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



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I bought my copy from Traders' Library for $54.95 plus they threw in two
other books and an unrelated audio tape.  Their specials vary week to week.

The 5 systems in the appendix are similar to those in the top ten.  Also
suspect that the appendix code could be improved on.

BobR

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve McGuire" <smcguire77@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: [RT] Book - short review "The Ultimate Trading Guide"


> Bob
>
> Does Chapter 13 have ela or formulae for the systems?
>
>
> ----- 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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