Wall Street: The Other Las Veg [Paperback]

NICOLAS DARVAS (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Lyle Stuart (February 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0818403985
• ISBN-13: 978-0818403989
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,036,160 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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35 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The nature of stock investing & the details of his method., November 26, 1998

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This review is from: Wall Street: The Other Las Veg (Paperback)

I read it in one sitting. This title fleshes out the contents of his first. I found its chief value to be in the identification of stock investing with gambling, and also the detailed mechanics used to define and time his entries and exits. Anyone at least mildly excited by his first offering ought to enjoy a little more of Darvas's company.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Read How I Made 2 MIllion First, November 5, 2004

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Sam Johnson (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wall Street: The Other Las Veg (Paperback)

This book is no way near as good as the first. It is mostly the same material told in a less engaging way. He uses the metaphor of Wall Street as Roulette Game in a Casino which cheats it's clients. If you like Darvas's first book it is certainly worth reading to gain little insights on his method which youdon't get in the first. There a few new anecdotes and a chapter which explains his method but on the whole the book is not as amusing a read and lacks the freshness of the first, nor do I think it takes his story much farther than where the last ends. I would love to know what happened to Darvas in the late sixties and early seventies but not in this book.

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A bona fide Wall Street classic!, June 14, 2004

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Steven Phillips (Ada, OK United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wall Street: The Other Las Veg (Paperback)

Nicolas Darvas was both an excellent trader and writer. This book presents a clear exposition of his successful, break-out trading method. It shows how he was able to ride the winners by using his nested "box" system. Further, it shows how he used "techno-fundamental" screening to select only those issues which had the best chance for sustained rally after the break-out event. Event-trading is useful because it is real-time, gives definite signals, and affords minimal lag in response time. This book should prove to be of great utility to someone who wants to learn to trade or to improve his or her trading skills.