At glance, these examples all appear to be in strong bull markets. The darvas technique described in the book lacks a strong money management component.
http://www.amazon.com/review/produc...cm_cr_acr_txt?_encoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1 You can still make it in the markets reissued as a $14 paperback. I read Darvas System for Over the Counter Profits, his last (?) book and frankly did not get much out of it. Perhaps it was there, but I did not see it, if it was.
A interview with Nicolas Darvas from 1975: http://www.scribd.com/doc/27060/An-Interview-With-Nicolas-Darvas-1975
Well, I have just read it - and I think it's a good book, but not as good as his first book. Darvas was a very excellent writer.