"Review" Posts

D-Link PowerLine AV 500 4-Port Gigabit Switch (DHP-540)

By Lawrence

Summary D-Link Powerlink AV500 products are one of the best home networking solutions out there. It is simple to install, easy to maintain and easy to scale and upgrade. It works great in majority of house and condo setups. Great networking products that I highly recommend. Product Information D-Link PowerLine AV 500 4-Port Gigabit Switch […]

Razer DeathAdder 3500 PC Gaming Mouse – Black Edition

By Lawrence

Summary DeathAdder is the best programmable mouse for day traders who have to manage their orders actively during the day. It strikes the right balance of functionality, ease of use and price point comparing to other programmable mouses. Highly recommended. Product Information Razer DeathAdder 3500 PC Gaming Mouse – Black Edition Made by Razer Price […]

Timothy Sykes: Tim Alerts

By Lawrence

Summary Despite all the media buzz and ego centric persona of Timothy Sykes that can easily mislead you to believe his produces and services are questionable, the Tim Alerts service is solid. It is educational. It has good picks to trade off the framework provided. The price is reasonable. Overall a good penny stock picking […]

Seven Trading Systems for the S&P Futures by David Bean

By smilingsynic

Summary The biggest strength of this book is its focus on testing trading systems empirically. The biggest weakness is the lack of readability. Those who use gaps in their trading will find this book useful, and system writers themselves may get some good ideas on their own just by reading this book. For what it […]

The Art of Mental Training: A Guide to Performance Excellence by DC Gonzalez

By Lawrence

Summary Regular trading psychology books written by doctors and trainers focus too much on trading and ignored the fact that the ability to master our emotion requires practice and training. This book covers the topic with practical advices and techniques that the readers can use to train their minds properly. It is also a book […]

Anatomy of $SPY on First Trading Day of the Month by Kora Reddy

By smilingsynic

Summary Empirical traders who like Lawrence Chan’s quantitative analysis of trading systems at his daytradingbias.com will like this book enough to keep it handy. Kora Reddy has done us daytraders a great service by showing what makes trading systems tick. Success comes not in blindly following systems but in understanding how and why those systems […]

How I Trade for a Living by Gary Smith

By smilingsynic

Summary Gary Smith’s How I Trade for a Living is one of the best in Wiley’s “Online Trading for a Living” series. Although some of the material is dated, his autobiography is inspiring, and his approaches to trading uniquely individualistic. Those who enjoy reading about maverick traders and how they make their money trading should […]

The 5-Day Momentum Method by Jeff Cooper

By smilingsynic

Summary This seems to be a good mechanical system for trading stocks. Even though it was written in an entirely different market environment, Cooper’s pamphlet contains ideas that still probably work today, if used selectively. His system can now easily be backtested, and I wouldn’t be surprised if such a test would demonstrate that this […]

Connors on Advanced Trading Strategies by Laurence A. Connors

By smilingsynic

Summary: A decent collection of trading strategies that comes, at least in terms of trading books, at a fairly higher sticker price (close to $200 new). That does not mean that the book is necessarily overpriced. At a cost that runs less than 4 ES points, one could well use some—but not all—of the strategies […]

Live the Dream by Profitably Day Trading Stock Futures by Gary Smith

By smilingsynic

Summary: The book should be seen as a classic whose advice has for the most part not survived the test of time. Smith traded both the floor S&P contract and the now-defunct “Knife” contract that was traded on the NYFE. The round-the-clock markets have forever changed the trading of the S&P, and the days of […]