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Master Swing Trader book
- Thread starter Daal
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I have considered this book, and went to Amazon to read customer reviews. I have also flipped through it in a bookstore (I will admit that is not the same as firsthand experience).
But what I saw over and over again in the Amazon reviews, is that the book is very poorly written, ie redundant, verbose, not getting to the point. The book is fairly thick.
Some people realy liked it, but personally, I can't stand reading a book that is poorly written. To suceed at trading, you must be focussed and have clarity
But what I saw over and over again in the Amazon reviews, is that the book is very poorly written, ie redundant, verbose, not getting to the point. The book is fairly thick.
Some people realy liked it, but personally, I can't stand reading a book that is poorly written. To suceed at trading, you must be focussed and have clarity
I didn't find the book to be that badly written - but certainly Farley's style is a little strange. Reading it feels more like listening to someone talk about trading, rather than reading a textbook - i.e. a little unstructured & repetitive. However, this didn't bother me too much, & I thought that the content was good enough to make up for it.
I bought The Master Swing Trader because I heard it was a classic.I recently read a post on EliteTrader that is could be scaled down to 10 pages and I couldnt agree more,its terribly written.
You guys crack me up! Let's see...what does the book cost? About $50? A few ticks in other words. LOL. I wonder if you can STRUGGLE through that "poor writing" to find one idea that might make you a few ticks?
By the way, I've read lots of books over the years...some were good, some were poor....but I read them all because one single idea can make you a pile of money. And the problem is, I don't know in advance WHERE the idea is coming from.
I read this book....I thought it was a good book. It's been a couple of years, but I don't recall that I thought it was poorly written, of course, I'm not an English teacher. I thought he had some good trading ideas, covered some concepts well. Well worth the $50.
OldTrader
By the way, I've read lots of books over the years...some were good, some were poor....but I read them all because one single idea can make you a pile of money. And the problem is, I don't know in advance WHERE the idea is coming from.
I read this book....I thought it was a good book. It's been a couple of years, but I don't recall that I thought it was poorly written, of course, I'm not an English teacher. I thought he had some good trading ideas, covered some concepts well. Well worth the $50.
OldTrader
Quote from OldTrader:
I read this book....I thought it was a good book. It's been a couple of years, but I don't recall that I thought it was poorly written, of course, I'm not an English teacher. I thought he had some good trading ideas, covered some concepts well. Well worth the $50.
OldTrader
I own the book, but did not read yet. Yet I did take a closer look at its contents and it seems to be a good book, fairly comprehensive. It's worth the $50 for sure.