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The Encyclopedia of Trading Strategies
by Jeffrey Owen Katz, Donna L. McCormick
from McGraw-Hill

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Deceiving name
  As a software engineer I needed a book that will teach me some trading strategies that I can program and bought this book hoping to find a list/ideas of trading strategies, as you expect from Encyclopedia. Unfortunately this is the most not practical book I have ever read, if you think you'll be able to trade after reading this book you're wrong!
  It has academic theoretical discussions about trading systems by testing the most simple and basic setups just to tell you that they don't work if you trade... more info

• A must read if you plan to trade
  Anyone planing on or currently trading using technical analysis should read this book. The lessens inside can help prevent loss of savings.
  This book takes a careful look at various types of technical indicators and trading strategies that use technical analysis, the types of methods commonly found in charting software and technical analysis books. For me the bottom line is that making a consistent income from trading, using technical analysis, is difficult. (Losing money is not so difficult).
  The... more info

• Review of simulation results
  This book provides an overview on the type of strategies available and shows the results done on the different strategies. For system developers it is useful to know that most strategies - pure trending, oscillators etc do not perform well at all!
  What is lacking is a more thorough analysis of the different methods. Overall a useful book which highlight the pitfalls which system developers will fall into.

• A good starting point for a systems trader
  The book should be compulsory reading for any aspiring systems trader.
  The testing methodology is thorough, and they cover many of the more common approaches to systems trading as well as a few that many will find a tad too esoteric. My only complaint is that the book could present us with more detailed stats on the tested systems. In e.g Way of the turtle (a much less comprehensive text) the author does an excellent job of presenting stats on any tested system, including a number of important... more info

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