Just wrapped up on a book
Technical Analysis and The Active Trader by Gary Norden.
For the sticker price of USD65, this book is NOT WORTH the price. Luckily I was a cheapo this time around and borrowed from the library
The 1st half of the 210page book, he goes thro' GREAT PAINS to deconstruct Technical Analysis and how it is worthless. He also spent a couple of chapters on how those stupid TA courses that are advertised in the papers are worthless (this one I got to agree
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Then he tears out the EMT. The second half of the book he gave praise to Behavioral finance and how combined with FA/TA, is better than TA alone.
I am not a chartist... but there is really NOTHING new in this book that is not covered in other books.
He does not cover on how well he is doing himself and when I reached the end, it was stated that he is owner of a firm that is a provider of training materials on trading strategies
For me, any investing/trading strategy MUST achieve 2 aims - Minimize your losses and Maximize your profits. If it does not do that, then that strategy is not good... doesn't matter if it is value investing, CANSLIM, TA or FA.
Looking forward to start on the book Panic by Michael Lewis, The Long Tail by Anderson and Three Cups of Tea