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Summary: A very slow read
Review: As a relative newcomer to technical analysis techniques, I found this book hard to digest. The charts are hard to read, the examples are not always clear, and the author doesn't relate the knowledge to actual trades. I have learned from the book but I would not recommend it for first time students of technical analysis. Also, the book contains many annoying errors and typos, especially in the first half. Leigh should fire his editor....I don't think they read this book.
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Summary: Could be great for some...
Review: This book is unfortunately 'yet another' beginner TA book. A couple of problems for more experienced practitioners: - I noticed quite a few 'errors' in the book. Some are definitional issues, some are typos and some are just very poor examples (eg of charts). - The feel I get from the book is that the author is not a very accomplished practitioner himself. Some issues that would be experienced by those who have been trading were not discussed. Eg false breaks were discussed, but were not compared with 'successful' patterns/breaks which exhibited similar circumstances (ie how to distinguish or set a strategy for potential false breaks). - Quite a verbose writing style? I prefer more succint texts... - I can't really say I learnt anything. However, here's the positive side of things: - Pretty comprehensive of basic concepts, with some useful and important concepts for beginners. Although I would suspect whether beginners would actually pick up on this. Eg comments on volume / cycles are worthy to note! - Quite an easy read. - Great additional commentary and 'integration' with psychology/experience that most beginning TA books do not have. Eg author constantly quotes appropriate gems from other books/top traders. Overall, I think this is a good beginner book but experienced traders would not find much value in the book (especially the time spent on reading it!!).
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Summary: Well written, well organized
Review: This is a very well organized and very well written book. The first 75 pages or so is for the complete newbie. The only thing I don't like about this book is that there is no new information. All the information contained in this book can be found in many other technical analysis books. However, the ideas and information are very well grouped together, and I like the author's writing style.
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