Online Investing Personal Finance Books : Pocket Guide to Trading Online

Pocket Guide to Trading Online

£7.99


best returning investment I ve ever made - I jumped into online trading and promptly started losing money. As you do.I knew of Alpesh Patel from investing magazines and tv. This book has the clearest explanation of fundementals and those most vilified of all tools, charts and indicators. (You know the stuff like pennants, flags, double tops, etc.) I like the way Alpesh gives a very even handed explanation, and clearly identifies the pros and cons of all methods.There s nothing here that is not available in a hundred other guides, but it is very easy to understand, and I like the clear diagrams and charts that back up the text explanation. Most of the other guidebooks available in the UK are written by Americans about the US market, and use US examples and currency. This one is definately UK-centric, but does not ignore the US.There are a few grammatical and layout glitches in my edition, but nothing substantial.My copy was the only book I took on a recent trip to Oz (which is incredibley sad when I think about it!) and is dog eared and covered in highlighting and margins scrawls.I guess the acid test is - did it change my trading technique, and did that help me to make money? The answer, I am happy to say, is yes on both accounts.It has paid for itself many times over. Recommended for a basic to intermediate enthusiast level.

Good overview - too technical? - This book gives a good overview of trading online, but may be too technical for some (well, me!). It focuses on short to medium-term investment. The author uses humour which helps lift the tone and it is pretty concise too. It s easy to read and covers all the things you need to know before taking the plunge and making your first trade. In particular, the need for a trading strategy. Unfortunately, it didn t delve in much detail about how to develop such a strategy based on technical analysis, which you would need to get elsewhere. So it may not be ideal for the complete novice - some of the technical analysis parts (graphs and charts) were a bit over my head and really needed more discussion. But it is a Pocket Guide after all and definitely acts as a good stepping stone on to more in-depth books if you become interested. Well worth a look then, but you may want to have some experience of the financial world first!




Pocket Guide to Trading Online