Stock-market

This is one of the best books I have ever read about technical analysis. Although the charts aren't what you would call 'contemporary' (the 30s and back) the wisdom in it still lives today.

It's a Complete Course, which used to be sold by chapters, but now, bound in a single book you'll be able to read all there is to it. The law of supply and demand hasn't changed that much ever since, just the participants in the markets.

With all the knowledge within the book you'll get a series of accompaning charts to help you in your study that show in a nostalgic, although informative way, how to build a trend following system. The trading style devised will be greatly appreciated by everyone who knows the virtues of patience on trading - waiting for the ideal timing with high probability of sucess.

Buy this one and you're trading is almost guaranteed to improve.

Outstanding survey of technical analysis. Core principles are as applicable today as when originally written. Book brought back by Lambert-Gann publishing of Pomeroy, WA.

This book is a must for those seeking to diversify their portfolios. Mitchell Postner has shown the pros and cons of investing in emerging markets, such as the high currency and political risk and the high rewards that come in investing in companies that are poised to grow at a rate faster than what one would expect in North American markets.

The coherent market hypothesis (CMH) presented in this book is an interesting alternative to the commonly used efficient market hypothesis. However, nonlinear dynamical systems have had less impact on economics than on other sciences. For good reasons. In economics there is rarely a theoretical reason for expecting to find one form of nonlinearity rather than another. As a result, the concepts presented in this book are quite interesting, but none of them is particularly convincing. In addition, the complex mathematics are not clearly explained. Empirical verification of the CMH is therefore extremely difficult, if not impossible. The practical value of this book is rather limited and does not provide enough reasons to abandon the assumptions of the efficient market hypothesis as a basis for day-to-day trading decisions.

The topic of this book: Using Chaos Theory for Market Timing, Stock Selection and Option Valuation--corresponds to that area of Economics reflected in the current Nobel Prize in Economics Winners for 2003! This book by Tonis Vaga, "Profiting from Chaos: Using Chaos Theory for Market Timing, Stock Selection, and Option Valuation", Dec., 1994; ISBN 0-07-066786-1 is about 9 years ahead of its time. The original definition of chaos emphasized the apparent unpredictable behavior arising in a dynamic deterministic system because of great sensitivity to initial conditions. If two arbitrarily close starting points diverge exponentially so that their future behavior becomes unpredictable then chaos has arisen! This is characteristic of weather, stock markets, and commodity markets. However, short term and middle term weather forecasting is performed regularly before the long term effects of chaos sets in. This is the same type of strategy used in this book for Market Timing, Stock Selection, and Option Valuation by use of Chaos Theory. There is an underlying regularity in a function that exhibits chaos which can be revealed by systematic perturbations to the trajectory. Just like weather forecasting can be successful by redefining the short and medium term (i.e., defacto systematic perturbations) then "Profiting from Chaos" in the short and medium term is also possible. The Nobel Committee in Oslo, Norway has just confirmed the underlying thesis of Tonis Varga's book by this year's Nobel Prize in Economics award! I suspect that a revised edition will now be in the works, but get the original version before it is too late!

Huge pages, skinny book with lots and lots of pictures (charts). Basically the book identifies Gartley and Butterfly patterns with a touch of basic fibonacci rules. Over 2/3 of the book consists of full page charts of examples. My advice if you're unfamiliar with these patterns is to go to longorshort. c o m and read about it for free. Larry has some examples on his own page. There are numerous typos that will make you scratch your head about the editors. That said, these patterns can be quite reliable if you open your eyes to them and that information alone is worth learning about ...

Larry has a good grasp of an excellent concept in patterns that go beyond the old standard wedges, triangles, head and shoulders type formations. The book would be better if the math he used were correct. Many of the examples have math or geometry errors, confusing the reader. Once you are past that and "do your own homework" as he challenges the reader to do, you will see stocks in a whole different light. Some of the patterns he refers to have a mirror image which can appear as well, even though he does not allude to it. The book is a tad pricey, too.

If your commited to learning and using candlesticks in your trading this book is not as detailed as nisons book Japanese Candlestick Charting but is sufficient. The illustrations are good and the book is right to the point without alot of useless talk. Its a bit pricey as is nison`s book so i give it a 4.

This book is the third Candlestick book that I have read cover to cover. The previous two were Steve Nison's two Candlestick books. While Nison's books were excellent and extremely easy to understand, this book concentrates on strategy for making money and gives more trading insights. I have been making money even in this bear market using the trading signals described in the book.

The system is simple...use stochastics to confirm candle signals to ensure that you always buy oversold stocks and sell short oversold stocks. If you are a disciplined trader and wait for confirmation of the signals you can be profitable more than 75% of the time and your losses from your losing trades will be minimal if you keep tight stops - A must in these market conditions.

There is a huge amount of overlap in Nison's and this book but I would still recommend all three as there is always some different points in each.

I have read at least 150 trading books in the last 5 years, jumping from one idea to another, looking for a plan I can feel comfortable with for short-term trading. Stephen Bigalow's book is at the top of my list. Steve supplies excellent descriptions and examples of the major and minor candlestick signals as well as a psychological explanation of them. In addition, this book, unlike other candlestick books I have read, provides a complete trading method for short, intermediate, or long-term traders/investors including money management techniques. A method (unique in my experience)for dealing with the trader's emotions is also described. The book makes candlestick charting understandable for both novice and experienced individuals. I believe the book provides a very readable and useful guide to profiting from the market.