Kiwi, says: "It only seems complicated to you folk because you're not intelligent enough to understand it.
Any truly bright newbie who puts the effort in will master it and, over time, do extremely well."
Kiwi, I just want to say that at one point i spent hours deciphering Jack's babble (yah, i did it, i hate to admit that) and you are right, if you spend a little time and energy you can indeed understand it. I found, sorry Jack, it's largely crap and way more complicated than trading needs to be. For example Jack went on for day's about "tomorrows paper today". And he babbled on endlessly re his three-bit, binary-count for price volume cycles. Yes, of course, there is something to that. Volume does tend to go up and then down. But look how rare it is that a stock actually cycles through, in order, all eight of Jack's binary-values (0-7). In fact i've never found a single example that did that, and yet Jack would have you believe that this is some sort of holy grail. His ideas about volume cycles and what he call's dry-up and the simple idea of looking at the rate of volume increase during early trading to try to predict where volume is headed is not such a bad idea, but 90% of his babble is just pure, well, babble. And one more thing, it would seem that there are those who claim to be Jack followers (Spyder something or other comes to mind) who are seemingly sincere. But if there are any disciples who are making money, i'll bet they have made many modifications to the "Jack Hersey System," and have essentially found there own way in the markets. You have to figure things out for yourself in the long run. There is no holy grail. Keep it Simple! Stick to the market internals, price-volume interaction, and perhaps one or two indicators (but they are not necessary), understand support and resistance, pivot points, and add in many hours of direct experience trading and you will make money. And if you are a partner in a major Wall Street Investment Bank that might also be helpful.