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Re: [RT] Book - short review "The Ultimate Trading Guide"



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----- Original Message -----
From: "BobR" <bobrabcd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 10:33 AM
Subject: [RT] Book - short review "The Ultimate Trading Guide"


> System traders might want to take a look at John Hill's new book "The
> Ultimate Trading Guide" co-authored with George Pruitt and Lundy Hill.
The
> title initially begs skepticism as we all know there is no ultimate and we
> have been taken before with books of such self proclamation.  Blame it on
> the publisher for marketing hyperboli.  A better title is "Damn Good
Trading
> Guide".  Or, if you ever owned a VW beetle back in the 60's and owned one
of
> those repair manuals from the hippy in New Mexico then....well, OK OK that
> isn't a good compairson, but what I am getting at is this book is written
by
> a man and some associates that have looked at lots and lots of systems and
> it gets right down to the mechanics of trading.  This book really does
have
> a lot to offer for a trader looking for coding suggestions for bar by bar
> show me's or paint bars and perhaps pattern recognition.  It even includes
> .ela system code for the following systems coded by George
Pruitt(co-author)
> in the appendix:
> 1. Donchian Break Out with protective and trailing stops
> 2. Moving Average Cross Over with protective and trailing stops
> 3. Short Term Volatility Based Open Range Break Out
> 4. S&P Day Trade System (uses 5 minute bar in data1 and daily bar in data2
> 5. Short Term Volatility Based Open Range Break Out with Pattern
Recognition
>
> Chapter 13 has a brief description of the top ten systems of all times
> accompanied with test results.  Listed in order of their general
methodology
> they are:
> BREAKOUT SYSTEMS
> Aberration by Keith Fitschen
> Dynamic Breakout by George Pruitt
> Mystery System by Peter Aan
> STC Vbased S&P Day Trade by Stafford Trading Company
> R-Breaker S&P Day Trade by Richard Saidenberg
>
> TREND FOLLOWING SYSTEMS
> Benchmark by Curtis Arnold
> DCS II by Peter Aan
> Dollar Trader by Dave Fox
> Golden SX by Randy Stuckey
>
> COUNTER TREND SYSTEMS
> Big Blue by Vilar Kelly
>
> Enjoy the read if you spring for it,
> BobR
>
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