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Does Trading: Technical Analysis Masterclass hold up?
Trading: Technical Analysis Masterclass (Schlotmann, Czubatinski) is one of the 102 money books on The Money Shelf. It was on the Amazon bestseller lists for personal finance or investing in the United Kingdom and Australia on 2 October 2026. The shelf links it to 2 of the 22 claims that the book tests against official records from the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. Each verdict below comes from that test.
Claim 13 · Linked to the book by its title and subtitleMarket timing: time the market and cut losses early
Not establishedThe Schwab arithmetic shows that perfect timing finished $15,522 ahead of investing immediately (9.1 per cent more) and that bad timing still beat cash, but the study assumes foresight.
Read the full test →Claim 18 · Linked to the book by its title and subtitleDay trading: you can make a living from it
Does not holdThe claim that trading can be learned and turned into an income fails for most of the traders and CFD clients studied, because each study of day traders or CFD clients in Brazil, the United Kingdom, Australia and the US sample finds that most lost money.
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