such a simple question
@Creanz But the answer would require a dinner party to do it justice.
But briefly..........
many trading books seem to be written from a fund managers perspective applying to large amounts under management. This is often a big source of mis-information between small nimble traders and large cumbersome investors.
Some books are dated eg VSA analysis. although they can work, they no longer suit modern times and modern markets.
many books are written to sell books. So they will explain all that really does not needed to be explained to make them seem comprehensive.
some books are written by and for investors/traders seeking large returns with larger risk, others are written for and by mediocre traders seeking smaller returns (but still substantail, compared to buy and hold).
some books are written by folk who have no idea. You won't see this unless you have experiance yourself.
some books are just copy and paste.
I think Mark Minervini's books offer the most practical info to the vast majority of traders in modern markets trading medium to large cap stocks. Although i just mentioned KOR in a previous post, these are not my trading stocks. If you are waiting for news as I am on KOR, this is not trading.......although you can apply some trading principles. Stocks like QAN, one of my best from 90 cents to $6, XRO, BPT and so on are my 'bread and butter' trades. And this is what his book suits.
By the way, that reminds me, things don't always work out . RSG I'm spewing over it. I got in once, got stopped out, got in again, it failed to move and I was ready to try again when something else took my fancy, I missed the start of it's move and I didn't enter when I could have because I thought I would be stopped out again...............and guess what, I missed that elusive Disallowed when I was all over it. spewing.
Books do not always work!
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