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The ETF Trend Following Playbook: Profiting from Trends in Bull or Bear Markets with Exchange Traded Funds |  | Author: Tom Lydon
Publisher: FT Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 17168
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 224
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.7 x 1
ISBN: 0137029012
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.6327
EAN: 9780137029013
ASIN: 0137029012
Publication Date: August 23, 2009
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Master the Low-Risk ETF-Based Investing Strategy That Gives You the Chance to Make Money in Any Market Climate "Tom Lydon has been a leader in the ETF business for many years. His new book walks through the basics of ETFs investing and shows why professionals--and increasingly, individuals--are turning to ETFs." --Bob Pisani, CNBC Reporter "Our complex and global financial system has created a powerful need for guideposts for investors and traders alike. Tom Lydon provides an excellent tool to help navigate the current economic environment in a clear, concise, easy-to-understand way." --John L. Jacobs, EVP and CMO, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. "There are hundreds of writers, speakers, and advisers clamoring to get a seat aboard the ETF bandwagon. However, if you're looking for genuine insight from a real pioneer, then read Tom Lydon. Not only is Tom's The ETF Trend Following Playbook a principled how-to guide for individual investors, it is requisite reading for money managers." --Gary Gordon, Editor of ETFExpert.com "Tom Lydon has put together a concise handbook for the active ETF trader outlining the key drivers of successful trend investing. The ETF Trend Following Playbook provides sound advice for traders as well as a comprehensive and up-to-date tour of all the ETF world has to offer." --Scott Burns, Director of ETF Analysis at Morningstar
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 GOOD IDEA EXPANDED TO BOOK SIZE November 24, 2009
Jim Bauer
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
BOOK HAS A FEW GOOD IDEAS BUT THERE IS ALOT OF FILLER...IT IS LIKE THE MATERIAL COULD HAVE BEEN COVERED IN 10 PAGES...
ETF Trend following.. November 5, 2009
Patrick Hamouy
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
A good introduction to ETFs if you are new to them.
The trend following method is what Tom Lydon speaks about on TV when he talks about his 200 days moving average.
Good ideas for various existing ETFs.
 Good introduction but left me with several questions October 25, 2009
D. Michael Elkins (Valrico, FL USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book provides a good introduction to the world of ETF trading along with a strategy of utilizing a 200-day moving average strategy. It also provided a listing of some of the ETFs available in various sectors although since there are new ETFs appearing almost daily, the author cannot be faulted for not listing more of them than he did.
The author's 200-day moving average strategy is certainly easy to understand for the reader but in his efforts to make it appear so simple, he seems to have left out some details that someone might need to know when attempting to implement it. For example, he recommends buying your chosen ETF when it crosses above the 200-day moving average and selling it when it falls below the 200-day moving average line. Simple enough. Unfortunately, he fails to indicate what to do if you're interested in buying an ETF that is already above the 200-day line. When would he recommend still buying it? He mentions that whipsaws can occur but he makes no recommendation as to whether a trader should wait to see whether an ETF that dips below the 200-day moving average line remains there or whether to simply sell and not look back.
Although he does make mention of the use of stop loss orders, he makes no recommendations within the book about whether traders should put in a stop loss after an ETF drops by a certain percentage or not. I did visit his website and found that he recommends setting a stop loss at 8% below a recent high. In my opinion, this is the sort of advice that should have been included within the book, but I guess one of the purposes of writing the book was to increase visits to his website.
For what its worth, I did visit the website and found it to be a valuable source of additional information regarding ETFs. I anticipate visiting it on a regular basis.
Good basic overview October 14, 2009
Doug Nashif (phoenix)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Easy reading, good basic coverage of all types of ETF's, the timing model can be explained in a paragraph. That's not to say it isn't effective.
intro to etf, not a playbook October 7, 2009
Michael L. Loren (Kansas City)
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
This book is packed full of descriptions of various ETF's, however there is almost no suggestion on putting various portfolios together or how to use the selected portfolio other than based on your investing likes or dislikes. It makes a strong point to get out of the mindset of buy and hold and gives an brief intro to 200 d moving averages, but using the 200d average is not clearly gone into with much detail or examples.
The most useful suggestion is placing a stop or picking an exact point to get out of a position. You rarely see this in typical books promoting individual stocks and certainly never with mutual funds. This is frequently overlooked in stock investing and makes tremendous sense when following Lyon's strategy of trend investing with ETF's.
I think almost all the info from this book can be obtained by reading Lyon's interesting insights on his website and as listed in the above reviews. I was expecting more strategies in using ETF's. The author is an obvious knowledgeable proponent of ETF's, but this book fails as a playbook. I can imagine future versions of this book with chapters dealing with specific situations such as economic depression, inflation, weakened dollar, retirement portfolio, etc.
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