technical analysis discipline now brings readers up to date in techniques and technology
Now, in this second edition of the classic text, expert Thomas Dorsey shows, step-by-step, how to create, maintain, and interpret your own point and figure charts. He explains how you can use your findings to track and forecast market prices and develop an overall investment strategy. Perhaps most importantly, he helps you develop confidence in the market and take decisive action at the appropriate time, rather than reacting after the fact. Dorsey also highlights new developments in the field and incorporates the use of recently developed software to track any market using point and figure methods. Written for both new and experienced P & F chartists, this updated edition of a technical analysis classic brings point and figure charting into the Internet age.
Thomas J. Dorsey (Richmond, VA) is President of Dorsey, Wright & Associates, a registered investment advisory firm that uses point and figure charting as its main source of technical analysis.

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Point & Figure Charting for STOCK TRADERS ONLY.......2007-05-03

Thomas Dorsey does a great job at explaining (in the first 50 pages) how the Point & Figure Chart is created, as well as some basic 'forms' that the charts can take. I read some of the reviews of this book thinking that as a Futures/Commodities trader (early stage/beginner) I would learn alot about Point & Figure Charting for Futures/Commodities. I was wrong. There are no more than 3 pages in this book regarding Commodities, and only insofar as they are underlying indicators for stocks that rely on commodity prices. So, if you want to learn about Point and Figure Charting, this is an ok book. There may be others out there that are better, as that aspect of this book served its purpose for me....which is P&F Charting APPEARS to be an excellent methodology for Trend analysis (big picture) for Futures/Commodities. However, if you are a Stock Trader then this book may have much more relevance to you. Not a bad book, just not appropriate for Commodities/Futures Traders.

In Defense of the Presentation.......2006-10-23

I find it hard to accept the reviews I have read about this book having poor explanations of the P&F concept, or that they are available elsewhere. Mr. Dorsey's book is first rate. I read this book when it was first released, and I find myself using it as a reference tool quite often. Mr. Dorsey's explanation of the NYSE Bullish Percent chart and how to use it and the Relative Strength charts in conjuntion with your stock selection is as plainly presented as if you were having a conversation with the man.

When you consider that he also has weekly podcasts that help explain how the P&F charts are used, I consider Mr. Dorsey to be THE authority on the subject of Point&Figure charting and this book is an excellent source for learning how to start P&F analysis.

Technical Analysis De-Mystified - Not.......2005-10-18

The other review on this date (wentraub) is not a book review but some random thoughts on investing. The Dynamic Asset Level Investing model is not even in the book but a paid service from Dorsey's website!!!!

How can Dorsy be one of Wall Street's saviest minds when his is in Virginia?

PnF charting is only one of many tool available to a Technician.

Technical Analysis De-Mystified.......2005-10-18

Technical analysts are becoming an endangered species on Wall Street. Major firms have long favored a fundamental approach emphasizing a nuts and bolts approach to company revenues, use of capital, and innovation. Scores of fundamental analysts closely follow individual sectors of the economy, scour SEC filings, and comment on daily developments pertaining to individual companies. Meanwhile a smaller cadre of 'technicians' churn out charts, graphs, and statistics that follow the ebb and flow of investor capital. Recently two well known full service brokerage firms decimated their already small contingent of technical analysts and another firm let go their star technician.

Academic studies on the efficiency of the markets to digest news and quickly reset the market value of securities have long questioned the value of Wall Street analysts to forecast future prices. If news is unpredictable, by definition, and the prices of securities adjust immediately, what is the point of a forecast. These studies have been particularly harsh on technical analysis. Technical analysis may not have helped its cause with a coded language of triple tops, head and shoulders patterns, Fibonnaci retracements, etc. It all begins to sound more like the Occult than analysis. This book blows away a lot of the smoke.

Tom Dorsey has given us a straight forward (if somewhat breathless) introduction to his method of technical analysis. His X and O charts record trends of buying (demand) and selling (supply) in the market. It is this dynamic imbalance, he contends, that is the primary determinant of value in the marketplace. The tendency for these trends to repeat over time represents the psychology of investors to buy or sell at critical junctures. For Dorsey fundamental analysis is useful in determining what company stocks should be owned. Then it is the role of the technician to determine when to buy and sell. Fundamental analysis identifies good companies. Technical analysis identifies good stocks. Good companies do things well. Good stocks make investors money.

The value of Dorsey's work is to help investors find sectors of the economy and securities that may be due for a reversal of fortune after extended periods of under or out performance. The bottom line is that he has developed a useful toolkit for the investor. A look at his Dynamic Asset Level Investing model [12/2004 - not in this 2001 book] that recommends areas to allocate assets (small capitalization stocks, Latin America, natural resources, energy, etc.) seems prescient just about a year later. Using ETFs (exchange traded funds) to develop a portfolio based on Dorsey's model would have inevitably led investors to a chunk of the best returns available for the period. This book should certainly be read by all investors who want an introduction to technical analysis and a better understanding of one of Wall Street's savviest minds. You may not want to be on the other side of too many of Tom Dorsey's trades!

Bait for online service.......2005-06-25

The book is too wordy - in fact the same information is more concisely presented and available for free at DWA website. To follow the method described you need to become a paying member of DWA. A free 2 week trail is also available at the site. This allows you to findout that to really understand and apply this method you need to take several of the $150 classes that DWA also provides. Also, the online service is really geared towards stock brokers (investment advisors).

Use the online course - its faster, cheaper and better.

The Swaps & Financial Derivatives Library: Products, Pricing, Applications and Risk Management, 3rd Edition Revised (Boxed Set) (Wiley Finance)

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The Das Swaps & Financial Derivatives Library – Third Edition Revised is the successor to Swaps & Financial Derivatives, which was first published in 1989 (as Swap Financing). A second edition was published in 1994 (as Swaps & Financial Derivatives – Second Edition (in most of the world) and Swaps & Derivative Financing – Second Edition (in the USA). The changes in the market since the publication of the second edition have necessitated this third edition.

The Das Swaps & Financial Derivatives Library – Third Edition Revised is a four-volume set that incorporates extensive new material in all sections to update existing areas of coverage. In addition, several new chapters covering areas of market development have been included. This has resulted in a significant expansion in the size of the text. The four volumes in this set are:

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