The Master Swing Trader Toolkit: The Market Survival Guide

Lots of basics to learn and start with. Might have to read a few times to soak in the lessons.

I found this book informative yet extremely difficult to follow. The writer crams so much information into each paragraph with barely enough structure to keep to the point. Yes, you will learn more about swing trading but be prepared to read it two or three times and take notes.

As a novice I found this book very helpful. I plan to get other books by Alan Farley.

This is a book that grabbed and dominated my attention immediately. I have had this book one week and it is already highlighted, underlined and dog-eared. While Mr. Farley's previous book, The Master Swing Trader, was dense with the "what to do" this guide is much more generous with the "how to do it". It is a welcome complement to the first book and guide to understanding the modern market, especially the effects of algorithm program trading, intraday and before/after market hours trading and survival strategies for dealing with them. The writing style is less frenetic than the first book (a good book, but a major challenge for a true beginner). It is at times wryly humorous and always insightful. I have three catagories of books in my trading journey: books I resell almost immediately, those I keep because they are interesting but not vital and a small stack I reread, refer to and keep close by. This one is at the top of that third catagory. The "tools" emphasize the nuances of the indicators and how to use them to survive and develop a personal edge. An added bonus is Mr. Farley's accessability. At the very start of the guide he encourages readers to contact him (not for tips or financial advice, though). I emailed him late on a Saturday night and early the following Monday morning I had a responsive email in which he answered my questions and shared his own settings for one of the indicators he uses. This is one book I personally would not want to be without.

It's advanced trading, not entry level. The book is exceptional.

Excellent

I guess this book goes along with Farleys first book.If you have the first book you really do not need this book

This is only the second time I have posted a 1-star review for a book. Generally, even books with significant shortcomings are readable and contain some bits of value. This book is genuinely unreadable and worthless.To summarize, the author appears to be a washed up trader from the '90s who is clinging to the few outdated methods he believes still have value. He basically claims that systematic trading does not work, and claims the best way to make money is eyeballing charts -- aka, "reading the tape." Even if this were somehow true (it's not, of course), writing a book about it would not be beneficial to anyone.But beyond the lack of useful content, it is the intolerable style of the prose that will literally make you angry. The best way to describe it is that it reads like a transcript of an 8-hour Mad Money show. Literally. I know that the author knows Jim Cramer, but the text honestly sounds like it came from Cramer's mouth. Markets are "diabolical"; algorithmic trading is "maniacal." The problem is that this hyperbolic drivel is the meat of this text (repeated over and over again), not the sidebar.In closing, here are a couple examples that represent what the whole book contains:"And to tell the truth, it's been wonderfully liberating to free myself from all the mathematical voodoo and to focus directly on the never-ending death match between buyers and sellers.""Clear your head and stalk your patterns for days or weeks, if required, rather than chasing the market around like a crazed monkey...Just get up, pet the dog, and wait for the next trading opportunity to come along. It always does."I would return this book if I could. It is the only trading book I have ever read that is all noise, no signal.

You'll see mixed reviews of this book -- for good reason. If you view the markets in a similar way to Farley (which I do), you will find this book absolutely genius & helpful, to say the least. As a trader who has (finally) become profitable, I realize that this book contains gems that will not be found in other trading literature.HOWEVER, if you are a relative newbie, or someone who has a different trading style, or are looking for a book that provides you with new trading setups, then this book is not for you.

Just blabs on and on trying too fill pages , with little usefull content and poor illustrations

fast delivery! excellent price!!

Outstanding trading book with a lot of precious advises to understand the new behaviour of the market for some years now. Thank you very much Alan from this new book. And, of course, I also strongly recommend the previous Alan Farley's book.I think important to expirement trading before reading this book to appreciate it's great value.