Robert Miner has produced a seminal work in the practical use of
Elliott Wave -- no easy task.
Miner clears the decks early by acknowledging that Elliott's "wave
counts" work about 50% of the time. Thus, he does not resort to
vague, exceptional wave counts and other fudging factors in an attempt
to justify the Master's infallibility.
As a professional trader of almost 20 years, I attempted in the
past to apply Elliott wave to daily and intraday trading and failed.
I discounted Elliott principally due to the presentation by Elliott
academicians.
I get the sense that most authors attempting to explain Elliott
and Gann are theorists only and either do not want you to be able
to trade using their interpretations or, in fact, are not traders.
Miner has clearly been in the trenches, and his book makes the approach
accessible.
Though Miner takes a less restricted approach to the interpretation
of wave counts, his results are no less impressive. The author is
very restrained in touting his software that accomplishes what is
explained in depth in the book. However, all formulae (to my knowledge)
are revealed and are adaptable to an Excel spreadsheet, which is
what I have done.
Wave counts, Fibonacci retracements, time measures, trading strategies,
an abundance of practical examples, and much more is covered.
The Wave Structures Check lists, Summaries of the Most Important
Price Projections, Ratios by Wave, and Worksheets are invaluable
and alone are worth the price of this book. If you trade or plan
to, you should buy and study this book.
This book is an excellent accompanyment to understanding and following
our Nasdaq trader, Ralph Russell's Robert Miner has produced a seminal
work in the practical use of Elliott Wave -- no easy task.
Miner clears the decks early by acknowledging that Elliott's "wave
counts" work about 50% of the time. Thus, he does not resort to
vague, exceptional wave counts and other fudging factors in an attempt
to justify the Master's infallibility.
As a professional trader of almost 20 years, I attempted in the
past to apply Elliott wave to daily and intraday trading and failed.
I discounted Elliott principally due to the presentation by Elliott
academicians.
I get the sense that most authors attempting to explain Elliott
and Gann are theorists only and either do not want you to be able
to trade using their interpretations or, in fact, are not traders.
Miner has clearly been in the trenches, and his book makes the approach
accessible.
Though Miner takes a less restricted approach to the interpretation
of wave counts, his results are no less impressive. The author is
very restrained in touting his software that accomplishes what is
explained in depth in the book. However, all formulae (to my knowledge)
are revealed and are adaptable to an Excel spreadsheet, which is
what I have done.
Wave counts, Fibonacci retracements, time measures, trading strategies,
an abundance of practical examples, and much more is covered.
The Wave Structures Check lists, Summaries of the Most Important
Price Projections, Ratios by Wave, and Worksheets are invaluable
and alone are worth the price of this book. If you trade or plan
to, you should buy and study this book.
This book is an excellent accompanyment if you want to follow our
Nasdaq trader, Ralph Russell's Real-time
Signals for the Nasdaq 100.
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