Originally posted by Gordon Gekko
excuse my ignorance, but why would this book be worth $500??
Hey Gordon...I could just say it's worth $500, because that's
what readers are willing to pay, but I'll try to give you a
better answer. (check out "mgkrebs" link)
I think, what has drawn a lot of interest to this book is
the numerous ideas that it contains, and the fact that
the ideas are explained clearly enough, so they can be
backtested again, using more recent data and markets that
have been recently introduced since 1990.
I think there's a huge interest now, with the new
generation of traders that are coming into the market
to do system testing. The popularity of "Wealthlab"
for example.
If you're the type of trader who likes the "objective" or
"mechanical" approach to trading, you would probably benefit
from a book like this.
Several of his studies show events occuring over 90%
of the time. He even has one that occurs 100% of the time.
And the book is chocked full of events that occur between 50
and 70% of the time.
So, if it's so great, why am I selling it? After 17 years in this
business, I've come to the point where I'm happy with
trading breakouts of support and resistance. So, it just sits
on my shelf and collects dust anyway.