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Electronic Swing Trading for Maximum Profit: Discover the Professional Trading Strategy that Combines Day Trading with Long-Term Investing Techniques

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I try to read most of the new books on stock trading. I enjoyed Dr. Sarkovich's book "Electronic day trading made easy" and thus I did not hesitate purchasing his new book "Electronic swing trading for maximum profit". And I was correct.

As expected, the swing trading book was well written and organized and easy to understand. Again, all book illustrations were sharp and professionally done. The author expanded the material to include additional technical analysis tools and trading alerts for short-term traders, as well as the new material on fundamental stock analysis and IPOs. Everything seems to be there-- from trade order executions to tax considerations. There is a lot of good stock information packed in the book for both the stock market beginners as well as the seasoned traders. For instance, the book included an appendix with the list of the best swing trading stocks in 2000.

Most importantly, the author moved the focus of the book closer to the investment center. The book now presents valuable trading information that appeals both to active investors, that might hold the stock position for a few weeks or days, and active day traders, who might hold the stock position for a couple of hours or minutes.

I particularly liked the author's objectivity and honesty. The author wrote a responsible book. The author did not succumb to temptations of becoming the industry promoter. This is clearly not one of those "how to get rich quick" books. The risks of swing trading were well disclosed, as well as the tools for managing such risks. I do recommend this book for anyone active in the stock market without any reservations.

Since I lived in Nevada I tend to compare stock trading, whether it is day trading or swing trading, to speculation. If you are inclined to speculate and take a short term stock position, I recommend that you read the book before you engage in stock trading. It will help you understand the risk, tools and strategies required to survive in the business of stock trading.

I like the book a lot because it was an honest introduction to short term stock trading. The book did not contain any hype or promises of returns or road map to fortunes. All of the trading risks in specualting on the stock price movements were disclosed upfront. Most importantly, the tools to manage such risk were introduced.

Secondly, the book has more than 400 pages of stock trading information and so the book is complete. In my opinion, all of the trading information, from technical and fundamental analysis to Level II screen, was systematically presented in an easy to understand language. The book was also well organized and well illustrated so it was easy to read.

In short, this book is one of the most complete introductory texts to stock trading that I have read. I particularly recommend the book to novice stock traders, although experienced traders will also benefit by reading it.

Waste of money.

Mostly just general reference stuff which can be found in any of 100 places - how to use level 2, explanations of MACD etc.

The buying hook of course is the promise of the title that the book will somehow be a specialization course in swing trading as opposed to day or buy and old.

But the advise regarding swing trading given is the most common sense type that any one could think of.

Save your $$ on this one.

Since I day trade stocks on a part time basis, I was curious to see how the author bridge the gap between the day trading and short-term investing or medium term trading. I have to admit the author did an excellent job. Everything seems to be here-- from technical analysis to taxes. It is truly the "one-stop guide" to short term investing or medium term trading.

I particularly enjoyed technical analysis chapters. They were complete and well illustrated. All of the complex technical analysis indicators were well explained and illustrated. The language was easy to understand. The examples were real. Good job. The author was able to explain complex information in a simple step-by-step manner. It is not surprising that the author has an advanced degree. I do recommend this book to anyone considering the stock trading.

This is a good book, with very complete info on many market topics. The problem is that the focus is more on day trading than swing trading. There is little or no real info or real life examples of swing trading styles and strategies. Instead it focuses too heavily on market mechanics more relevant to day trading.

The writing style is fairly easy to read, but the poor editing and grammar made me question the quality of what I was reading.

Not too bad, but still disapointing. I'm left still looking for a good book on swing trading.

I read a lot about stock trading, maintain a portfolio and occasionally do what I now know to be "swing trading". After reading the authors first book, "Electronic Day Trading Made Easy I did not hesitate purchasing his second "Electronic Swing Trading for Maximum Profit". I was correct in doing so.

As expected, the swing trading book was well written and organized and easy to understand. All illustrations were sharp and professionally done. The author expanded the material to include additional technical analysis tools and trading alerts for the short-term traders, as well as the new material on fundamental analysis and IPOs. There is a lot of good stock trading information packed in this book for the beginners as well as the seasoned traders, including the appendix list of the best swing trading stocks in 2000.

I particularly liked the author's objectivity and honesty. He did not succumb to temptations of being the trading industry promoter. This book is clearly not one of those "how to get rich quick" books. The risks of swing trading were well disclosed, as well as the tools for managing such risk. I have recommended the book to friends active in the stock market.

I have looked to buy a swing trading book such as this one for long time. I do not have time or energy to engage in day trading so day trading books did not fit my needs. I could care less about any of the how-to-invest books on the market. This book was the perfect fit. It contained all of the tools and strategies for swing traders. It helped me immediately to understand the short term price volatility and movement. Well Done.

If you are not ready to give up your day job to become a day trader then this is the book for you. I read Dr. Sarkovich's first book on day trading and learned a tremendous amount. However as the author points out, it is a full time commitment. Swing trading expands your time horizon from a few days to a few weeks with fewer trades. This is ideal for someone who wants to make additional profit but at a more manageable pace. I have started to trade based on the information in this book and so far things are going well. I would heartily advise reading this book before pushing the button on your new electronic trading account.

One of the best on the subject I have read... and I have read a lot. I particually enjoyed his charting and mathmatical explorations. Very good analysis on the importance and uses of MACD, EMA, and Bollinger Bands. This book took my trading to a new level.

I bought this book some years ago and I still love it. It was the first book that I bought on trading and I did not appreciate how good it was until I started buying and checking out regular investing books at the library. You know the kind of lame books like Susan Orman's book 9 steps to financial freedom. The kind of book that's all fluff and no substance other than the same advice that my grandfather had told me (use your home equity, lower your expenses, balance your portfolio, ect, ect.). Most investing books are all about personal finance and not investing. As well, most trading books that I have read or looked at are more about market mechanics than actual case studies or trades themselves. Also, Dr. Sarkovich does not waste your time or money on stories from his past to fill up his book. You will not find chapters here about how trading was at a desk somewhere back in the day. Why? Because he has spent the time telling you what you need to know to start trading, not his past life in the field.

That review on here about the book being for beginners really chaps my hide. It says right on the friggen cover "From Beginner to Advanced Trading". And that is exactly what I need. Heck, I still read it from time to time because I am still learning how to do this correctly and not lose money at it. I practically need to memorize this book since I look at it so much. I have post it notes sticking out of about 30 pages of it right now. And its so easy to find what I need when I need it. I mean the sections are , How to trade, When to trade, What to trade, and in those sections is all the info and explanations about what you are seeing on the screen (level 1 and 2 info, trade order and execution, candlestick charting, charting patterns, moving averages, Bollinger bands, market measures and volume, and much more).

What I needed at the time was a book that would explain to me everything going on the screen when I had my scottrade account opened, and that is exactly what this book did for me. I could just sit there, make theoretical trades, and watch what happens, then go back to the book, read some, and then get that ha-ha moment when I finally figured out what was going on. This was possible because unlike many other books, this one tells you what things are going to look like when moves happen. Other books just give a brief basic description of how the screens work, this one goes the next step and tells you what things will look like when something happens.

One other review complained that it is more about day trading than swing trading. Once again, man, read the darn cover. It says, "Day-trading with long term techniques". What do you think Swing Trading is anyway? That reviewer is an idiot in my opinion for that remark. If you want to learn trading then read this book. However, if you want to learn investing then go read Graham and Dodds "Security Analysis."

PS. I bought it back when it was 40 bucks + tax. It's a steal today.