Archive for category: Books

Review of Way of the Turtle

30 May, 2007 (13:24) | Books | By: Colin McGinley

Curtis Faith is one of the original Turtles. He was a member of the first group of people to take part in a unique trading program. This trading program was the result of a bet between Richard Dennis and William Eckhardt. Could trading be taught? Richard Dennis was willing to [...]

Preparing for the black swan

21 May, 2007 (16:37) | Books, Psychology | By: Colin McGinley

Although this article has already been highlighted on Rob Booker’s blog and The Forex Project, as well as being written over five years ago, I think it is well worth reading especially if you are not familiar with Nassim Taleb. The article is question was originally published in New Yorker magazine and is titled [...]

Currency Secrets review of BWILC

9 May, 2007 (11:20) | Books | By: Colin McGinley

Ryan Sheehy at Currency Secrets has posted a review of Bird Watching In Lion Country.
He highlights the positives and negatives that he got out of reading the book, which fall broadly in line with his more technical orientated trading background. The ambiguity that Ryan describes is totally understandable when first coming to grips with [...]

Feeling lucky?

6 May, 2007 (09:05) | Books, Journal, Trading Plan | By: Colin McGinley

My foretelling of the US non-farm payroll unfolded broadly in line with what I thought might happen. Was my correct prediction just pure luck or a sign of some masterful trading skill?
Before I tackle that question I’d like to quickly recap how I handled the events of Friday’s NFP release.
Price didn’t make it into [...]

Review of Bird Watching In Lion Country

1 January, 2007 (18:30) | Books | By: Colin McGinley

There are plenty of reviews of ‘Bird Watching in Lion Country’ by Dirk du Toit already out there on the net. Most of the reviewers seem to have liked the book, but that’s almost always the way with online reviews isn’t it? If you’re indifferent or negative about something why would you want [...]