The Trading Systems Toolkit: How to Build, Test and Apply Money-Making Stock and Futures Trading Systems [Hardcover]

Joe Krutsinger (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1993

The "Trading Systems Toolkit" shows how to combine indicators to build a profitable trading system and how to customize a system to meet a trader's specific goals. Well-known futures trading educator Joe Krustinger provides everything a trader needs to know to test and evaluate a system before putting money at risk. Specific topics included in this book are: the three essential building blocks for every system; the advantages and disadvantages of a variety of technical indicators; choosing a system that fits a trader's comfort level; examples of actual systems; and how to successfully implement a trading system.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 250 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (December 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557385343
• ISBN-13: 978-1557385345
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #917,177 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Misleading, December 6, 2000

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Paul Zuliani (Paris, France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Trading Systems Toolkit: How to Build, Test and Apply Money-Making Stock and Futures Trading Systems (Hardcover)

This book does NOT teach how to implement and test a trading system. It is for very early begginers that have NO idea what system trading is and want a simple introduction a 12 year old could read. I am looking for a book to teach me how to professionally test and present my trading system to investors. This is not the book, in spite of the misleading title. If anyone reading this knows of such a book, please send me an email, i'd appreciate it.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very little content. Spend your money elsewhere., August 17, 2000

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Steve Steiner (Largo, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Trading Systems Toolkit: How to Build, Test and Apply Money-Making Stock and Futures Trading Systems (Hardcover)

I have read many books on trading and was very disappointed with this book. I have never seen a 250 page book have so little content. The page layout uses large margins, large fonts and lots of spacing. It reminds me of 9th grade English when you had to write a 5 page term paper - instead of filling it with content, you tried to trick the teacher by double spacing! The content that was supplied did not go into near enough detail for a trader to build a system without referring to other books. Spend your $44.00 elsewhere.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An un-sophistocated step-by-step approach anyone can follow, February 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Trading Systems Toolkit: How to Build, Test and Apply Money-Making Stock and Futures Trading Systems (Hardcover)

I found this book to be quite upfront and personal. I felt the author was speaking directly to me. I also felt that the knowledge I received from this book was valuable even though at the onset, I was not firm in my decision as to whether or not I had the necessary confidence to develop my own commodities future system. Krutsinger's book is about as unsophistocated as it can get, while still being rather out-of-reach for beginners. If you delight in learning new things, and if you have a keen desire to build a commodities trading system, this book is definitely for you. The fundamentals, technical indicators, possible problems, pitfalls, and the psychological consequences of developing your own system are each explained. Then you are shown how to develop your own trading system according to your wishes, your wants, your desires, your likes and dislikes. The dessert of this book is chapter 9, which includes $48,000 of trading systems, and surprisingly enough, shows you the LOGIC behind each one! If I could only purchase one book to help me develop my own trading system, it would be this one.