Timing Solutions for Swing Traders

Timing Solutions for Swing Traders has something for the novice as well as the seasoned trader. The fi rst few chapters serve as both a learning aid for beginners and as a refresher course for the more experienced practitioner, while the latter chapters show how to combine and use the indicators and methods discussed to create a trading plan. I found Robert’s innovative approach to multiple moving averages, which he calls the Queuing Theory of Moving Average Crossovers (QMAC), to be very interesting. I particularly liked the way he dissects the interplay of long-term moving averages to anticipate major support and resistance levels and his use of colored candlesticks to differentiate between trending and non-trending phases based on simple but effective concepts. It is the last chapter, on fi nancial astrology, written by Peter, that I found to be most fascinating. Having never explored this area before—and not being very esoterically inclined—I found the material quite easy to follow. The astrology-based approach to selecting stocks, in combination with the more accepted methods of analysis along with the section on projecting future trends based on planetary infl uences, defi nitely merits further study. I hope the authors explore this fascinating new area in more detail, with examples from other equity markets and perhaps the currency markets, in a future publication.