Book Review


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  • CharterJoe
  • 24-Aug-2009 at 10:52 AM
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Is there a place on mypivots where you can review/rate trading books? I had ordered Linda's Street Smarts and was wondering if anyone use's her set-ups here. I have heard of traders making great profits from the book...I was also thinking about ordering the Taylor trading book.
Hey Joe - not yet but it is planned. There is a large list of trading books that might help you. In the meantime, until we have the rating and review system setup, please feel free to start a topic dedicated to a book and author and those of us that have read it will be able to comment on it. I think that this is a great idea.

Edit: You can now review and rate books here: Trading Books and also read what others have said about the books. Book list is sorted by score that they have been rated by.
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  • catpurley
  • 27-Aug-2009 at 11:05 AM
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Great idea. I would love to hear from experienced traders as to what books they found influenced and helped them trade better.

What has been your most indispensable trading book?
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  • CharterJoe
  • 31-Aug-2009 at 6:13 PM
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Just read Understanding Gaps by Scott Andrews "The Gap Guy"

This book seemed he talked more about a secret system he automated, and pushing his site. It was a very basic understanding about gaps. So I wouldn't read it unless you are brand new and know nothing about gaps...really a shame cause I don't know of a good book on gaps.
Originally posted by CharterJoe

Is there a place on mypivots where you can review/rate trading books? I had ordered Linda's Street Smarts and was wondering if anyone use's her set-ups here. I have heard of traders making great profits from the book...I was also thinking about ordering the Taylor trading book.


Now there is, you can read or submit a review here: Street Smarts

Other books here: Trading Book Reviews
Originally posted by CharterJoe

Just read Understanding Gaps by Scott Andrews "The Gap Guy"

This book seemed he talked more about a secret system he automated, and pushing his site. It was a very basic understanding about gaps. So I wouldn't read it unless you are brand new and know nothing about gaps...really a shame cause I don't know of a good book on gaps.


And I'm guessing that it's all already covered in the free Fading the Gap article.
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  • khamore1
  • 9-Apr-2011 at 4:55 PM
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I have a suggestion for this new topic, since its inception less than 3 days ago there are more than 20 recommendation for different books this by itself confuse us more than help us to choose a book and enhance our learning experience. So my suggestion is: Unless three members recommend a book, do not post the name here
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  • pt_emini
  • 9-Apr-2011 at 6:11 PM
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We might want to calculate the average score for each book and use that in the sort criteria, high average score wins. So for example, if book A has an average score of 4.5, and book B has an average of 3.0, then book A is listed ahead of book B in the sorted list.

If we have 4 books all with a 4.5 average score, then we can sort that sub-group by number of ratings. So if book A has 10 ratings and book B has 8 ratings, then book A is listed ahead of book B.
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  • leob
  • 10-Apr-2011 at 1:45 AM
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Originally posted by day trading

Originally posted by CharterJoe

Just read Understanding Gaps by Scott Andrews "The Gap Guy"

This book seemed he talked more about a secret system he automated, and pushing his site. It was a very basic understanding about gaps. So I wouldn't read it unless you are brand new and know nothing about gaps...really a shame cause I don't know of a good book on gaps.


And I'm guessing that it's all already covered in the free Fading the Gap article.


This book also talks about GAPS...
http://www.mypivots.com/book/review/46/mastering-the-trade
Originally posted by pt_emini

We might want to calculate the average score for each book and use that in the sort criteria, high average score wins. So for example, if book A has an average score of 4.5, and book B has an average of 3.0, then book A is listed ahead of book B in the sorted list.

If we have 4 books all with a 4.5 average score, then we can sort that sub-group by number of ratings. So if book A has 10 ratings and book B has 8 ratings, then book A is listed ahead of book B.


Done - average scores for each of the Review and Ratings section of the site (Broker, Software, Books) now has a new column called Score which is sortable and the default sort order is by Score and then by Recommended in descending order. i.e. the book/broker/software with the highest score will float to the top.
Originally posted by leob
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This book also talks about GAPS...
http://www.mypivots.com/book/review/46/mastering-the-trade

Thanks leob! Can you also submit a review/rating for this book?
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