Disappointing, May 29, 2007 By TateJR "TateJR" (USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Way of the Turtle: The Secret Methods that Turned Ordinary People into Legendary Traders (Hardcover) I bought this book and couldn't wait until it arrived. I tore into it to find out the "Way of the Turtle" or the religion of Turtle Trading. I expected the author to uncover how he used the Turtle Way in his trading and personal life. Perhaps talk about the lessons learned from his tech-company going belly up, and his failings in trading, and business in general. Certainly the discipline taught by Dennis and Eckhardt should have better prepared him mentally to avoid the large scale failures he has endured in his life?
What I found instead was a boring assembly of trading descriptions that really had nothing to do with the "Way of the Turtle" or Curtis Faith in general. It was a poor attempt to be everything to everyone. He very rarely stayed on one topic, and scattered around trading ideas while providing little tangible insight. Oddly, he did not mention any of the other traders in his Turtle class. A "reveal all book" would certainly mention the other students in his class - seeing that some of them have become Wall Street's greatest traders!
Recently Faith revealed (on YouTube) that he lost all of his trading capital. So I am confused. I bought this book to see in depth about who the "most successful" Turtle was only later to hear him confess that he lost all of his trading capital. Which is it? Are you the great trader that you claim to be or did you lose all of your money? After reading this book I am convinced that the author has probably not traded in years.
This is a bargain basket book inside of 2 years - don't waste your time or money.