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It's a loser.One other point regarding these reviews. Overall, I think whole book was more of an ego trip for the author.
Trading Secrets", Ha. To begin with, I consider the purchase of this book as a poor investment.
Plus, it's a boring read to boot. What a misnomer that was.
This is nothing but a mishmash of investment ideas none of which are really new or unique. Forget it.
When you see a series of contradictory comments to every one star review you can bet the publisher/author has had their hand in promoting the book.
Curtis also provided an account on how the stop loss is devided.I was quite all right with the first part. To be honest, I have bought his episode 2 "the mind of the turtle" before I bought this. It is only until I reached the part on his stop loss system that I am lost. I was very facinated with the mind of the turtle which helps to prepare one psychologically on trading. While "The mind of the turtle" was quite easily available, it was harder for me to find this one.By the time I found this book, I was full of enthusiasm, if book two provides so much insight on the mindset, what would book one be containing, afterall, it must be a good response on book 1 to result in book 2.Book one provides an oversight of the type of traders in this market, not only that it also gives a brief account on how each group of traders device their entry and exit strategy. Probably I am not so tuned to a more complex system of stop loss that I find it relatively hard to understand. To date, I still can't figure out.
A great book in many ways. But I also want to warn you that if you are considering using the strategies described in this book, think about the author himself was living paycheck to paycheck 20 years after he learned the full strategies described in this book. It doesn't mean you shouldn't do it, it means you should know what you are doing.
However, the book's real value is that it shows how the principles are timeless and can be adapted for any market. I'm so impressed with this book I have to give it my highest recommendation. Curtis Faith takes the most important parts of trading and boils them down for both the novice and highly experienced investor.Curtis does in fact reveal the actual trading rules that he used as the Turtles' most successful member. He also does an admirable job of showing the flawed thinking that may cause one to mistakenly believe that he has a robust system. when in fact it is in the end a losing proposition.In all, I think this is one of the top five books on trading I've ever read, and I have a pretty extensive library.Happy Trading.
This is a good book. No great revelations just good packaging of trading advice. I do think traders should read this book if only to look for their bad trading habits.
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