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Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets: A Comprehensive Guide to Trading Methods and Applications (New York Institute of Finance)
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Rating:  - Not for anyone with experience
With all the good reviews on Amazon, I thought this book must have something new or different to offer but it doesn't. I've read more useful, less bulky and cheaper books on technical analysis than this. However, students might find this book useful, but examples are basic, often drawn by the author while real samples have been carefully selected and readers might be misled into thinking technical analysis is easy.
I've worked as an equity trader for more than two years and I found nothing revealing in this book. In fact the first half of the book deals with such simple issues as drawing lines under the low points of a share price, share prices falling below the trend line (sell the stock), similarly, it talks about breakouts, and high volume key reversals. Any active trader would have figured most of this information out from common chatter between colleagues or friends, or by themselves without the need of any book. As for the summary chapters on Japanese candlesticks and other theories there's not enough detail to make it worthwhile and similar summaries are widely available in other books for far less money.
I suggest beginners take a closer look at something less bulky while anyone with experience should definately avoid this book.
Rating:  - Really a reference book
I found this is not really the book to read from cover to cover in one go, but more a reference book to give you an overview of many different methods of technical analysis. I have kept it by my computer for months now and every time I come accross a new indicator or analysis concept I happily refer to it.
It has been a great resource for me.
Rating: - Must have
I dont know how this book only has a 4.5 star rating. I have read many technical books and this one is the best by far. If your serious about technical trading you absolutely need this book.
Rating:  - The Original "Bible" of Technical Analysis
Have you decided that it is time that you understood what this market analysis stuff called "Technical Analysis" is all about? Then you should start with this book by John Murphy. Is it the best book on TA? It's certainly in the top three, and written by a man who has worked hard to educate people on charting, trendlines, indicators, systems, oscillators, etc.
Will you immediately become a successful trader by reading this book? Let's just say you have a heck of lot better chance at being a successful trader if you read, study, and integrate into your market research process what this book teaches.
If you are only interested in long-term investing, you probably don't need this or any of the other Technical Analysis books. But, if you want to trade on a daily, weekly or perhaps even monthly basis, you would be well served to read this book so that you at least understand what factors and indicators other people in the marketplace are watching -- people against whom you will be competing for profits.
Rating: - TA IS A GLOBAL TOOL FOR STOCK MARKETS
I've purchased this TA text book two years ago and it was my first book that introduced me in detail into technical analysis. I knew before buying this text how was the argument between technical and fundamental analysts. what i was looking for inside this book infact was written inside page 455: "Despite the fact that technicians and fundamentalists are often at odds with one another, there are ways they can work together for mutual benefits. Market analysis can be approached from either direction... etc. " infact i personally was looking for something like what Mr.John says and fortunately i found technical analysis to be a very powerful tool for either predicting and/or following trends behavior in a way or another and if technical analysis can be mixed with some of trading discipline and non-emotional beahvior that would make you
a high pobabaility winning trader, and if you'd combining this to some of fundamentals definitly you will be 99% succeding in the stock market. Am sorry if i missed something, final point this book will be a good start or covering some gaps in technical analysis. am from Kuwait and was trading in KUWAIT STOCK EXCHANGE and got to said TA worked very very well with me during past two years and i hope i will use it again with the next stock market which will be STOCK MARKET OF INDIA.
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