Sunday, 31 July 2016

One Good Trade: Inside the Highly Competitive World of Proprietary Trading

I read this before... In my last review, I mentioned that repetition in reading this book is an absolute no-no. Well, life changes...now, I am with one excellent guy (sort of proprietary trader) who keeps on mentioning this book. As such, I decided to revisit this book.

As a result... surprisingly, I ended up love this book. I am not sure whether it was pure influences by my buddy. But, I found a lot of gem this round. Those days, a good trade never appeared in my mind as I prefer to quantify everything with statistical figures (that is where I started and where I am now...). Now, I realized that when the frequency of trading increased, the importance of a good trade follows with another good trade is so much crucial. One thing I have to admit... the born of algorithm tends to change a lot of things. As long as our main concepts are still there, I do not find any reason to reject extra elements...

The only flaw perhaps lies with the fact that this is definitely not a book for beginner. An intermediate trader at least will find this book much easier to digest. In fact, an advance trader would pick up at least one or more great stuff in this book. I personally pick up few good points to add on to my current strategy. But, to fully apply the so called "good trade", I need to adjust my whole belief... Unfortunately, I am not preparing to shift gear yet, LOL...

For a full rating of 10, I am going to changed my mind this round and rate it at 7. After finished this round, I do find myself picking up a lot of stuff that could further enhance my career. However, I am still very doubt on predictive elements presented all over this book. After all, I still with my strong belief that human beings just cannot predict. Hence, I decided to deduct 3 point from the full rating of 10. As a conclusion... thank god that I did not gave away this book. This book will definitely become my reread book in the future. 

Sunday, 17 July 2016

黄金荣-人在租借

上一本【杜月笙-人在租界】我看的实在过瘾。这一本【黄金荣-人在租借】又如何呢?老实说,我读了一半之后就迫不及待的上网查阅,希望找到类似【张啸林-人在租借】的书籍。但是,怎么翻遍整个中国图书网,就是没有【张啸林-人在租界】这本书。作者也太不应该了。要写,也应该把上海三大亨都写完吧。怎么漏了其中之一呢?难道张啸林的卖国真的让作者退避三舍吗?不对呀。历史本不应该刻意的去分辨好坏。历史无论是赞或贬都应该让后人起到反思的作用。作者也太敏感了吧。。。

说回这本【黄金荣-人在租借】,整体上,这本比起【杜月笙-人在租界】还真的有过之而无不及!作者一贯的很专注的把主人翁每个细节交代的井然有序。跟上一本一样,这本书还是很成功的把我带入人在租界的奇景中。每一个细节不偏不倚。一切都是以自传为标准。

如果上一本值10分,这一本肯定也值满分。好期待【张啸林-人在租界】的出现。。。

Sunday, 10 July 2016

杜月笙-人在租界

杜月笙的书籍我年轻时读了不少。一年前的TVB“枭雄”再次唤醒了我对于这位上海传奇人物的想念。我年轻时真的很崇拜杜老大。当年,除了杜月笙,黄金荣,张啸林还是我的反面教材。好吧,一次过买了张艳玲【杜月笙】和【黄金荣】的书籍。先从正面教育开始吧。。。

结果,这本书最特别之处在于杜月笙原来不完全只是正面教育。作者很客观的把杜月笙正面和反面的一面全部呈现给读者。看了之后,或许我对杜月笙的仰慕减少了。但是,我肯定更加了解人在租借的事迹。

第二点特别之处。。。杜月笙书籍很多歌颂杜月笙哲学的一面。这本书恰恰反其道而行的只是专注在杜月笙一生的事迹。结果是,我看得过瘾。而且,更多时候,我读的入神。感觉上很像在大上海深入其境的与大亨们周旋。所以,以自传的角度来说,这本书是非常称职的。

好久没阅读一本自传阅读的那么入神。因此,10分满分,个人给足10分。这本书真的让我爱不释手。希望下一本【黄金荣-人在租借】能够起到同样的效果。期待。。。