Trades about to Happen: A Modern Adaptation of the Wyckoff Method

by David H. Weis

The definitive book on adapting the classic work of Richard Wyckoff to today's markets Price and volume analysis is one of the most effective approaches to market analysis. It was pioneered by Richard Wyckoff, who worked on Wall Street during the golden age of technical analysis. In Trades About to Happen , veteran trader David Weis explains how to utilize the principles behind Wyckoff's work and make effective trades with this method.Page by page, Weis clearly demonstrates how to construct intraday wave charts similar to Wyckoff's originals, draw support/resistance lines, interpret the struggle for dominance in trading ranges, and recognize action signals at turning points.Analyzes markets one bar chart at a time, which recreates the ambiguity of actual trading Emphasizes reading price/volume charts without a secondary reliance on mathematical indicators Includes a short study guide in the appendix to help readers master the material Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, Trades About to Happen promises to be the definitive work on utilizing Wyckoff's classic methods in today's turbulent markets.

Genres: Finance, Nonfiction, Business

224 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[ABIR CHAKRABORTY · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book isn't for you if you trade with a lot of indicators. If you are a Wyckoff student, however, this book is a must-read. It's a trading book written by a professional trader. As a result, it might not be the simplest to read. Get over it and read it a few times more. This book helped me grasp how to use channels, support and resistance lines, and price behavior around these locations in charting. Mr. Weis has introduced new methods of looking at the information, such as his use of wave charts, in addition to providing a clear explanation of Wyckoff concepts.

[Murilo Forte · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Setups combined with springs, upthrusts, absorption, and tests of breakouts and breakdowns work extremely well. When a spring/upthrust occurs, look for a bullish/bearish change in behavior. If the selling/buying pressure diminishes on the next pullback, take the trade and always protect with a close stop below/above the extremity. The same works with a high‐volume breakout/breakdown. When these occur on heavy volume, watch the character of the pullback. Low volume at this point indicates a successful test of the breakout/breakdown and the trend should resume. Stop protection goes immediately below/above the pullback pivot."

[Eugene Quadros]

Ahhh where to start. I am on a journey of trying to understand the charts a bit better. This books shows alot of charts and references it often, even going bak up to 3-6 pages back. You need to understand this is a heavy read. You should have some previous knowledge of the very basic candlestick patterns and terminology.
my journey is to understand the way the banks trade. Looking into Wyckoff theory, W.D.Gann theory and also understand news and smart money ( how the big boys move and trying to identify it throught the candlestick patterns).

[Kyle Mitchell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall this book is Just okay. The main issues I have are due to the layout and how the subject matter was presented. A trade or chart description was given and would be in-depth and very lengthy with a simple chart to follow and sometimes it just didn't flow very well. Multiple charts at different intervals so you could see the specific changes that were talked about would be much more beneficial for readers. I'm a fan of the Wyckoff method and I do appreciate learning something new this book did teach me a few things but has not been my favorite in terms of market related learnings.

[Cameron · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great knowledge. Definitely jam packed with info. The second half of the book takes a tangent that I want interested in though... Weis moves away from pure bar + volume analysis to some offshoots like Weis Wave and Point & Figure charts that I personally am not interested in learning.

Even with half the book going in a different direction, the first half is amazing enough for 5 stars. If anyone trades like the book and wants to talk shop, shoot me a msg on Telegram/Discord (@macallik)

[Katja Riya · Rating 3 out of 5]

I expected more info about VSA but it wasn't for me.
Interesting and full thoughts while describing the OCHL bars behavior.

[Al Sevcik · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is text book on the Wyckoff method of stock trading. Excellently written and quite readable - allowing for the technical nature of the subject

[Fernando · Rating 4 out of 5]

Muy buen contenido aunque con un lenguaje un tanto complejo.

[Greg Meyle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Weis is a beast

[Derrick Monk · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not the most organized book on Options trading, but it’s decent in information

[Rahul Jana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Its is a good book on trading through the methods of Richard Wyckoff. Simple and easy to understand. ONe can read till the chapter of Absorption and still find it valuable.

[Lime Street Labrador · Rating 1 out of 5]

Trash