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This is one of those books that help you gain some balance if you plan to dance with the elephants on Wall Street and in the Futures Pits. Often books on trading deal with the buy this pattern, sell this pattern, go to the bank, repeat.. But let's face something, if it were that easy, no one would sell you a book. Gallacher paints a rather dim yet cogent argument against searching for a holy grail in someone's elses ideas. He also gives you some insight on how a (fund manager/trader) may put good trades into his account while putting bad trades into your account.

All this said, if you enjoy trading books, or if you are pumped up because you just read Wade Cook, Robert Allen, or got a brochure from Larry Williams, then this could be a very wise choice.

This is one of the best of the hundreds of books I have read on investing.

He systematically demolishes numerous myths about trading. For this reason some readers are likely to be upset by the book e.g. devotees of Elliot Waves, Gann's methods and other nonsense.

The important topics are covered extremely well i.e. money management, what IS important, what is snake oil, some of the realities of trading such as slippage, why over 90% of traders lose all their money, etc.

Most books on investing are thinly disguised marketing exercises.

This one is different - the author is doing his best to share his hard earned learnings. An excellent investment.

An excellent book on Investments (commodity).
If rules of investment are followed rigoursly, one should make some money.

Well, this book is definately unique and charming in its simplicity of plot yet depth of language. I have never read Anne McCaffrey before but I thought this was wonderful of her to write for her granddaughter, whom I'm sure will love it once she is 12+ years of age and has a handy dictionary! ha, I had to check more than a few words during the course of this book, and I thought that gave a certain grown up quality to a children's fairy tale. This is a short story, less than 100 pages, yet the characters have depth, if limited, and is steeped in maigic, that probably would have been more fun if explored further than what it was in this book. Overall this is a nice, light and short read that was very lovely, made all the more so with the illustrations around each page that basically fit in with the plot. Check it out.

I think this was an enchanting and charming short story. I normally don't read short stories, but the description was quite intriguing. It a little over 90 pages so I finished it rather quickly, but I loved it nontheless. I bought the book as soon as I had put it down. I admit MeAnn and Wisp's characters could have been expanded to make them more realistic, but the setting was beautifull described and the plot was completely original. This was the first Anne McCaffrey book I ever read, although some of my other family members have read many of her Dragonrider series. This book got me interested in her as an author and her other works. I wish the story could have been longer, but it stands out as it is. I highly recommend it to anyone.

I think it's wonderful book I,m not a reader but this was a wonderful love story of life I could not put it down. My daughter read it also and felt the same way.

The author of this book is supposedly a renowned expert on Exchange server, but the author's abilities with Exchange did not carry through to the book. It is obvious that he has a lot of experience with Exchange, but he or his editors do a very poor job of organization information in to a readable format. I found numerous typographical errors and technical errors in the book and I found screen shots in the book that simply do not exist in the real product. I can only assume that the author wrote this book while the product was in the beta cycle and it is not based on the real version. This seems to be a very disappointing publishing industry trend these days.

If the publisher decides to release a second edition, I highly recommend that the book be completely reviewed and reorganized to better convey the information in it. There is some good information here littered in amoungest the trivia and the incorrect information, but it is hard to find. Also, the book binding is glued/assembled very badly; mine fell apart after only a week's use.

I guess it is hard to produce a book at the start of a product's development cycle, so anything written in 2000 has to be looked at with some skeptism in 2003 as so much has changed between now and then. However, while the technology has moved on, the advice here is pretty solid. It just needs to be updated with everything that has happened since 2000 (like the Exchange service packs). I assume that the publisher will employ a new copy editor to pick up the typos, but there does seem to be a second edition around because I couldn't find some of the problems reported in other reviews in my copy. It'll be interesting to see what Redmond makes of Exchange 2003 when it hits the streets.

Tony Redmond pulls together good material to understand the workings of Exchange 2000. His experience with disk assemblies, and optimizing the database are the best you will find. I recommend the book as a study reference as well as a source for optimizing your Exchange databases.

If you have no experience in any market, this book is for you. Takes 2 hours to read/skim. I learned a little about the background of commodities. Book is also annoying to read because of it's unorthodox style of font (block lettering), strange page layout (Sentences are sometimes indented in a ladder-style, like poetry), and repeating of information. Find a meater text.

This book is for those who know nothing or virtually nothing about commodity futures. If you already know even a little about commodity futures, this book is not for you. It is just a foundation. You will not be ready to trade commodity futures after you read this book (and the author does not pretend that you will be), but you will be ready to go on to more in-depth research. The book is light, quick reading.

This book is:
1) ONLY for non-futures traders looking to understand the art of commodity trading,
2) illustrating step-by-step of when, what, who, and how of futures trading,
3) depicting how you can win or loss BIG from futures.

This book isn't:
1) an advice on how to WIN,
2) a tool on how to beat the system.

Since I am a bystander looking to investing in the futures, this is a great book to begin. A perfect Futures for Dummies.

Here's a book that gets to the point quickly. I read this book in less than an hour. But in that amount of time, it really packed a punch and I suspect that many traders will find its key points to be of immense help from the next opening bell.

Author Edward Allen Toppel is a trader with a background in the S&P Futures Pit of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. He's been at it for 20 years. So he isn't your typical vendor just in it to sell you books, courses, and seminars.

His book is based on his experiences both as a winning and losing trader. His thesis is simply this:

To succeed as trader, you have to trade with the flow with the market.

As incredibly simplistic and mystical this sounds, Toppel gives powerful suggestions on how to accomplish this.

Here are three of my favorites:

1) A loss is a loss, whether or not it's unrealized. Many traders mistakenly think that if a position goes against them, they haven't lost any money until they sell the stock.

2) Buy high, sell higher. The odds of success are much better if you buy stocks that are trending higher, than if you try to bottom fish and buy a stock because it's cheap.

3) Keep your positions small enough that you ego does not get in the way of good judgment.

On that last point about keeping position sizes small, I want to expand a bit.

To me, that was the single most profound statement in the book. I've heard it hundreds of times before, but Toppel's discussion of position size was riveting and had me thinking deeply about my own performance as a trader. His thesis is this:

We all have some threshold of position size which, when exceeded, transforms us into complete morons.

Keep your position size below this threshold, and you'll likely make money over the long haul if you're any kind of decent trader. But exceed the threshold, and your ego will inevitably cloud your judgment when something unexpected happens on a trade.

Think about it.

This book was recommended by Dr. Alex Elder, author of Trading For A Living. I read at least a book a month about the market but this is the one that brought it all together for me. I set up a separate portfolio to trade using Mr. Toppel's teachings and that account value gain is over $1,000,000 in less than a year. I gifted the book to three friends, one rejected it, one is up $750,000, one is up $500,000, all in less than a year. The author teaches us that the market is simple but we kill ourselves making it hard and that theme prevails throughout the book. When I get off track, I re-read "Zen In The Markets" I only trade stocks, the author is a futures trader but the psychology of trading is the same. My favorite Narihira quote from the book is: "I have always known that a last I would take this road, but yesterday I did not know it would be today."

Straight to the point unlike the crooks aou there. You see in this little book the author shows what correct frame of mind you need to have in the markets, unlike others that sell "courses" for USD[money]...Not all that shines is gold!

I found the book fun to read and somewhat entertaining. If you are inexperienced and looking for a quick summary of how the market works and some evolutionary history of wall street, Anuff and Wolf have done a reasonably good job of describing it. There are some very funny stories about Anuffs' experiences that I can relate to. I have been day trading for about 4 years and have had similar experiences.

This book is a really fun read and tells it like it is. It strips away the glamour of day trading and shows the real story of the life of a manic day trader. Between Dumb Money, Monkey Business and Liar's Poker anyone could get the real scoop of what trading and banking are all about and be as well educated as any Harvard MBA in the ways of Wall Street.

I found this book to be a quick and entertaining read. If you're looking for a book on how a trader makes his picks, this is not the book. However, it does give a clear view of the stress of the day trader; the ups and the downs, which for the most part seems to be a life of worry. For those daytraders out there, not many tips but you'll know what he's talking about and experience a good laugh along the way.

This is a very, very, basic document on Options. If one wants athorough understanding of options, the CBOE has a large selection ofdocuments at no cost. They also offer seminars throughout the country also for free.

The best characterization of the Book is an "InfoMercial" for a product they sell. Infact when you go to their Web Page, ... and subscribe using the special offer, you will receive a copy for Free.

Okay, I have a confession...I haven't read the book yet, and I accept that it's a basic primer...however, after reading other reviews a week ago, I decided to check out their website. I AM still a novice trader but I'm very serious about this business and have - in the course of my studies the past year - read most of the top trading books, availed myself of the "hottest" trading web sites, tutorials, etc., and demoed numerous highly rated/expensive software programs. Now, the thing that sorta shocked me on the CompleteTrader site was that their proprietary indicators are similar to some I paid $600 for from a well-known trader with a respected 30 year record! Not only that, but the Brock's versions of these (proven) indicators is actually MORE advanced than those I purchased...go figure. Anyway, tomorrow I'm e-mailing them to sign up for $55 and get six months of their service. The way I look at it, I could've saved myself $545!...ouch! As for the book...come on, so what if they're trying to market their website?...it's value for the $$ (in my humble "novice" oppinion) is one helluva bargain! So...I'm giving their little primer 4-stars simply based on the quality of their website. I know a lot of new/or aspiring traders read the amazon reviews, so I hope my recommendation might be of service to some of you. Really, check out what they have to offer...backtest it, try it on paper...I think you might be surprised at its usefulness. By the way, I don't know the Brock's and this is the first "review" I've ever written.

This book is an excellent beginners guide to the complex subject of options trading. Not only is it a good introduction but it is also useful to the seasoned trader. It is very readable and the subject treatment is very "user friendly." I have read many books on options trading and technical indicators and, for the beginner, this book is, by far, one of the best. It combines methods of stock selecting, trading philosophy, and some of the do's and don't's of trading into a thorough package. Coupled with their website with its daily updates and links, CompleteTrader has a very comprehensive and "complete" package.

If you are new in B2B world and looking for demystification of terms used in this field, this is an ideal book. The best part about this book is simple and effective langauge that makes this book very easy to read and understand.

Another good aspect is relevant examples and pointers that are provided with each category (trading model, business model, ownership model).Using those examples I could visit the web sites and could understand what exactly a model means.

I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning about this domain. This book is not about technologies that are used for building B2B exchanges. So do not expect details of how J2EE or XML can be used to build B2B exchange.

To say the area of B2B is white hot seems like an understatement. The authors, both involved in creating the fully-electronic Bermuda stock exchange, give a clear overview of this evolving field. This is not a technology book, as B2B is not really about IT (see Knowledge Management as a parallel example). As the authors submit, building successful B2B marketplaces depends on deep vertical knowledge, industry credibility, and growing liquidity. They are fundamentally business applications, not IT apps.

The authors start their book by discussing what B2B exchanges are, and how they differ (e.g., some are the post & browse type; some are actual dynamic auctions, etc.). What struck a chord with me is the idea of dynamic price setting v. static price setting. The former is a real-time manifestation of the free market at work, and a radical departure from the Industrial Age. In addition, both buyers and sellers can benefit in a B2B exchange.

As the authors outline, buyers have increased selection, more convenience, and the opportunity to pay less, while sellers have greater reach and the opportunity to charge more. Other defining areas the authors touch upon include: trading models (e.g., seller or buyer driven); revenue models (e.g., complementary and value-added services along with transaction and/or membership fees); and partnership models (e.g., getting buy-in from the gorillas).

Lastly, the authors end their book with seven secrets of success for B2B exchanges. The secrets revolve around targeting a vertical, maintaining neutrality, value-added services, and transaction integrity and complete price disclosure. All told, this book is written in a no-nonsense, straightforward manner. It provides a good framework in which to evaluate this rapidly growing area. The authors do linger of stock exchange examples (not surprising in light of their experiences), but not in a way that is diminishing to their cogent message or thesis.

B2B Exchanges is one of the BEST books ever written on the topic of B2B, this book is not a hype B2B book, the book offers real value and insight into the role, the future and the features of B2B exchanges on the Internet. The book covers a vital emerging industry, for those of you who are interested in business, business methods, exchanges, B2B models or simply the future of the business Internet I strongly recommend this book. It is an easy read, but fully packed with useful information, we have actually adapted some of the points in the book as the core of our business plan.
The authors background in the financial markets offers a rare combination and an excellent ability to link and apply proven financial market models to the growing B2B space, it is worth noting as well that B2B is not the only topic covered, but the whole concept of exchanges and their application on the internet is explained and analyzed. ...

I think Mastering Windows 2000 Server is one of the best Win2K books on the market. I was expecting Mastering Exchange Server 2000 to be much the same. This book quite simply frustrates me. I keep it on the shelf and refer to it sometimes and then remember how bad it is. The problem with this book is that it covers the spectrum of Exchange 2000 with no detail about anything you might encounter if you actually run Exchange 2000. If you want a book that describes what every menu in Exchange looks like then this is the book for you. I have given this book a fair shake but its definetly 2 thumbs down.

I found this hard to read and search on for specific information, some critical information was just not covered in anywhere near enough detail. Active Directory Connector for example.

I have ordered another Exchange 2k book to try and fill in the missing pieces. 'Mastering' in the title is perhaps optimistic.

Great Book. I had never deployed Exchange Server before, but using this book I was able to understand, setup, and put exchange online for my company in only a few days. We were even able to use "OWA" (Outlook Web Access) that allows our employees to access their email through a browser from any location in the world that has Internet access.

No book is perfect, but this one provided nearly everything I needed to know to setup and run exchange. And if the book doesn't provide the answer to your question, the author does. Three times I emailed the author, Barry Gerber, requesting information on some important point, and three times Barry responded much faster than I would have dreamed. One time he replied with the answer I needed within 5 minutes! Great book, great Author! If you need to deploy Exchange Server for your organization, you can get it done using this book!

The book was written 1997, do not get confused with the publishing date of 2003. The printed daily line charts are from 1997 without hardly any description. The same almost applies to the numerous useless pages filled with tables of historical spread trades that could have been done between 1981 and 1996. This book does not contain stategies at all. Furthermore the book is full of sentences of the following kind: "Computer generated Numbers. Most traders have a library of proven computer numbers. They may be applied with success in spread trading. The only caveat however, is that they usually are not self-contained systems and should be used along with the several other devices I have spoken about."
My advice: Walk away from this trade!

If I had wanted a psychology book I would have bought one! Mr. Abell is obviously obsessed with the subject as there is almost nothing in this book that gives the nuts and bolts of spread trading. 45% deals with the psychology of trading, 45% of it are interviews with "successful" spread traders, and the remaining 10% if you discount the charts deals with spreading. Save your money.

The title is very misleading due to the fact that this book contains no trading strategies. It does, however, do a good job of talking about the psychology of trading (one of the most important aspects). The interviews are good but contain no real practical knowledge. In my opinion, save the money and go for another, perhaps more advanced book if you're concerned with trading strategies. I will not even recommend this book to the beginner for it requires a broad knowledge of how the trading floor works. This book mentions little about value (the MOST important thing about legging and trading spreads). As far as spread trading goes, this isn't the one. Dan Vassallo (New York Cotton Exchange).