Trading in Choppy Markets: Breakthrough Techniques for Exploiting Non-Trending Markets [Hardcover]

Robert M. Barnes (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1996

Here, Barnes describes a variety of techniques for trading in choppy, trendless markets. He provides details on how to utilize technical indicators, set parameters and establish profit and loss levels and, reveals several recent indicators. The text also highlights four schools of market timing, methods for mercurial markets and, choppy market types and matching methods to market types.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 448 pages
• Publisher: Irwin Professional Pub (August 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786310073
• ISBN-13: 978-0786310074
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.3 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #988,286 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reader from New Jersey Mistaken....Badly, July 4, 1999

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This review is from: Trading in Choppy Markets: Breakthrough Techniques for Exploiting Non-Trending Markets (Hardcover)

The previous review gave this book one star and used as a reason the mistaken statement that the author's win/loss ratio on simulated silver contracts was 46/54. For those of you who KNOW what these numbers mean (active traders, most likely) you know that this means 46 OUT OF 54 trades were profitable. In my book this turns out to be 85%. Try doing THAT with a coin-flip.

In my opinion Robert M. Barnes is one of the most insightful traders/authors in the business. His systems, analysis and technical know-how are matched by very few. This is yet another very succinct, well-written, and technically informed book by the author. Anyone interested in serious short-term, high-profit trading would do well to have this manual in their arsenal.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good ideas but can you trust the author?, November 9, 1999

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This review is from: Trading in Choppy Markets: Breakthrough Techniques for Exploiting Non-Trending Markets (Hardcover)

Barnes does have some interesting ideas, but if you have Tradestation or similar, test everything! I found one system badly fudged -- it looks good only if you use the exact data used in the test. Go earlier or later and the system looks pretty bad. I am suspicious and in any case if you have to go over everything in a book to verify it, it's too much work.

1 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars 46 to 54 win to loss in silver...a coin flip could do better, April 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Trading in Choppy Markets: Breakthrough Techniques for Exploiting Non-Trending Markets (Hardcover)

Odds like Robert is quoting for this trade method, I could do better flipping a coin. You can too. Go ahead try flipping a coin 100 times, see whate the results are. Better yet, if you have a computer, excell, lotus, or whatever spreadsheet, use the randomn number generator.