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Includes the name: Gerald Appel

Works by Gerald Appel

Winning Market Systems (1986) 4 copies

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Having seen a lot of timing systems and indicators over the years, this one seems consistent and straightforward. My next step is to see how the ideas have held up in the past 5 years of unusual markets since it was written in 2007. The book is also written in plain language, with behavioral explanation of markets to accompany the math. I like that Appel didn't push his own newsletter and investment products the way many authors would. A couple of the chapters have a lot of mathematical algorithm that are written for a non-quantitative audience. That might work for them but it leaves the more analytical reader with a lot of words to get what they could understand more quickly through formulas.… (more)
 
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jpsnow | Jan 1, 2013 |
A Cornucopia for the Serious Trader
If longevity is a key to greatness, Gerald Appel has achieved it. When I got into the business in the mid-seventies, he was an admired technical analyst. His publication, Systems and Forecast, was required reading. The inventor of MACD, he has lived to see his technique used by virtually every serious investor and trader; it is included in most trading programs.

With Technical Analysis, this accomplished technician and money manager, offers a complete course in forecasting future market behaving using cyclical, trend, momentum and volume signals.

His techniques are suitable for investors of all suits – be they short-, intermediate- or long-term. Even mutual fund investors will benefit.

It is rare that a successful money manager of Appel’s stature shares his secrets with the public. If you are a serious investor or trader, you can only benefit from time spent with this master and his ideas.
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PointedPundit | 1 other review | Mar 25, 2008 |
Author is "Inventor of MACD [Moving Average Convergence-Divergence]
 
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knol | Oct 1, 2008 |
Author is "Inventor of MACD [Moving Average Convergence-Divergence]
 
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knol | 1 other review | Oct 1, 2008 |

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