This is a great book and explains a lot of potentially profitableconcepts exceptionally well with clarity and insight. Much ofthe commentary and chart results would have you believe that Stan the Man has provided himself and his clients with exceptional returns. The Huge contradiction is that the "professional Tape Reader" service has returned a mere 8.34% average total net return in last 10 years (Source Business Week March 9 1998) Clearly Stan is not an exceptional trader or am I missing something big time here. I fully appreciate that Profitable trading techniques are only potentials, and require the input of appropriate trading psychology, but I would expect a lot more from a pro least of all Trading Author, especially when you consider the nature and content of the prose. Maybe I am living in a fairy tale World. In any case, there are somereal gems to be appreciated in this text. Just ignore the results. This guy also does not seem to be very active at themoment.