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Momentum Stock Selection: Using The Momentum Method For Maximum Profits

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With respect to this book, I do agree that

1) momentum is a very important trading concept whilst MACD is a very useful oscillator type indicator to identify overbought and oversold situations, and thus change of s/t trend, a TA tool which helps traders not to buy high sell low, especially in a day trading environment.
2)the author had written a very easy reading book in a very friendly and understandable way.

However, I can hardly agree that:-

1) the author presented momentum as a surefire weapon in the highly volatile market and can be used alone
2) the author did keep it simple, but it's too simple all the way throughout the 180+ page content. He should go from simple concept to complicated application, and teach readers how to improve its accuracy with simultaneous usage of stochastics or RSI or...In fact, there are many examples/charts illustrated by the author which showed extended period of divergence with very unfavorable price moment that might have already kicked an investor out of his position, in case he/she did not have a strong conviction on his/her position but by sheer reliance on MACD.

As a professional trader, I cant recommend this book to anybody. The quality of this is far below the author's own classic "Investment Quotient" which the author's strength (trading behavioral psychology) rests solidly upon.

As a stock trader your homework is all about studying and testing different market strategies that will help you take advantage of stocks and at the same time protect your gains.

Just always keep in mind that an effective trading strategy is simple and practical. Teaching your self to depend on to many technical and confusing indicators can make you slow in your decision making process or confuse you from the start.

The momentum approach showcased on this book covers bascially technical analysis. The stock market is always presenting us momentum opportunities that dont have anything to do with TA at all. Breakout opportunities occur every day. The trick is to know how to find them fast and approach them successfuly.

There are very good sites on the web where you can access momentum trading strategies that are far more practical to implement. One of those sites is Momentum Stock Trading ( MomentumStockTrading com)

In the end, momentum day trading is all about picking the best stock opportunities and following your buy and sell signals with ease and simplicity. Once you learn to master your momentum trading decisions, you can aspire to produce consistent profitable results.

I enjoy how this book offers a highly robust, yet simple trading system, applicable to any market. I have used the Momentum Moving Average approach with great success. I have noticed that it often forecasts majors rallies and drops in a timely fashion. Apply these methods to your trading and you will see the profits!

Jake Bernstein's new book is a major winner. His Momentum Stock Selection Strategy, and related variations, are quite simple to understand and implement and are really top notch in supplying all aspects of a complete trading system that one needs.

His emphasis on money management/risk control using charateristics of the strategy itself make this book more complete than most and Bernstein's gift with the pen insure that every serious reader will come away with new insights into market dynamics.

After just one reading I'm amazed at how many MSS plays seem to jump off my watch list of stock charts. If you're looking for a systematic approach to trading that offers clear entry and exit signals while also being dynamically flexible, I can't think of a better way to go.

This book offers a simple but robust method of trading on stockmarkets. The presence of many many (sometimes too many) charts makes it possible to read on the beach, not just behind the computer.
The Momentum Stock Selection method is good. Bernstein claims that you can use the method on intraday basis. This is true, but not in the same simple way as he shows in the book, it takes a lot more interpretation and experiments (on paper first is my advice!!).
His rules on do's and don'ts in trading are absolutely valuable and true, and funny to read of you have done all the don'ts already in the past.

this is a good book and well written. very easy to read and understand.

however, it comes across as too simple. the methods that are discussed here does not really give you the confidence that they are sufficient for you to trade properly.

another book by this author on the psychology part of trading, 'IQ the investors quotient', is a much better and strongly recommended read. in terms of market momentum, martin pring's 'trading with oscillators' is more useful, and just as easy to read.

The prevailing main idea from this book is Divergence, especially Momentum Divergence with Price. I understand this means you should pick up the stock forming Divergence from every stocks if you get higher profit. And the only one indicator he mentioned in the book is Momentum indicator, not mysterious one.
It'll be helpful for novice, but not professional trader.