Secrets of the Soes Bandit: Harvey Houtkin Reveals His Battle-Tested Electronic Trading Techniques

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Summary: Houtkin and All-Tech... Keep it up!
Review: Awe inspiring. I think that some of the other reviewers are missing the point... although it might seem like an "infommercial" to some, they fail to realize what this company has established! Houtkin is the pioneer in the direct access electronic trading venue... SOES is simply one way of executing a NASDAQ trade... but all of you other geniuses who are trashing this insightful piece, and claim to be "good traders" would know that... or haven't you really read this book?

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Summary: Pure RUBBISH
Review: i have been trading on the SOES for roughly 5 years. this guy should be in jail, first of all, and anyone in the industry knows it. second of all, who writes a book if he's making so much money? a wall street altruist? the info in this book is laughable and outdated. buy 5000 at the market when a market maker isn't looking and post 1/2 point higher? if you talk to the original, ORIGINAL daytek guys from the staten island basement, yeah, that happened, but save your 14 bucks and rent a couple "Wall Street" and "Duece Bigalow." how many ways can i spell "garbage"?

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Summary: library check out
Review: I'm glad I checked this book out from the public library and not purchased it. Purchasing it would have been a terrible trade/investment. The only expense I incurred was the waste of time trying to read it. It is just plain boring. Shame on you McGraw-Hill for publishing it.

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Summary: Pure RUBBISH
Review: If you are a novice trader looking for trading strategies, systems or any other educational information this is the last book you should consider to buy, this book only tells the history of Direct Access Electronic Trader (DAET) and what Houtkin did for the DAET revolution to succeed. Bottom Line: this book won't make you any better trader. I have read about 15 day trading books and this is the first I should not bought it cause is really a waste of time.

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Summary: A History Lesson and not much more
Review: If your interested in a history lesson this book is for you. Harvey Houtkin does a good job telling the of the origins of modern day trading and promoting his ego. If your interested in learning how to trade to make money pass this one it's not for you. The title is very deceiving. He doesn't really teach much other than history. He should have been honest with people and not implied that people would learn anything about trading.

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Summary: Now I understand
Review: Overall I thought the book was worth reading as it gives some inportant history as to how the system used to work and how it has changed. It also gives some sound GENERAL advice on the attitude one should have to day trade. I found the book some what self servig and the author takes up many pages and text with self praise(most of thiis is his due) however my purpose for buying this book was not for the author to tell me how much we todays trader owe him. It's worth reading and I am glad I did but I do not think that it will make me a better day trader