Product Description

Master Traders introduces you to an outstanding group of financial experts—from seasoned hedge fund managers to top technical analysts—who discuss the methods they use to tame today’s highly volatile and unpredictable markets. Composed of chapters contributed by leading financial professionals, Master Traders contains a variety of proven strategies and techniques that will give you an edge in the world of stocks, options, and futures.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #278625 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 302 pages

From the Inside Flap
While there's no substitute for real-world trading experience, the chance to learn from those who have consistently succeeded in this demanding environment is the next best thing. In Master Traders, author Fari Hamzei provides you with the rare opportunity to learn from some of the top traders and market analysts in this business.

Engaging and informative, Master Traders introduces you to an outstanding group of financial experts—from seasoned hedge fund managers to top technical analysts—who discuss new and provocative methods that they use to tame today's highly volatile and unpredictable markets.

Composed of chapters contributed by these leading financial professionals, Master Traders contains a variety of proven strategies and techniques that will give you an edge in the world of stocks, options, and futures. You'll become familiar with many important strategies from advanced technical and sentiment analyses to pairs trading. Once you've gained a firm understanding of all the tools examined, you'll be able to choose the ones that best suit your trading style. Some of the advice and insights found within these pages include:

• The question is not whether fundamental analysis or technical analysis works, rather it is "how and when do they work?" (Jeff deGraaf)
• Understanding market-implied volatility is the key to bettering your trading performance. (Alex Jacobson)
• The ability to market time individual stock sectors can boost overall investment returns dramatically. (Frank Barbera)
• One way to approach investment opportunities in the biotech sector is not by chasing the big names, but by carefully researching second-tier players. (David Miller)
• The major advantage of using seasonality is that it allows you to trade those periods when seasonal tendencies are consistent. (Phil Erlanger)
• Given the cyclical nature of markets and the irrational behavior in the investment environment, the combination of technical and fundamental analyses can help you better identify potential trading opportunities. (Jeffrey Spotts)
• The markets for European derivatives, and options in particular, present unique opportunities to diversify holdings, hedge positions, or gain leverage. (Timothy Corliss)
• By following specific rules and methods, you can gain a better understanding of how volume interacts with price, and increase the accuracy of predicting future price patterns. (Tim Ord)

The professionals in this book have enjoyed extraordinary long-term success in the markets—and the hard-earned knowledge they've gained can be used to enhance your trading skills. Straightforward and accessible, Master Traders provides you with the information you need to succeed in today's dynamic markets.

From the Back Cover
Praise for Master Traders

"Fari Hamzei has assembled an impressive array of trading authors. Fari's own work on sentiment indicators is definitely worth reading, as usual, as is technical 'master' Phil Erlanger's. Furthermore, there is plenty of useful information on derivatives in the chapters by Alex Jacobson and Jon Najarian."
—Lawrence G. McMillan, The Option Strategist and President, McMillan Analysis Corp.

"Master Traders provides invaluable market education and wisdom from those who have distinguished themselves, not only by their track records in the market, but also for their risk and money management expertise. Strikingly, readers will find that these Masters use the basic understanding of human nature to achieve trading success and know how to achieve simplicity by focusing on the essence of opportunity."
—Mario Alberico, Partner, Financial Services Industry, Accenture, LLP and former senior vice president of electronic trading and market data, Chicago Mercantile Exchange

"Fari Hamzei knows a lot about the markets and so do the traders/analysts he has assembled here. From sector analysis to option strategies, from price and volume to volatility, there is sure to be something of interest in this compilation for every trader."
—John Bollinger, CFA, CMT, BollingerBands.com

"A straightforward, down-to-earth guide to using technical analysis, tips from the master traders, and excellent options information for successful trading. In my opinion, a manual every investor can profit from."
—Ned Bennett, CEO and co-founder, optionsXpress, Inc.

About the Author
Fari Hamzei is founder of Hamzei Analytics, LLC, which provides cutting-edge proprietary analysis and indicators to institutional and professional traders. He is also group leader of the Los Angeles eSignal/Trade Station/ Real Tick/ Metastock Users' Group and the former vice president of Market Analysts of Southern California. Hamzei is a nationally ranked Market Timer (as ranked by Timer Digest). He holds a BSE degree in financial engineering from Princeton University, and was a director of strategic planning at Northrop Grumman Corp., Aircraft Group. He is frequently quoted by CNBC, Bloomberg, RealMoney, and other financial media outlets.

Customer Reviews

13 diverse essays with even more diverse value/quality
If you compare this book directly with Market Wizards I & II, you will definitely be very disappointed. However, if the presence of one or two very bright ideas in one single book can already satisfy you well, you may still give it a try. IMHO, the chapter by David Miller (Keys to Biotech Investing) is outstanding, whilst the rest are just so so or even substandard. Sorry to say that there are many better alternatives in the market of the "various authors" genre, like the aforesaid ones and "Inside the House of Money" by Steven Drobny. In short, not recommended.

Distinguished Market Masters of Today
I had time to read this very well compiled book over the holidays. The book is a worthwhile read for anyone interested in improving their own trading techniques as well as gaining insight to different methodologies used for successful trading. The Chapter written by well-known Investment Strategist, Jeff DeGraft was very good in pointing out the contrasting strategies used by Technicians versus Fundamentalists. Frank Barbera writes an excellent Chapter on Sector Analysis. I thought his explanation of how his methodology of using particular market tools has evolved over time was very insightful. Additionally, he explains the changes that have occured in measuring market sentiment over the years. The Traders interviewed are successful and each have a deep passion for their work. They each have their own unique methodology which has translated to trading successfully in the financial markets. The book was especially enjoyable because of the passion conveyed from each Trader regarding their work. I recommend this book if you are a student of the markets.
K. Hetzer CMT,CIMA,CFP

Good book
All in all I'm glad I read the book. There's a couple of chapters on options that I learned one thing that more than paid for the price of the book and my time to read it. I was a little disappointed with the book however. Most the technical analysis chapters are simply inpractical for the average home based investored to use. They would require a lot of manual number crunching, or a subscription to a website.

But still, there were some gems in the book, and I've changed the way I would enter some options trades after reading it, so it still gets 5 stars.