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Summary: An excellent book full of good techniques
Review: Mr. weinstein has written a very imformative book chock full of technical knowledge that he's very ably translated into layman's terms. Also, unlike some of the big writers in this field, his advice is totally consistant with no ambiguity and no preening ego. He tries to make a science of charting, eliminating all emotion in the trading process. He stresses discipline with trailing stops etc. All of this leads to a system that still won't let you pick winners more than 50% of the time but WILL get you out of bad picks quickly and let you safely ride the winners up. If you use his system with discipline you will never buy at the very bottom and you'll never sell out at the very top - but you'll make money and you'll NEVER lose your shirt.
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Summary: this book will change ur life
Review: my dad gave me this book as a birthday present years ago. it's the best present i could ever get. it has helped my dad make some money and I am following the step in the book to become a successful trader. so far, i have been successful. This book doesn't have too much theory [garbage]. it only has a simple model and handful of rules. and the most important thing is his model makes sense. it's all about people's psychology, which is displayed in stock charts. yeah, so give it a try.
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Summary: User friendly and Well Presented
Review: Out of 34 trading books that I own and several others that I have read, this one would be right at the top with some other favorites like Edwards and McGee's TA of Stock Trends, and Stock Investing for Everyone. But this book is perhaps the best written, in that it "conveys" historically successful methods of stock trading simply and thoroughly...in perhaps a more sucinct fashion than any other books I have read on this subject.
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Summary: A classic
Review: Out of the dozens of books I've read revolving around technical analysis this is still the one I recommend to people who show an interest in learning TA. I first read this book in 1989 and it's still as valid today as it was then.Weinstein writes in a very accessible style. And he includes just the topics that are necessary to be successful with TA. No complex techniques that may or may not add anything to your trading results. Just the solid and steady core techniques that will let you pick out profits from the trend. Any techniques I've adopted since 1989 have just been additions to what I learned in this book, not replacements. This book is more for the position trader than the swing trader. It's all about riding Stage 1 (stock going up) and Stage 4 (shorting or avoiding stock going down). If you've read Nicholas Darvas' How I Made $2,000,000 In The Stock Market you'll notice that Darvas basically stumbled on some of the core principles that Weinstein describes. This book really doesn't have any secrets. It's just that Weinstein kind of follows the 80/20 rule. 20% of TA techniques give you 80% of the profit. Most other books confuse people by jamming in the other 80% that only gives you 20% extra and losing the core principles in the process. With Weistein the core principles stick out like a sore thumb.
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Summary: Set aside everything else you've "learned" about stocks.
Review: Read this book before you place another order. Then re-read it. Don't turn a page until you've completely understood it. When you've finished, read "How To Make Money In Stocks", by William O'Neil. It covers much of the same ground ( not as well), but adds more info that will make your investing much more profitable. Thank you, Stan. I read your book in 1990 and it has greatly improved my life.
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Summary: 5 star review for a 5 star method
Review: Reading this book will tell you a simple, effective way to trade on charts. No nonsense, no complex indicators, no sigma notation mathematical sequences, just basic, effective trading techniques. It is for longer term trading, perhaps 3 months or more, depending on how long the stock trends upward. This is probably the best longer term trading method I have seen. It is so basic you may already know most of it (unless you are just starting), but this book puts chart reading into a simple, practical method that can be mastered. One of the problems I had with CANSLIM was when to sell. Reading this book will give what I consider a good answer on when to take profits. And, like the book says, go short. I wouldn't say Weinstein's methods are "secrets," they are just 100% common sense, and very effective. CANSLIM investors may find this a very useful book on expanding charting knowledge. It is one of my favorite trading/investing books.
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Summary: So simple, it's obvious
Review: Secrets for Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets is the best technical analysis book I have ever read. It leads the reader methodically through the buy/sell decisions from analyzing the stock to analyzing the group and analyzing the market. It teaches the best way to set buy-stops and sell-stops so that the stock is bought at the right price and then has room to move as long as it stays withing its allowable pattern; it establishes hard buy and sell rules that are not to be broken, and it reinforces all of the theory with appropriate real world examples. I found the book extremely easy to read, and even more importantly, easy to learn from. I highly recommend this book to all technical investors/traders.
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Summary: You're a fool not to read this book!!!
Review: Stan is the Man!!! His analysis of the 4 stages of a chart pattern is 100% accurate. Just check out the weekly charts of any NASDAQ stock and you'll see all 4 stages!!!! As for the book itself...the material can be a little dry because it states the obvious over and over and over again. I guess that's his way of drilling the information into our heads. In any case, this is an Excellent book for any investor.
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Summary: Why Five Stars?
Review: Star ONE: For style. Stans writing style just works. You read, you understand.
Star TWO: For efficiency. No B.S...Only solid information (especially for the beginner like me)
Star THREE: Quality of information. I now know when to buy (heh-heh...his methods work!) and I now know when to sell (heh-heh-heh...they REALLY work!)
Star FOUR: Price. Take a look at the options.
Star FIVE: Any book that is more than 10 years old and still on the best-selling shelves of worldwide bookstores speaks volumes. I've got numerous sources of quality information. Most of them for free or next to nothing. This source is worth the fee and will be the foundation for my investing/trading. Thanks Stan.
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Summary: An outstanding text on investing
Review: The author's investment philosophy is based on the view that nearly all stocks experience four price stages:accumulation(stage 1), uptrending (stage 2), top area (stage 3), and downtrending (stage 4). Therefore, an investor, he says, has a high probability of success if he or she enters the cycle just before the stock moves to stage 2. Then he explains how to select a stock by simply studying its price/volume chart and how to time your entry. He addresses the issue of fundamental vs technical analysis. He explains that technical analysis is much superior over fundamental analysis because technical analysis incorporates future information that is not available to the average investor on a timely basis.
I found the book very clear and very helpful in selecting winning stocks with less stress. I read several books but this one is the best of them all.
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