The Big Book of Stock Trading Strategies

I started investing in stocks in early 1960’s and have traded futures, options on futures, stocks and stock options. I am always looking for new methods or techniques to assist me in my investing or trading of stocks - you can never know it all. I can assure others that the author is knowledgeable in stocks and he has some great ideas. There is absolutely no fluff in the book. The methods he gives are succinct and to the point. The chart examples are clear and legible. Everything about the book is first class quality. He covers all bases for a trader to consider. The author uses candlesticks, but Hi-Lo Bar charts are equally effective. The terms and financial vocabulary he uses can only be from someone who has a lot of market experience. The best of the strategies in the book for me is the Rubber Band Stock Strategy. I used to Day Trade futures years ago and am not a fan of day trading so I can’t pass judgement on that section of the book.

Matt Kratter's books on Amazon are probably the best deal you will ever get as an investor. This most recent book presents 3 different strategies with a plug and play strategy. As a beginning investor (1 year) he makes technicals so simple because he tells you EXACTLY what to look for. If this occurs, do this. I have read 4 of his other books and I can tell you honestly the Bollinger Band strategy works very well. I have not had a chance to incorporate any of the others I've read about but wow the plan is there. After reading this most recent book we just need to filter the stocks and wait for the trigger. I love seeing the market through a real traders eyes. I have never met Mr.Kratter but reading his books and watching his library of YouTube videos makes him feel like a one on one teacher rather than some anonymous author. Thanks for the very useful information. Please keep writing and posting your videos. Thank you!!

PURCHASED: 11/05/2017. Fairly experienced trader here, but always looking for an edge... OK, despite the 1 & 2 star reviews, and other bashing, let's take a look at this $5.25 tome (or free in Kindle). It took me all of 90 minutes to read this book... OK, well, yes - it was hard read legibly, I agree with one reviewer about the pitifully and stupidly tiny charts printed in B&W on cheap newspaper-like type & paper. And 30 minutes of my time...someone has to pay me for that. The strategies are interesting...the author's use of Bollinger Bands, not bad, but why not go to Bollinger himself. If you're new to B-Bands, this may get you interested in learning more. Author's use of B-Bands is useful as a means to gain another trader's perspective on how he uses them for trading signals. Is it worth $5.25 and 30 minutes of my time? The "rocket" stocks strategy - another perspective by the author on using momentum strategy in his own way. Is it worth $5.25 and 30 minutes of my time? The author's "day sniper trading" strategy - interesting minute/hourly momentum & swing perspective. Is it worth $5.25 and 30 minutes of my time? $5.25 is peanuts. If the author's insights and perspectives gives me a $52.50 edge just one time, not a bad investment, eh? 30 minutes of my time? Well, I can't get 30 minutes of my life back, but those 30 minutes caused me to think of some past & current strategies. The author's own strategies have not directly contributed to my success, because I knew them already, but it opened a door to the author's views. It was an easy inexpensive gamble. If you're an experienced trader, give this book to the noobs you meet and see if they want more. Then give'em Murphy's books on Technical Analysis and McMillan's classics on Options. [If you're a noob to trading, you just got your first two hints.] The impermanence of the markets and the strategies we traders employ requires constant re-thinking.

This book is a super-set of three individual copies you can buy separately. It brings together 3 strategies: Swing, Growth and Earnings. As the author asserts, you can become successful by mastering one strategy at a time. This book gives you three to tackle and they are fairly easy to learn, so you really can tackle all three simultaneously. Rubber Band Trading is akin to a Swing Trading strategy. The author gives you the required set up, entry and exit rules (profit and stop). He also suggests risk management. You can get going with this set up using freely available tools on the internet. Since has has laid out a complete system for you, this earns this section all 5 stars. However, when I back tested this strategy, using growth stocks it did not offer up too many opportunities, rarely did those stocks drop below the trigger signal. So you would need to find more cyclical/swing oriented stocks for this strategy. As a result, I will drop the rating to 4 stars. Rocket Stock Trading here the author lays out a well reasoned argument for trading these high growth stocks, the main issue I have is with liquidity of some of these, looking for small floats will whipsaw you around so you will need to be disciplined with your stop loss. Trading IPOs is higher risk and should only be undertaken once experienced or at least with only a very small allocation of your funds. Given the author has laid out the rules, I can give it 5 stars, with the caveat that I have not back tested this strategy. Day Sniper Trading is an interesting strategy for trading post earnings events. I have written a separate review in some detail for this book on Amazon. I have continued to assess the trading results. What I have experienced is that when the strategy works it really works well, so think about converting to a swing trade. Most of the time the trade gets stopped out, so you need to be very disciplined

I got an advance copy of the book and I must say that I love the strategies because they go straight to the point. They will help you bootstrap your trading with easy to follow explanations.

I like the content in a detailed way. Very nice and helpful information with explaination. Good for beginners and experience people.

Bought this book today and skimmed through it quickly. Even though I haven't tried the strategies noted in the book as yet, Matthew's advice makes lots of sense, unlike lots of garbage floating around on the internet. Whether you are a day trader or a long time investor, you will find interesting strategies in this short book of 99 pages. Don't get the title wrong - it is a Big Book indeed from content quality perspective.

I've read a number of Kratter's books now, and each time I've said the same thing: his books are just perfect for beginners. There are a few reviews complaining that his books are too short, or that the methods he talks about are already covered in other people's books. Well, the books are short, but that's nothing to complain about: Firstly, Amazon tells you how long the book is before you buy it. But more importantly, Kratter doesn't give you fluff - the information is full, and useful, and there's no more information than there needs to be. His great talent is to boil this complicated subject down to simple, straightforward steps, so that everyone can understand and get started. I myself have started investing thanks to Kratter's books. And to the other point: I don't know if this information is available anywhere else - and I don't need to find out. Kratter's books teach me everything I need to know, and if you're a beginner trader, or just curious, these books are the BEST place to start out. If you're more experienced, then these books might not be fore you. But at $3 each for most of them, it's not a huge risk for anyone to find out if his teachings resonate with you, no matter what skill level you're at. Personally, I've found his books to be the most helpful and practical books I've read on the subject so far.

Worth for buying . Amazing book With a lot of trading strategies.