Forex Conquered: High Probability Systems and Strategies for Active Traders (Wiley Trading) | 
| Author: John L. Person
Publisher: Wiley
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Pages: 304
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.3
ISBN: 0470097795
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.45
EAN: 9780470097793
ASIN: 0470097795
Publication Date: March 30, 2007
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Praise for FOREX CONQUERED "In this amazing book, John covers it all. From trading systems to money management to emotions, he explains easily how to pull money consistently from the most complicated financial market in the world. John packs more new, innovative information into this book than I have ever seen in a trading book before."
—Rob Booker, independent currency trader "John Person is one of the few rare talents that are uniquely qualified to help traders understand the process of successful trading. With today's markets becoming increasingly challenging, John has cut right into the essentials and brought forward the much-needed tools of forex trading. This clear and well-organized publication is a major step forward in helping traders gain an edge. I would highly recommend Forex Conquered as a valuable handbook for both aspiring and experienced traders alike."
—Sandy Jadeja, Chief Market Analyst and EditorLondon Stock Exchange, London, England "Forex Conquered is a bold title, but this book delivers the tools needed for successful forex trading. There is no fluff here, just the wisdom of a trading veteran that I have always respected-and followed."
—Michael Kahn, Editor, Quick Takes Pro market letter and Columnist, Barron's Online "This is a wonderful, in-depth view into the explanation of technical analysis and prudent money management guidelines in the forex market."
—Blake Morrow, President, 4XMadeEasy "Forex Conquered is a meaningful contribution to the growing number of books on forex trading. John Person provides a professional view of forex trading that readers will be able to use as a guide for strategies and tactics that work. The scope of the book covers more than forex and includes salient aspects of futures and option trading. It should be read and then re-read!"
—Abe Cofnas, President, Learn4x.com Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
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 Trading systems that would probably work. April 14, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
John explained the trading systems that would probably work. Some history of performance is shown in the book. Anyway, the system should be tested in the choppy market condition first before it applied in your live account. I'm afraid that it's only working well in a trending condition.
 More of the same December 22, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have bought this book as I had heard a lot about this author from trading symposiums. He may be a great trader and also may be a great presenter in symposiums but when it comes to writing a book, I would not say he was successful.
1. Good amount of content in this book is a repeat from his other two books. So if you happen to have one of his other two books you may want to ask yourself why do you want to buy this book.
2. Good amount of content in this book is freely available in the internet. Not only its covered for free in the internet, its actually more detailed and better articulated with good examples. Take the challenge and just do a google search for simple terms like candle stick, pivot points, stochastics, MACD, chart patterns etc and you will be amazed how much great content is there for free.
3. The three trading system methods being discussed is nothing new. Even if its not new, I would have atleast expected that these systems be covered in more detail with proper definition of the rules. Unfortunately, only overview of the system is provided and its up to the reader to figure out the missing pieces are. Book touches upon filters, entries etc but nothing detailed enough to be useful. I don't really know why the author calls the systems high probability. The first 2 of them are based on stochastics & MACD respectively. The last one is based on pivots & MA though not new, detailed information on tis system is not provided.
4. The tradestation back testing strategy code and the results looks like are cheri picked. You try to run that strategy with different instruments you will see the real truth. There is nothing great about this strategy. He talks about scaling when entering the trades but he does not incorporate that in the strategy and leaves it to the readers to figure that out. What is given in the strategy is the most basic version which you can find by posting in tradestation forum for free.
5. The pivot point moving average system strategy code is not presented. I was looking for clear rules on how this strategy can be implemented. If you talk about a strategy, you got to be specific about the rules so that anyone who want to backtest can do so. Unfortunately the rules are not specific. I had written to the author to get more information about this and found out that he would be selling this as an indicator in 2008. So looks like (my personal opinion) the Pivot point Avg system being mentioned in the book is a marketing instrument for his indicator being sold. I have read other books where the author refers to paid indicators he has written but does provide detailed information on how those indicators work and the details/calculation behind that in the book. If someone likes it and do not want to develop it themselves, they can always buy it if they like.
6. CD...... I am amazed that the author is marketing about calculators. All the calculators he talks about are available free in the internet. In addition, anyone who has excel can create these indicators in less than 5 mins. Most trading software automatically calculates these numbers. So I am not really sure what is the value of the indicator other than for marketing purposes. The CD does have a training video which is good. Other than that, I feel this CD is a way to make sure that you don't return this book as once you open the CD you cannot return it.
7. Looking at the chapters, you will notice...
Introduction to Forex... nothing new here... You can read about this in million sites for free.
Candlestick.... All this content is free in the internet. If you already own his previous book, you are wasting your money to read the same content thats available elsewhere.
Patterns..... Same as candlestick. Its filler information. No new insight. No actionable information. Unfortunately nothing of value here.
Fibonacci chapter was so theoritical even if you read it 10 times you will know what it is but will not help you in any shape or form. Its like learning about the internals of the car's engine which has no relationship to how to drive the car.
Trading system chapter was not detailed enough and lacked depth.
Psychology chapter was brief..
In essence, the book is like going to a mediocre Sunday buffet. It has references to different concepts but none of the concepts are covered in depth nor any new insight provided.
8. Since you paid good amount of money for this book, you atleast expect the book to be printed in good paper. You will surprised that the quality of the paper printed is also not good.
9. On the good side
Book discusses about Multiple Timeframe analysis which is good though Elder does a better job in his book.
Discussion on scaling out is interesting.
Quick Training video in the CD is good.
In summary, this book is not worth the money. No new information. Even the information covered is not covered in detail. Not much actionable information. So if you don't have access to the internet and cannot read content online, you can pay for this book to get all the basic information (in a printed form) though you can get such (better) information for free in the net. If you are looking for specific information on the 3 systems John is talking about, be prepared to get disappointed.
Hope this helps.
Ram
 Invaluable December 21, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Person certainly opened my eyes to pivot point trading in this book. Combining sound strategies and trading psychology is a great combination as both are monumentally important. Thanks directly to this book, I am able to consistently make money from trading forex, which I have been trading for about 2 years now. Cant recommend it enough!
 Basic, nothing really useful, not well written, overpriced... December 8, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I wish other 1-star guys had posted their messages earlier. I could have saved the useless time and money I spent for this book.
The content is very limited. It has a few things on forex introduction, general trading tips (the usual things), Fibonacci and pivot points, but it remains very basic and there is nothing that is not available for free.
The style is not good and clear. The book is much too thick for its actual content (lots of fillers).
The so-called systems are too basic to be good over the long run. And there are about 3 of them, quite similar to each other. It does not match the message of the book: "High probability systems and strategies for active traders"...
The CD? Like others said. A joke. The so-called calculator is a link to a web page where the real calculator is. Therefore you need internet, and in fact you don't need the CD! The link could have been just given in the text. Besides, this type of calculator is available on the internet for free and its realization is such a poor challenge that any beginner in programming could do it.
Great Forex Trading Book October 15, 2007
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
I loved this book, it was very inspiring and I think that
Whatever level of trading experience you have you
Would find it helpful.
Here are some of the subjects that I found particularly
Well covered:
* Trading Systems
* Strategies
* Tactics
* Risk Management & Reduction
I also liked the examples and the companion cd.
I would highly recommend it to anyone with an
Interest in Forex.
Gerald Mason
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