Candlestick Charting For Dummies

Want to gain a trading edge with candlestick charts? Find them a
little confusing? No worries! Candlestick Charting For
Dummies sheds light on this time-tested method for finding the
perfect moment to buy or sell. It demystifies technical and chart
analysis and gives you the tools you need to identify trading
patterns -- and pounce!

This friendly, practical, guide explains candlestick charting
and technical analysis in plain English. In no time, you'll
be working with common candlestick patterns, analyzing trading
patterns, predicting market behavior, and making your smartest
trades ever. You'll discover the advantages candlestick has
over other charting methods and learn the secrets of combining it
with other technical indicators. You'll also get familiar
with different ways to display and interpret price action,
including trend lines, support levels, resistance levels, moving
averages, and complex indicators. Discover how to:

• Construct candlestick charts

• Identify and interpret basic patterns

• Trade in bull and bear markets

• Work with complex patterns and indicators

• Avoid False signals

• Understand the components of market activity

• Deal with bullish or bearish single-stick, two stick, and
  multistick patterns

• Identify and interpret complex patterns

• Use indicators to determine the market

• Outperform the market in any conditions

Don't know whether to grab the bull by the horns or just
grin and bear it? Read Candlestick Charting For Dummies and
get it right the first time.

Auteur
Russell Rhoads is a trader and analyst for Peak Trading Group in Chicago. His career in trading and market analysis covers over 17 years. He has a BBA and MS in Finance from the University of Memphis and has done graduate level work in Financial Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Russell also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Résumé
Want to gain a trading edge with candlestick charts? Find them a little confusing? No worries! Candlestick Charting For Dummies sheds light on this time-tested method for finding the perfect moment to buy or sell. It demystifies technical and chart analysis and gives you the tools you need to identify trading patterns and pounce! This friendly, practical, guide explains candlestick charting and technical analysis in plain English. In no time, you'll be working with common candlestick patterns, analyzing trading patterns, predicting market behavior, and making your smartest trades ever. You'll discover the advantages candlestick has over other charting methods and learn the secrets of combining it with other technical indicators. You'll also get familiar with different ways to display and interpret price action, including trend lines, support levels, resistance levels, moving averages, and complex indicators. Discover how to:

• Construct candlestick charts
• Identify and interpret basic patterns
• Trade in bull and bear markets
• Work with complex patterns and indicators
• Avoid False signals
• Understand the components of market activity
• Deal with bullish or bearish single-stick, two stick, and multistick patterns
• Identify and interpret complex patterns
• Use indicators to determine the market
• Outperform the market in any conditions
  Don't know whether to grab the bull by the horns or just grin and bear it? Read Candlestick Charting For Dummies and get it right the first time.

Contenu

Introduction.

Part I: Getting Familiar with Candlestick Charting andTechnical Analysis.

Chapter 1: Understanding Charting and Where Candlesticks FitIn.

Chapter 2: Getting to Know Candlestick Chart.

Chapter 3: Building a Base of Candlestick Chart Knowledge.

Chapter 4: Using Electronic Resources to Create Full Charts.

Part II: Working with Simple Candlestick Patterns.

Chapter 5: Working with Straightforward Single-StickPatterns.

Chapter 6: Single-Stick Patterns That Depend on MarketContext.

Chapter 7: Working with Bullish Double-Stick Patterns.

Chapter 8: Utilizing Bearish Double-Stick Patterns.

Part III: Making the Most of Complex Patterns.

Chapter 9: Getting the Hang of Bullish Three-Stick Patterns.

Chapter 10: Trading with Bearish Three-Stick Patterns.

Part IV: Combining Patterns and Indicators.

Chapter 11: Using Technical Indicators to Complement YourCandlestick Charts.

Chapter 12: Buy Indicators and Bullish Reversal CandlestickPatterns.

Chapter 13: Sell Indicators and Bearish Reversal CandlestickPatterns.

Chapter 14: Using Technical Indicators AlongsideBullish-Trending Candlestick Patterns.

Chapter 15: Combining Technical Indicators and Bearish-TrendingCandlestick Patterns.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 16: Ten Myths about Charting, Trading, andCandlesticks.

Chapter 17: Ten Tips to Remember about Technical Analysis.

Index.