I actually read Covel's "Complete Turtle..." book a couple years ago and just read Faith's "Way of the Turtle" this week.
I know that Faith's was published a couple years prior to Covel's, but I just hadn't heard of it.
Both of them were decent. Covel's a better writer and pretty much described the Turtle system the same way Faith did, but from what I recall, Faith provided more details on how they did their position sizing and built up to their maximum unit holdings. I think there's a benefit in reading them both.
I just don't get Covel hanging on to this grudge he has to try to demean and belittle Faith at every chance he gets. He seems to love posting whatever he can find that puts Faith in a bad light.
Finally, Covel is EXTREMELY hung up on Faith claiming to be the most successful Turtle to the point where Covel even has a little tab on the top of his main page that says, "BEST STUDENT," that takes you to a page about Jerry Parker. On that page, Covel snidely mentions some mysterious "other turtle" who claims to have been the best student.... really ridiculous and petty, that Covel is.
Personally, I found Faith's description of why he said he was the "Best Student" (at first, anyway, on the preliminary trade where he caught...heating oil or natural gas or something) completely believable. He wasn't bragging... if anything, I thought LESS of him for being the "best" in that case because all it meant was he was the one most willing to be a simple automaton and follow the rules without thinking for himself. Sure, that's what it took to "get it right," but it's not a quality that I generally respect in a person.
Oh well, I guess Covel's little heart is broken about Faith for some reason or another, but it's disgusting that he can't get over it even with his success. Then again, maybe he's not so successful if he needs to try to defraud people by selling them a $3,000 Turtle Class.
I know that Faith's was published a couple years prior to Covel's, but I just hadn't heard of it.
Both of them were decent. Covel's a better writer and pretty much described the Turtle system the same way Faith did, but from what I recall, Faith provided more details on how they did their position sizing and built up to their maximum unit holdings. I think there's a benefit in reading them both.
I just don't get Covel hanging on to this grudge he has to try to demean and belittle Faith at every chance he gets. He seems to love posting whatever he can find that puts Faith in a bad light.
Finally, Covel is EXTREMELY hung up on Faith claiming to be the most successful Turtle to the point where Covel even has a little tab on the top of his main page that says, "BEST STUDENT," that takes you to a page about Jerry Parker. On that page, Covel snidely mentions some mysterious "other turtle" who claims to have been the best student.... really ridiculous and petty, that Covel is.
Personally, I found Faith's description of why he said he was the "Best Student" (at first, anyway, on the preliminary trade where he caught...heating oil or natural gas or something) completely believable. He wasn't bragging... if anything, I thought LESS of him for being the "best" in that case because all it meant was he was the one most willing to be a simple automaton and follow the rules without thinking for himself. Sure, that's what it took to "get it right," but it's not a quality that I generally respect in a person.
Oh well, I guess Covel's little heart is broken about Faith for some reason or another, but it's disgusting that he can't get over it even with his success. Then again, maybe he's not so successful if he needs to try to defraud people by selling them a $3,000 Turtle Class.
