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Summary: Destined to Become a Classic in the Investment Literature!
Review: The art of using Japanese Candlestick charts as a means to finding potential investment ideas has often been considered to be an arcane, complicated process, to be used by only the most sophisticated investors. This has now changed. Mr. Bigalow has truly revealed all the "tricks of the trade" within this book and the companion website.This book not only illustrates and explains every Candlestick signal investors need to know, but the underlying psychology that creates the signals in the first place is also revealed to the reader. But learning and knowing the signals, and understanding how the signals are created, are not of much use unless the investor also has a quick and easy way to FIND the signals on a regular basis. Using a very popular, inexpensive charting service, Mr. Bigalow shows how to set up the software filters so that thousands of stocks can be analyzed, and only the Candlestick charts with the highest profitability potential will be displayed. This search process can be done in a matter of minutes. To my knowledge, this has never been explained in any other book. Mr. Bigalow goes on to explain how to use Candlesticks along with your other favorite technical analysis tools to enhance your trading, why Stochastics are the best single tool to use with Candlesticks, how to identify the "false" signals, how to maximize profits and minimize losses, and "The Ultimate Investment Program", known to only a handful of sophisticated investors until now. By reading and putting into practice the techniques explained in this book and the website, investors truly can "Revolutionize Their Investor Psychology". HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for both novice and sophisticated investors.
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Summary: of 9 trading books I have, this is the best
Review: The difference between this book and other books is that this one has the Japanese concept of candles is combined with more modern criteria like stochastics, and applies the method to current era stock markets, and provides the trading psychology behind it, making it extremely useful in the real world.
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Summary: Candlesticks aren't hard or mysterious with this book
Review: There are more and more candlestick chapters in many trading books, but Profitable Candlstick Trading explains this somewhat "cloudy" subject with a new clarity. I've read over 2 dozen trading books, some devoted only to candlesticks, others that gloss over the subject with a few pictures. Frankly, it's hard to trust your hard earned money when you just don't fully understand candlesticks.
However with this book, each candlestick pattern's description is well thought out, with the "market psychology" stepped through from last trend into the reversal pattern and then the confirmation. Using concepts in this book, and combined with what I've picked up elsewhere, I have turned the corner from barely being profitable to consistently making great trades.
Other books may go more into depth about the origins of Candlesticks, but choose this book if you want to apply Candlesticks quickly and easily into your arsenal of trading tactics. Also, candlestick techniques can be applied to all charts, not just equities.
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Summary: Good but choppy
Review: There is much information here but it is poorly organized. There are descriptions of the same thing all over the place. You have to flip around constantly to make sense of it all. The illustrations are also often poorly explained. Good writing, poor editing I believe.
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Summary: My Review
Review: This a great book. You can tell that he is an experienced trader and not some ghost writer fidgeting for words trying to explain something that he is not entirely familiar with. I have never heard anyone blast the analysts on Wall St. like him. He was not unkind, just truthful. I have been using Candlesticks for about 3 years, but not with the full conviction it takes to be really successful. This book has turned the tide for me. I hope he writes another book to give more of his insights on trading. I will buy it.
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Summary: Best Practical Candlestick Book
Review: 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.
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Summary: Easy to Understand
Review: This is the best, most easy-to-understand book on the subject. Bigalow helps the trader understand what's going on on the "other side of the trade." Very readable and highly recommended.
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Summary: Interpreting Candlesticks Made Easy
Review: This is the only book you need if you want to learn how to trade stocks or commodities using candlestick signals. Steve Bigalow's writing style is very easy to read (I've read it 3 times) and he does a fantastic job of making candlesticks easy to understand. If you are serious about trading you must know the candlestick signals, no other book does a better job of teaching them to you than "Profitable Candlestick Trading". It's a MUST read.
Sam Warren
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Summary: Must Read!
Review: With illustrations and charts on almost every page, it is clear even to the novice (like me) why Candlestick Charting can be so profitable. Thank you Mr. Bigalow for making an often avoided and confusing form of charting so accessible by means of your step-by-step explanations and thorough coverage.
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