Rating: 
- Most comprehensive introduction book you can buy
For an introduction to technical analysis, read this book first. You won't need to read others. It is the most comprehensive, and easy to understand, book on technical analysis that I've read. Surprisingly, it isn't dry, either.
Rating: - THE Book to Start With If You Want to Really Learn Technical Analysis
Fortunately for me, this was one of the first books that I bought when I began learning technical analysis. This is probably the best book I own which touches on virtually every aspect of the subject. It is clearly written, and you can certainly read it even if you know nothing. Beleive me, we have all been there. And technical analysis can seem overwhelming when you begin.
My copy of this book is worn, is thoroughly underlined, and I have marked the most important pages. I still refer to it. If you want to get your money's worth, believe me, you should buy this book!
Rating: - Comprehensive Yet Concise
Ms Rockefeller has accomplished a difficult task. Take a broad topic and cover it in a comprehensive and concise manner. The author is a true professional and it shines through out her book from cover to cover. I have a small library of books on technical analysis. However, this is one book I pick up to re-read again and again. She gives a sense of realistic expectations one can rely upon technical analysis for and how to integrate the discipline into one's trading plan. The pros and con's of each aspect of technical analysis is discussed and highlighted. The material flows logically in clear easy to understand manner. This is an indication of an author who truly understands and has practiced the craft and communicates it effectively. I whole heartedly recommend this book.
Rating: - Way better than expected
I was surprised with how informative this book really is. I was expecting to get a very broad overview of TA, but this book really has a lot of useful information that can help you make money in the markets. Well worth the money if you ask me.
Rating: - The funniest book I have read in years
I am new to "technical analysis". I wanted to see what the fuss was all about, and this books was very helpful towards that goal ... it is about numerology, astrology and palmistry. Not literally of course, but the feel is the same. There are two opposing schools of thought on the subject of market investing, the "efficient market" theorists, whose ranks include numerous Nobel Prize winners and university professors writing on the subject. They basically all say that while you can trade off risk versus potential return, etc. you can't "beat" the market and that "market timing" just plain doesn't work. The other school, "technical analysis", says that merely by analyzing price fluctuations over time, and nothing more, you can. Its advocates include various authors of books and software programs who have no other qualifications than the recommendations of other authors on technical analysis. To get a sense of how funny "Technical Analysis for Dummies" truly is, you need read no further than the section "Magic Numbers: 'The Secret of the Universe'" on how to determine when a market "dip" has occurred. Sometimes it is after a drop equal to the ratio of two Fibonacci numbers such as 62% or 38%, but then other times it might be 50%, or 25% or 12.5%. And of course even this shotgun scattering of numbers won't always work, because as the book itself says "even in the absence of the occasional historic event like 1929, in regular trading even the best indicator fails to work all the time. In fact, some of the best indicators work less than 50% of the time, and that's when conditions are normal! Critics use this awful statistic to say that technical analysis is a waste of time.". Say what?? For a great laugh, I cannot recommend this book strongly enough.
- Most comprehensive introduction book you can buyFor an introduction to technical analysis, read this book first. You won't need to read others. It is the most comprehensive, and easy to understand, book on technical analysis that I've read. Surprisingly, it isn't dry, either.
Rating:
- THE Book to Start With If You Want to Really Learn Technical AnalysisFortunately for me, this was one of the first books that I bought when I began learning technical analysis. This is probably the best book I own which touches on virtually every aspect of the subject. It is clearly written, and you can certainly read it even if you know nothing. Beleive me, we have all been there. And technical analysis can seem overwhelming when you begin.
My copy of this book is worn, is thoroughly underlined, and I have marked the most important pages. I still refer to it. If you want to get your money's worth, believe me, you should buy this book!
Rating:
- Comprehensive Yet ConciseMs Rockefeller has accomplished a difficult task. Take a broad topic and cover it in a comprehensive and concise manner. The author is a true professional and it shines through out her book from cover to cover. I have a small library of books on technical analysis. However, this is one book I pick up to re-read again and again. She gives a sense of realistic expectations one can rely upon technical analysis for and how to integrate the discipline into one's trading plan. The pros and con's of each aspect of technical analysis is discussed and highlighted. The material flows logically in clear easy to understand manner. This is an indication of an author who truly understands and has practiced the craft and communicates it effectively. I whole heartedly recommend this book.
Rating:
- Way better than expectedI was surprised with how informative this book really is. I was expecting to get a very broad overview of TA, but this book really has a lot of useful information that can help you make money in the markets. Well worth the money if you ask me.
Rating:
- The funniest book I have read in yearsI am new to "technical analysis". I wanted to see what the fuss was all about, and this books was very helpful towards that goal ... it is about numerology, astrology and palmistry. Not literally of course, but the feel is the same. There are two opposing schools of thought on the subject of market investing, the "efficient market" theorists, whose ranks include numerous Nobel Prize winners and university professors writing on the subject. They basically all say that while you can trade off risk versus potential return, etc. you can't "beat" the market and that "market timing" just plain doesn't work. The other school, "technical analysis", says that merely by analyzing price fluctuations over time, and nothing more, you can. Its advocates include various authors of books and software programs who have no other qualifications than the recommendations of other authors on technical analysis. To get a sense of how funny "Technical Analysis for Dummies" truly is, you need read no further than the section "Magic Numbers: 'The Secret of the Universe'" on how to determine when a market "dip" has occurred. Sometimes it is after a drop equal to the ratio of two Fibonacci numbers such as 62% or 38%, but then other times it might be 50%, or 25% or 12.5%. And of course even this shotgun scattering of numbers won't always work, because as the book itself says "even in the absence of the occasional historic event like 1929, in regular trading even the best indicator fails to work all the time. In fact, some of the best indicators work less than 50% of the time, and that's when conditions are normal! Critics use this awful statistic to say that technical analysis is a waste of time.". Say what?? For a great laugh, I cannot recommend this book strongly enough.