thanks!

Usually I research investing books before I buy because there is so much garbage out there. I happened to be walking through a bookstore and the cover caught my eye. Unfortunately for me I should have kept to my book buying strategy of researching books online to see what others say before I picked this one up. I thought that a book titled "Stock Market Strategies that Work" would have some specific strategies to find winning stocks, but for only $15 - I wasn't expecting too much.

What the book has is very basic information on MA, SI, DMI/ADX, and a few others. For each indicator a few sentances on the assets and liabilities are given with a chart thrown in every now and then. The problem is that what is given as a strategy is nothing more than a hint.

The most annoying aspect of this book is its vagueness. They breifly introduce something only to say it will be explained later, I am still waiting for the explaination.

For Example Page 60:
"In order to know exactly when to buy and sell, you will need to be able to define the following variables:"
Trend...
Support...
Resistance...
"The fact is that all three can be ascertained with relative ease. For the time being, suffice it to say that specific methods for doing so will be presented. Our intent at this juncture is simply to introduce you to the concept."


The funny thing is that Trend, which is fairly important, is listed in the index as only on page 60.

Most everything I have read in this book is available on free websites. A lot of web sites will give you a "investing school" or "training" section that is a tease to get you to subscribe. They usually have basic trending, indicator, or charting information available to anyone. That is what this book felt like. You could google trading strategies and get more indepth information that is given in this book.

There are some good books out there on the subject like High Probability Trading by Link, which I am currently going through again. They explain indicators and actually give some Stock Market Strategies that Work {slight pun intended}.

Save your money on this book.
--This text refers to the Paperback edition