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To: fedhead who wrote (28089)	3/17/1999 7:54:00 PM
From: Jenna	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 120523

I just bought Technical Analysis of Stock Trends seventh edition by Robert D. Edwards and John Magee. I already see how I can incorporate this book with the MG picks and little by little 'break it down' to understandable and usable strategies. This is a 700 page text-book that is worth every bit of the 60 bucks it cost. This I bought at Borders but I ordered the book the Visual Investor by Murphy and one that kha vu recommended Technical Market Indicators Analysis & Performance. I'm not looking for these books for myself but rather as teacher might look for books to build a teaching plan for her students, so I demand more from the books I saw some books there this evening that was so full of 'recipes' formulas and irrational claptrap I couldn't imagine anyone reading them let alone working with them. There were a few young men sitting around with piles of these with looks of abject dismay on their faces.I was aching to say something to them but I didn't. It's obvious when you begin to trade you get everything under the sun and then find out most of it is not applicable to real trading. I tried to gauge the feasibility of following some of these chart patterns and I thought they were impossible to 'recreate' in a real live trading environment. They looked more like the kind of formation a football coach might teach his players. Some of the books were even badly written (as an ex-english teacher I picked up on that right away) Some books was in a form of an 'interview' and the price was $75 to $100 for a 200 page book. Maybe that is why some people shy away from TA, because a books like these are a turnoff. Also I think you should stay away from tapes, cd's and the like unless you are advanced. I have some CD's and find I reach out and take my books far more frequently then a pull out a tape or CD.. Jake Bernstein's The Compleat Daytrader parts I and II are enjoyable even if you are not a daytrader, I have both books my McMillan, (they are good even for just understanding about implied volatility, and the "Greeks". Trading for for a Living by Elder, I know that one practically by heart,