Kathleen Brooks on Forex: A simple approach to trading foreign exchange using fundamental and technical analysis Paperback – March 27, 2013

This is going to be short and to the point, I've been studying Forex for the last year, I have blown accounts and wasted countless hours on things not worth my time.Only when I started putting Fundamentals and Technical Analysis together have I actually started to have success.You can trade one or the other for sure but once you get the big picture, It is very powerful. I wish I would have started from the beginning with this book. I can not recommenced this book highly enough.Thank you for the well written material!

I was looking for a book that would provide a methodology on incorporating fundamental analysis with technical analysis. This book fell short on accomplishing that. The author did provide how she looks at fundamental data to make an educated guess on what the market would do and then use technical analysis to actually enter that trade. But, as providing a strategy that could actually be traded or even back tested it did not deliver.

Well worth reading. Buy other books for technical analysis. This is a big picture book with very clear, understandable explanations of all the aspects of trading. Very honest and balanced.

Clear writing and useful information and is worth reading

Honest book. Good reading

When i bought this book i didn't know anything about fundamentals. And that i why i purchased it. Now it is a EXCELLENT book for beginners.It explains in the first chapter the fundamentals, which economic indicators to keep your eye on , and EXAMPLES .The final chapter is about the fusion of Fundamentals with Technical analysis again with examples. This is in my opinion a very good book, and more important everything is exampled so simple that a donkey could understand :)

I first heard of Kathleen when she did a video with Dominic Picarda. She mentioned her book and although usually I wouldn't follow up on an author's own recommendation I was intrigued by her stated approach of fusing the fundamental and technical approaches. Although many successful traders already do this very little is written about it, it seems to be either one or the other. But she is right they are complimentary techniques.What is really refreshing about this book is that it's not written by an economist, financier or a trader who has clocked up a few million and fancies doing a bit of writing. She may well have clocked up a few million but that's not how she comes across in this very concise and well written book.The book begins by setting out the historical conflict between the fundamental and technical approaches and how she came to the conclusion that both were valid and neither can really be used in isolation. Her writing is clear, easy to read and concepts are presented in simple terms. Part One looks at the aspects of fundamental analysis, as it applies to Forex, which she uses to get the high level direction using economic data such as Non-Farm Payroll, Purchase and Supply Manger Indexes, inflation data, GDP information and she then explains how she sees this data affecting currencies. Part Two looks at using technical analysis to time the trade, using basic candlestick patterns, MAs, Support and Resistance, Ichimoku clouds (although the jury is still out with me on this one!), MACD and RSI. Part Three then brings the two philosophies together using lots of examples.Some might say that this book lacks the weight of the some of the major trading books that are available and that at 124 pages it's too short. My reply is that this is its appeal. There are many trading books and so much information available online that it's all a bit overwhelming. Whether you agree with her or not on the detail, she provides a great foundation for new traders, or an excellent succinct review for those, like me, who have been trading a while.

This book does not go into great detail in to any of the aspects.. I find this a serious problem, the book is completely basic and written by basic intuition.With respect to the author, I can say this honestly, I could of written such a book. I have been studying forex for 2 months. It's a joke.I add an example in the picture. It gives a look at what you get. The author just writes the basic information, and tells to find it deeper else where.No added value to me as a trader from this book.

Well presented and some very useful information that is most definitely desired when navigating through the many different FX currency-pairs and asset classes. It is easy to understand and I am glad that I had purchased this book for a nominal price, it just adds more to what is needed when trading; vital information before executing your trades.

This is the one of the most easy to read forex books and although rather short, it contains all the necessary. She does not cover the basic, most can be obtained on the web. Most forex books were written by US based so-called experts, and what attracts me to the book was how a non-economic based person can excel in this field. Highly recommended for beginner forex traders.

Super, great info for those looking for longer term trading.