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Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques: Tips, Tricks and Strategies to Improve Your Technical Market Analysis Know-How
128 pages, Paperback
Published August 14, 2021
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October 29, 2021
Not Well Written; No Chart Illustrations
I read the first book in this series a while ago, and it did not impress me. However, since I've lately been into learning more about investing, I chose all three of this series’ books at a book review site. The first issue you might notice is the severe lack of any charting illustrations. Japanese candlestick charting is by its nature very visual, but the author only opted to show the basics of what a candlestick is, not all the pattern and structure combinations he talks about. The subtitle states this is a book of tips, tricks, and strategies, but it isn't. Rather, after an introductory section (which seems completely the same as the one in the first book) are simply candlestick structures and multi-stick patterns to look for and what they might mean. As this is soooo visual, it was sometimes hard to mentally picture them with words only; a picture paints a thousand words, after all! The book is also written very poorly, as if translated from another work in a different language by someone who didn't know English very well. The book is actually a hard slog and very unpleasant to read. All the extra words and awkward phrasing sentences made what the author was trying to say hard to parse at times. I do have some knowledge of investing and Japanese candlesticks, and I didn't think the author truly understood what he was talking about. My gut instinct tells me that this book comes from a content mill that just cranks out books like this to earn a little money, not by someone who is actually an expert on the topic—or even someone who dabbles in trading using candlesticks—sharing their insights. I would recommend finding another book on Japanese candlestick charting if the topic interests you.
I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.
I read the first book in this series a while ago, and it did not impress me. However, since I've lately been into learning more about investing, I chose all three of this series’ books at a book review site. The first issue you might notice is the severe lack of any charting illustrations. Japanese candlestick charting is by its nature very visual, but the author only opted to show the basics of what a candlestick is, not all the pattern and structure combinations he talks about. The subtitle states this is a book of tips, tricks, and strategies, but it isn't. Rather, after an introductory section (which seems completely the same as the one in the first book) are simply candlestick structures and multi-stick patterns to look for and what they might mean. As this is soooo visual, it was sometimes hard to mentally picture them with words only; a picture paints a thousand words, after all! The book is also written very poorly, as if translated from another work in a different language by someone who didn't know English very well. The book is actually a hard slog and very unpleasant to read. All the extra words and awkward phrasing sentences made what the author was trying to say hard to parse at times. I do have some knowledge of investing and Japanese candlesticks, and I didn't think the author truly understood what he was talking about. My gut instinct tells me that this book comes from a content mill that just cranks out books like this to earn a little money, not by someone who is actually an expert on the topic—or even someone who dabbles in trading using candlesticks—sharing their insights. I would recommend finding another book on Japanese candlestick charting if the topic interests you.
I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.
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