Mastering the Trade, Third Edition: Proven Techniques for Profiting From Intraday and Swing Trading Setups

The book is essentially the same version as the 2nd edition with a few pages thrown in by a couple of the author's junior trader/instructors. It still details trade strategies that I have never heard Carter talk about utilizing in any of his daily Youtube uploads over the past 5 years. The entire book is without color, so chart review is a trip back to the 1980's. And, surprisingly, it does not discuss any of his recent Purdy developed indicators, which he sells as "essential to success" trading his approaches to the market. John Carter has exploded his offering of thinkorswim based indicators over the past 3 years, and it was with the expectation that there would be some in depth discussion of these indicators, I purchased the 3rd edition. I would only recommend this book for people brand new to John Carter.

This book is not about swing stock market trading, there is nothing or very little about it, it's mostly about options and ETFs which I don't trade so it has not usage for me. It's also written in a too-much-sharing-memoir form and there's so much fluff. Some parallels are ridiculous and relatable. You get mugged on the street, would you come back to the street, avoid the street or come back with the taser? The same with the stock market, right? The things that are technical seem unfinished and confusing. For example, it tells you a lot what you shouldn't be doing, but somehow misses to tell you what to do. I assume the idea is to inspire you to purchase a seminar or whatever they are selling. I am bewildered how this book has such a great rating. And on the top of everything, this John F. Carter book has JFC quotations. I have never seen in my life that one book/author is quoting himself/herself in the book as an authority.

With lots of experience one learns that sometimes only a sentence or two of a new book can render invaluable assistance to one's understanding. As someone who has made more than $500 mil in investment profits for other people, I do know good work when I see it. Just as John F. Carter says himself, one become an expert at using the "squeeze" and trade profitably for a lifetime. Being humble enough to give his employees a share of the limelight speaks well of him.

This book has a lot of valuable information. Personally I found it tedious and needlessly time consuming to muddle through the endless babble to extract usable information. Honestly I think the book would by less than 1/2 its current length if the filler and shameless indirect plugs for his website were removed and left just the actual topical information remained.However as I progress through my journey, too my dismay and frustration, I am finding this practice to be a common theme in this subject. I wish someone would publish a no nonsense "text book-like approach" to the subject. Instead of this biography/advertisement/nuggets of information sprinkled in for effect approach.I would recommend John Carters approach and ideas just not this book for exposure to them.

John Carter has written a third edition for today's market conditions. I'd been trading for years when someonerecommended the first edition, which turned my trading around. This book is jam-packed with information that isnecessary to know but not mentioned by so many market gurus selling courses. Strongly advise investing in this book as a way to shortcut the learning curve and prepare the trader for the game.Immensely readable. I recommend this as a must-have for any trader's library and THE place to start for newbies,along with Candlestick Charting Explained. After digestion, my next recommendation would be Jim Dalton's Markets in Profile - prepare to take notes.

This book is amazing !!! Out of the dozens of market books I have read, this book has been the only one that has trading strategies I can put to use to make money consistently. I’ve bought several other copies to give to family members , that’s how much it impacted me.

I enjoyed the 2nd edition so much that I decided to buy the third edition. It did not disappoint. New sections on psychology , updated charts , new trade setups and some removed and Henry Gamble and Danielle Shay Gum write sections for Mr Carter. These are traders who literally learned to trade from scratch using the techniques taught in the book. They were able to become profitable in short order as well. There is a lot of fluff out there in the financial bookstore world - this book is the real deal. John Carter has probably taught more people to successfully trade than anyone else through his simplertrading.com website.Chris Golden

Good mix of the trader's psychology, with some moderately entertaining biographical elements, and real trading strategies. There are lots of actual examples of each strategy (not fake ones) that were useful for me to get the exact idea right. Very helpful. The psychology is very accurately described as well. I feel like some people in this field publish books only as marketing material to get you to buy their service, but this is not at all one of those books.That said, I traded with his group for a while and they are a great group and run a no-nonsense business. They share their full thoughts, exact trades in and out, and are unusually nice people! There is more promotion of every new seminar, etc for sale than I prefer, but I also understand that is their business. Anyway, the book is a pleasant read and very useful.Good online supplementary videos as well.However, I disagree with his suggestion that it's ok to trade options without knowing much about them. They are complex, highly leveraged trading instruments that can move fast due to factors you should understand.

Book is filled with axioms and truisms that moderately seasoned traders are already well aware off, (i.e. markets like to go where liquidity pools are, a.k.a. Stop Runs) and as for the 'setups' offered in this book. The author is giving very little away.Setups like 'The Squeeze' are totally useless and will break your account if applied in the way described in this book. Half of the pages of the book are filled with examples where the author provides 10% of his thinking behind each trade.If it wasn't £50, I would still recommend it as a decent read, but £55!Fk that!

Must read book for any person serious about making money in the financial markets

Very interesting book,A bit expensive the price for someone who work with £8 and hour, but I don't regret.😃

Detailed and to the point. No wasted page

I've been following John Carter for years and have been a monthly subscriber to his trading room for quite some time. The book sums up much of his journey and trading methodology. A must have for any serious options/equities/futures trader.