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Profitable Candlestick Trading: Pinpointing Market Opportunities to Maximize Profits

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Excellent CandleStick Trading Book
Good fundamentals
Candlestick patterns work -- regardless of whether the market rises or falls !!
Great Reading
Best Book I Have Read on Candlestick Trading

Profitable Candlestick Trading: Pinpointing Market Opportunities to Maximize Profits
Stephen W. Bigalow
Manufacturer: Wiley
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The Instant Millionaire: A Tale of Wisdom and Wealth

ASIN: 047102466X

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Unlock the secrets of an ancient charting tool
The most ancient form of charting, the Japanese candlestick method has become an extremely popular analytical tool among the new generation of traders. However, because of the aura of mysticism surrounding candlesticks and the arcane terminology typically used to describe them, many traders in the West never really learn how to use them properly and exploit their full potential. Profitable Candlestick Trading demystifies candlesticks for today's traders. With the help of numerous real-world examples, Bigalow clearly explains how candlesticks work, how to read them, and how to maximize profits with them. Bigalow shares some of his original candlestick-based trading programs, the same programs which have yielded impressive results for his clients at leading financial firms in the United States and abroad.

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Excellent CandleStick Trading Book.......2007-05-05

I am a beginner Commodities/Futures Trader, and am in the process of learning everything I can about all the various trading tools and charting methods. My expectations after having read a lot of books now, is that the book should contain a focused look at the 'topic' followed by primary, secondary and tertiary examples of how the methodology of the subject can work effectively AND when it doesnt work well. Stephen Bigalow did an excellent job. The only weakness? The vast amount of analysis provided was for Stock Traders, even though the CandleStick methodology was invented for commodities/futures trading. There is a 3 page section that covered how effective the Candlestick charting method is for commodities trading, but in those 3 pages, he basically says that Candlesticks were invented for Commodities Trading and all the examples that are in the book apply BETTER for commodites as the underlying factors of price in Commodities are not as variant as they are with stocks. Bingo. So why all the analysis based on Stock Trading? I guess he had to play to the larger market of buyers. Anyway, he covers every kind of pattern, and his explanations are clear, succinct, and understandable. I highly recommend this book if you want to understand CandleStick's.

Good fundamentals.......2007-01-12

This book is an excellent introduction into Candlestick Trading. The author shows how to gauge market sentiment in an unusual way. Highly recommended!

Candlestick patterns work -- regardless of whether the market rises or falls !!.......2006-09-09

I attended Steve's seminar 2 years ago, and have been using candlestick patterns ever since. This is an excellent book which provides an easy-to-read introduction to candlestick charts. Steve's approach is a major element of my trading plan.

Great Reading.......2006-05-29

This is an excellant written book,simple step by step explanation of the candlestick methodology. I was impressed with the ease in which I learned the 12 Major candlestick patterns.This book has taken the mistry out of candlestick reading,
and it will place a wealth of knowledge in the hands of newbee traders like myself.Excellent book.

Best Book I Have Read on Candlestick Trading.......2006-04-14

I have read Steve Nison's books on Candlestick Trading, and they do not come close to the clarity that Stephen Bigalow provides in this book. He explains each of the Major, Secondary and Continuation signals and give clear example as to when and how to use them. I am going to buy his new book entitled 'High Profit Candlestick Patterns', because I know it will be worth the investment.

Ugly Americans: The True Story of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for Millions

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Thoroughly enjoyable!
More like a Novel than a non-fiction
Fun and entertaining
Good lite reading
Entertaining yet disappointing

Ugly Americans: The True Story of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for Millions
Ben Mezrich
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
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ASIN: 0060575018
Release Date: 2005-04-26

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Ugly Americans documents the "Wild East" of the mid-1990s, where young, brilliant, and hypercompetitive traders became "hedge fund cowboys," manipulating loopholes in an outdated and inefficient Asian financial system to rake in millions. Using a concept called arbitrage, they made their fortunes mainly on minute shifts in stocks being sold on the Nikkei, the Japanese stock market, collapsing banks and nearly bankrupting the Japanese economy in the process. Other schemes were also concocted, most of which were technically legal, though certainly unethical. This true story revolves around "John Malcolm," who, in exchange for anonymity, agreed to give Ben Mezrich all the access and information he needed to write this book. As a recent Princeton graduate in the mid-1990s, Malcolm accepted an undefined job offer from an American expatriate in Japan to work in the investments field. Though he had no prior experience, he facilitated 25 million dollars worth of trades on his first day on the job, and it just got more exciting from there. He soon joined a small group of expatriates, all in their twenties and mostly Ivy League graduates, who lived like rock stars, thriving on the stress and excitement of their jobs to create their own steroid versions of the American Dream half a world away. Mezrich tells this riveting story well, incorporating elements of the culture into his narrative, including the infamous and pervasive Japanese "Water Trade," or sex business, romantic intrigue, and even run-ins with the Yakuza, the Japanese mafia. Though there is little real analysis of their financial dealings and how they ultimately changed the rules of finance in Asia, this entertaining page turner does offer a glimpse into a world little explored in print until now. --Shawn Carkonen

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Ben Mezrich, author of the New York Times bestseller Bringing Down the House, returns with an astonishing story of Ivy League hedge-fund cowboys, high stakes, and the Asian underworld.

John Malcolm was the ultimate gunslinger in the Wild East, prepared to take on any level of risk in making mind-boggling sums of money. He and his friends were hedge-fund cowboys, living life on the adrenaline-, sex-, and drugs-fueled edge—kids running billion-dollar portfolios, trading information in the back rooms of high-class brothels and at VIP tables in nightclubs across the Far East.

Malcolm and his Ivy League-schooled twenty-something colleagues, with their warped sense of morality, created their own economic theory that would culminate in a single deal the likes of which had never been seen before—or since.

Ugly Americans is a story of extremes, charged with wealth, nerve, excess, and glamour. A real-life mixture of Liar's Poker and Wall Street, brimming with intense action, romance, underground sex, vivid locales, and exotic characters, Ugly Americans is the untold true story that rocked the financial community.

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Thoroughly enjoyable!.......2007-05-19

A quick, smooth, fun read. Has all the tension and plotting of a good movie. Although the details might be somewhat inaccurate and/or exagerated, it's worth it for the inherent drama of the story, and the basic story is a corker.

More like a Novel than a non-fiction.......2007-04-14

Like other reviewers here, I've really enjoyed this authors previous works. I live and work in Japan, so I was looking forward to reading this one. Like someone else said, Mezrich should have researched this book better, it turned me off when he wrote about factual places like Gas Panic. I used to go there, back during the time frame of the book and I've got a buddy who tended bar back then, and we all agree that no one, ever dropped 8 grand on drinks upstairs in that bar. It simply wasn't that kind of high profile place. Second, the depiction of the Yakuza was way off target. Yakuza are not in your face guys like in the movies, (unless you give them reason to be). They do not draw attention to themselves by performing some of the antics the author descibes in this book. I seriously doubt that the character John Malcolm won the father (owner of the Hostess bar) over so easily since Yakuza types are ultra conservative and don't like foriegners diluting the family blood. Nor do I think he won the girl's heart so easily by his swagger and stupid pushy banter in the lobby of her father's club. People in that business are far too jaded for the easy pick up.

Some things I did like? The Mad Max descriptions of motorcycle riding through Japan's highway. That still goes on today. The way Akira was allegedly tricked into buying undervalued property from Japanese Banks. That's their advantage over us American's, we continue to underestimate their intelect and cunning. That transaction has Japanese written all over it. Lastly, the way he describes the interaction between the the Japanese employees and the foriegners. It was pretty accurate. We are an enigma to them, and they have been taught how to think inside their Japanese bubbles all their lives.

Fun and entertaining.......2007-03-14

This book is not going to teach you about financial instruments or how to manipulate markets. Instead, it's a fun read, and very hard to put down once you start. If you have ever been to Japan, you will find it fascinating for the parts of the country you suspected existed but probably never experienced (for better or worse). It's as much fun as "Bringing Down the House." If you have a penchant for a book to devour over a day or two, and you liked BDTH, I'd recommend it highly.

Good lite reading.......2007-02-16

It wasn't exactly what I expected to read, but I found the story interesting and fun to escape into.

Would have been even better with more technical info and historical background of the hedge fund business and derivatives markets in Asia.

Entertaining yet disappointing.......2006-11-09

I caught an interview w/ Mezrich on the radio in which he was discussing his two MIT/Vegas related books. He made it sound like those books went into a decent amount of detail as to the mechanics of what those people were doing to make their money. When looking up those books, I came across Ugly Americans. Based on the subtitle, and the author's summation of his other books, I expected a decent amount of insight into the financial instruments and the methods these "cowboys" were employing to make their money.

I was wrong. The book reads like a work of fiction, and it seemed any info related to how the trading practices worked was out of obligation only, which left me feeling a bit let down. The focus of the book is clearly on the ex-pat lifestyle and Asian water trade culture. This made for an entertaining, easy read that would translate well to a movie, but it's not the behind-the-scenes look at how the Americans took advantage of the system that it promises to be.

Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques, Second Edition

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The formulas are all wrong
Great on Candles!
Fantastic
Highly Recommended!!
Japanese Candlestick Charting

Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques, Second Edition
Steve Nison
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall Press
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Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques, 2nd Edition, provides an in-depth explanation of candlestick plotting and analysis, conveying to the reader, in easy-to-understand language, the author's years of practical experience in this increasingly popular and dynamic approach to market analysis. It includes hundreds of examples that span the equity, futures, fixed-income, and foreign exchange markets and shows how candlestick charting techniques can be used in almost any market. It has been thoroughly updated to include:

* New techniques and strategies
* The author's concept of the Convergence (when a series of signals converge at one zone, thus increasing the chances for a market turn from that area)

This new edition broadens the book's focus and all new updated charts, and information on several new areas such as day trading and how candlestick charting can be used to improve returns and help decrease market risk.

It includes everything from the basics, such as constructing the candlesticks and learning the patterns, to advanced topics, such as the rules of multiple technical techniques.

Whether you are new to candlestick charts or a seasoned pro-the reward will be immediate and long lasting.

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The formulas are all wrong.......2007-05-17

An interesting book on candlestick - the author has much knowledge of candle stick. It's entertaining. But apparently the auothr made terribly wrong on the formulars such as RSI and stochastic. I understand that reading candlestick does not need to know the formulars but they should be correct if they appear in the book. I guess the author expected reader only read the candlestick, instead of looking at the formulars. Anyway it's the best book on the subject.

Great on Candles!.......2007-05-12

This text is a great intro. to the basics of reading the Candlestick charts, and I found that the plurality of patterns analyzed in the text will be very helpful in future trading decisions and software development. The author has a good reputation and is quoted widely, so the quality of the text is not surprising...

Fantastic.......2006-12-21

This was an excellent book for learning candlestick charting and analysis. I recommend it highly to anyone wanting to learn equity charting... especially if you are doing options.

Highly Recommended!!.......2006-09-30

One of the best books of TA that you should have on your bookshelf. I was a non believer of Candlestick few years ago, but after being recommended a few times by my friends, the impact on my trading was phenomenal. However you still have to combined western techniques to this highly profitable charting method. This book will not give you an entry and exit method but instead on how you should react when finding a reversal pattern.
It is nice to be able to visualize what the market participant would do to some certain stocks.

Japanese Candlestick Charting.......2006-08-06

It is exactly what it was advertised to be and has been very helpful

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Japanese Industry in the American South
Choong Soon Kim
Manufacturer: Routledge
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In spite of Japanese investment in America and the debate on the competitive edge of Japanese enterprise, we know little about the actual people who are managing and working in Japanese plants. Japanese Industry in the American South describes the industrial cultures found in three Japanese industrial plants in the American South. Choong Soon Kim discusses why Japanese industries are coming to the South, to what extent Japanese industrial management in the South replicates the industrial relations model used in the home plants in Japan, and examines the reactions of Americans toward the Japanese expatriates. The Japanese have had a profound effect on Southerners. Meeting the challenges of the Japanese has led Americans to rediscover their own strengths and weaknesses.

Japanese Industry in the American South offers a different perspective. Western scholars have emphasized the positive aspects of traditional values and practices for Japanese industry, and haveeven romanticized their effects. Utilizing his bicultural experience, Choong Soon Kim discusses how the American public tends to over-estimate Japanese knowledge about American culture and the Japanese ability to be competitive with their American counterparts. He also talks about the idea many Americans still have that Japanese industrialists are so knowledgeable about the South that they can exploit what are seen as southern characteristics: white, rural, polite and non-union--of people who are supposedly eager to work hard for low wages. Conversely, the numerous concessions, compromises, and accommodations required by the Japanese are exposed and analyzed here. Japanese Industry in the American South reveals a more balanced view of Japan's success as well as struggles to remain competitive in an American setting.

Investment Banking: A Tale of Three Cities

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Great book for understanding I-banking

Investment Banking: A Tale of Three Cities
Samuel L. Hayes , and P. M. Hubbard
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The authors trace the development of the financing profession from its early days to the present, revealing the events and personalities that have given it shape. The book shows how securities markets and major firms evolved in the financial centers of London, New York, and Tokyo.

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Great book for understanding I-banking.......1998-06-12

This is a good book for anyone interested in seriously understanding the business of I-banking with its history and future implications. The portrayals of the different firms and the system as a whole are very informative. A Great text.

The Japanese Money Tree: How Investors Can Prosper from Japan's Economic Rebirth

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The Japanese Money Tree: How Investors Can Prosper from Japan's Economic Rebirth
Andrew H. Shipley
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For over a decade, investors shunned Japan, which had been stuck in an economic quagmire. But reforms have unleashed the world's second largest economy. Andrew H. Shipley's The Japanese Money Tree challenges the stale conventional wisdom regarding Japan's grim prospects, and highlights how foreign investors are making the most of exciting opportunities in Tokyo. He also reveals how readers themselves, whether institutional money managers or individual investors, can profit from Japan's economic rebirth.

The Japanese Money Tree reflects Shipley's 15 years "on the ground" in Japan, sharing actual experiences of foreign investors operating there. Shipley uncovers immense intellectual property value hidden "off the books" in Japanese firms, and explores enormous private equity and hedge fund opportunities emerging in Japan. You'll find new insights into Japan's trading relationships with China, its demographic realities, its new real estate boom, and much more.

Throughout, Shipley offers fresh research and innovative strategies--all brought together in today's most insightful and compellingly readable guide to investing in Japan.

Japan: the world's best investment value

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From the "Father of Candlesticks"—penetrating new Japanese techniques for forecasting and tracking market prices and improving market timing Steve Nison has done it again. The man who revolutionized technical analysis by introducing Japanese candlestick charting techniques to Western traders is back—this time with a quartet of powerful Japanese techniques never before published or used in the West. Stunningly effective on their own, these new techniques pack an even greater wallop when teamed up with traditional trading, investing, or hedging strategies, and Steve Nison shows you how to do it. Beyond Candlesticks provides step-by-step instructions, detailed charts and graphs, and clear-cut guidance on tracking and analyzing results—everything you need to pick up these sharp new tools and take your place at the cutting edge of technical analysis. Critical praise for Steve Nison's first book … "… destined to become the classic reference on the subject." —Charles Lebeau and David Lucas Technical Trader's Bulletin "I believe Steve Nison's new candlestick book is destined to become one of the truly great books for this time period.… Whether you trade futures, commodities, or equities, day trade or hold positions overnight, this book is a must." —Lee Siegfried Investor's Library, Data Broadcasting Corp. "It is hard to be too effusive about the quality of NiSon's work … this is clearly one of the best investment books ever written in terms of covering a subject with pedagogical ability and writing skill. The organization is impeccable … reading it was a pleasure." —Commodity Traders Consumer Report

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Poorly written and edited.......2007-04-28

I bought this book because candlesticks are my favorite bars and reviews here and elsewhere suggested 'Beyond Candlesticks' was better than Nison's first book. Since Nison is supposedly the "father of candlesticks", I assumed he would be the best source of information. However that is not the case. I just purchased Stephen Bigalow's candlestick book and find it a whole lot better and easier to read. Nison mentions his young children in Acknowledgements. I think they must have written and edited the book because it is so elememtary and repetitive. The spelling is terrible (Example: within a few pages we have Eastern Kodak showing an uptread on the dailey charts). Also the grammar is bad at times. It's obvious the author jotted notes in his word processor then flushed them out for all he was worth because there is little info here. There is a lot of musing and a good bit of Nison-hype. It is hard to pay attention to. Further, today's publishers don't care enough to put charts on the same page as the text and truly edit these financial books, so it's even harder to follow. Wiley Publishing is the worst. They likely did this one.

Beyond Candlesticks.......2007-03-14

The book is written in a clear, easy to follow style. The concepts, although not complex, have their nuances and these are dealt with in a way that doesn't confuse or overwhelm the reader. The exercises provided help to consolidate the knowledge gained by the reader. All in all, a very good and useful book.

Highly recommended!.......2007-01-30

The underlying principles on the formation of the patterns were well discussed. Simple to understand due to actual samples.

How to get an edge!.......2006-03-01

Candlesticks are the strongest picture of the internal mass psychology driving the market. Once you have learned how to identify basic candlestick patterns from Steve Nison's first book(Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques)you must learn how to place them in the context of everyday charts. "Beyond Candlesticks" teaches you how to identify the nuances that can make the difference between a profit and a loss. If you have wondered how to get an edge on the market, this is it. The information on how to combine candlesticks with traditional western technical anlayis, gives you the ability to create a complete trading system.

One of my top 3 trading books - ever! Nison has a winner.......2004-10-02

Nison's "Beyond Candlesticks" one of my top 3 favorite trading books and provides dozens of advanced, practical trading strategies as he reveals the strongest candle patterns.

Probably the most useful part of it, is understanding how much clearer trading signals become, once you see the reasons why specific patterns reveal long/short pressure on stocks as they're moving.

Highly recommend this along with his videos -- I've become a better trader due to learning from Nison's techniques and recommend this as a personal favorite book. I also refer my traders at Daytrading University to it, as a "must read" to help build trading skills.

Nison has been hired by top Wall Street institutions to train Their market makers and specialists, and getting this rare knowledge in his books and videos is priceless. Get this one.

Here's how much I like it: I recently moved out of state, and this is one of the few books that "made the cut", that I'll always be keeping with me. Superb precision trading skills revealed in this one. It's a keeper.

International Comparisons of Household Saving (National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report)

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International Comparisons of Household Saving (National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report)

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Governments and corporations may chip in, but around the world houshold saving is the biggest factor in national saving. To better understand why saving rates differ across countries, this volume provides the most up-to-date analyses of patterns of household saving behavior in Canada, Italy, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Each of the six chapters examines micro data sets of household saving within a particular country and summarizes statistics on patterns of saving by age, income, and other demographic factors. The authors provide age-earning profiles and analyses of the accumulation of wealth over the lifetime in a clear way that allows quick comparisons between earning, consumption, and saving in the six countries.
Designed as a companion to Public Policies and Household Saving (1994), which addresses saving policies in the G-7 nations, this volume offers detailed descriptions of saving behavior in all G-7 nations except France.

Understanding Savings: Evidence from the United States and Japan

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Understanding Savings: Evidence from the United States and Japan
Fumio Hayashi
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Analysis of consumption and saving decisions by households has always been one of the most active areas of research in economics--and with good reason. Private consumption is the most important component of aggregate demand in a capitalist economy, and explaining consumption is the key element in most macroeconomic forecasting models. To evaluate the effect of government policies invariably requires the knowledge of how they change parameters relevant for household decision making.

Understanding Saving collects eleven papers by economist Fumio Hayashi, along with two previously unpublished chapters, for a total of thirteen chapters. The monograph, which brings together Hayashi's empirical research on saving, is divided into three sections. Part I, "Liquidity Constraints", contains five studies that test the well-known implication of the Life Cycle-Permanent Income hypothesis that households shield consumption from income fluctuations. Part II, "Risk-Sharing and Altruism", contains three papers that examine the interactions between related and unrelated households predicted by the hypothesis for the US and Japanese households. The three papers in Part III, "Japanese Saving Behavior", present the author's explanation of the high saving rate in postwar Japan.

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Winning in Asia, Japanese Style

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