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Summary: How I Trade For A Living by Gary Smith
Review: This book is a reality check! A must read if you are interested in the subject of trading. Gary shares his failures and then the process he followed in order to get it together and succeed. The author's recommended resources list and his pithy review of the existing litature on trading is worth the cost of the book alone. But the greatest benefit for every break-even trader out there is Gary's insight regarding trading deficencies and the process required to correct them. Thanks you, Gary!
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Summary: Pay Careful Attention To The Title
Review: This book is excellent. But pay careful attention to the title. This book is about how SMITH trades for a living. It might not work for you. Smith deliberately details the technical indicators to which he refers to make his trading decisions. But, at the end of the day, Smith relies on his own feel for the market to dictate his trading. Furthermore, this book is about how Smith trades FOR A LIVING. We all have received those ridiculous mailings promising unimaginable wealth in just 20 minutes a day. This book is not pitching such snake oil. Smith's trading is his full-time job.
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Summary: Something that finally tells it like it is!
Review: This book is one of many I have read concerning trying to trade on your own and is probably my favorite. I like Gary's straightforward approach and willingness to share what he's learned from a struggling trader to a successful one. Gary also does not try to impress the reader with useless info, but rather only what is necessary to make a decision on whether an apparent opportunity is a worthy one. I've been a broker for 5 years and have also relied on traditional methods on interpreting the market, but honestly have always found the task daunting. Gary sticks to sound principles that work ignoring charting techniques, advice from others and online scalp day trading.
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Summary: Calm Practial wisdom
Review: This book is very good at giving you a idea on constructing a model for trading. You can't say his methods do not work because it works for him. His style of trading is momentum trading not daytrading or even trading online. If your dream is to trade at home you'll definetly get an idea of how one guy does it. A worthy book to put in your library.
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Summary: Interesting but noToby Crabel
Review: This book reveals almost nothing that is of any practical use.
Now if you are looking for a practical approach to trading - try Toby Crabel's books or articles - atleast gives you a statistical edge on how successfull your trades will be if you follow the opening range system.
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Summary: A "How to" book of tips gained from years of experience.
Review: This book, unlike so many others that require a high level of dexterity with numbers, is very readable even for the mathematically challenged. It takes the reader through years of sometimes painfully gained trading experiences, providing tips on both what and what not to do along the way. One chapter analyzes the Gary's actual trades covering more than a year, providing insights into the author's thinking at the time he made them.Throughout the book, the Gary challenges the Buy & Hold as well as Asset Allocation advocates who so frequently dominate the popular media. He proves that the informed and insightful frequent trader can soundly trounce them and the indexes. This book should be required reading for anyone thinking of becoming an active trader, or is having less than hoped for results with current trading strategies.
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Summary: My view on this book.
Review: This is a good book if you trade trending securities. Don't look at this book if you trade grains or other non-linear futures. But...how can I say anything bad about a guy who can turn $2,000 into close to a million dollars. Buy this book if you want to make a million dollars. Don't buy this book if you are looking for methods to trade grains.
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Summary: My view on this book.
Review: This is a good book if you trade trending securities. Don't look at this book if you trade grains or other non-linear futures. But...how can I say anything bad about a guy who can turn $2,000 into close to a million dollars. Buy this book if you want to make a million dollars. Don't buy this book if you are looking for methods to trade grains.
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Summary: Very practical
Review: This is an excellent book. It is simple and practical, and written by someone who has successfully traded for many years. His methodology is is elegant in its simplicity. He uses little in the way of indicators, which I think is great, as I have never been a big fan of them, and studies consistently show most indicators not to be useful. The book will be controversial in this regard because many traders want to kid themselves in to thinking that these indicators help them trade better. Maybe a few traders get some benefit from indicators, if they have some better way of looking at them but most traders will find them useless, or actually harmful. Many of the most successful traders out there don't use them them for much. He spends little time looking at charts for the same reason. They really add little to your ability to trade. He essentially watches the market and trades the momentum. He's somewhat of a modern day tape reader. All traders leave things out when they describe their methods, though not intentionally. They do this because there are things that they do unconsciously, and so they can't describe them. But, I trade successfully with a methodology very similar to Smiths and I can attest to the fact that this a good no nonsense way to trade. I would also read Van Tharps book as it discusses position sizing and stops better than anything, and those are absolutely the most critical issues in trading, much more important than how to enter trades. Between Smith and Tharps books I don't think you need anything else.
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Summary: One of the best ever!
Review: This was one of the best three trading books I have ever read. The first part of the book where the author described his adversities in his early years will give hope to all struggling traders. Once Mr. Smith began making money, he never looked back. But this book is no mere biography. It is filled with unique trading strategies I haven't read elsewhere. Be prepared though. This book is controversial and bound to challenge the conventional thinkers of the trading world. You don't achieve a track record like the author with conventional methods. This book is a must for any serious trader.
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