Introduction |
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Part 1: Getting Familiar With Candlestick Charting And Technical Analysis |
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Chapter 1 Understanding Charting and Where Candlesticks Fit In |
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Considering Charting Methods and the Role of Candlesticks |
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Getting a feel for your options for charting |
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Realizing the advantages of candlestick charting |
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Understanding Candlestick Components |
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Working with Candlestick Patterns |
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Making Technical Analysis Part of Your Candlestick Charting Strategy |
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Trading Wisely: What You Must Understand Before Working the Markets |
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Trading can be an expensive endeavor |
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Paper trading costs you nothing but time |
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Develop rules, and stick to them |
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Chapter 2 Getting to Know Candlestick Charts |
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Recognizing the Many Benefits of Candlestick Charting |
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Seeing is believing: Candlesticks are easy to read |
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Spotting bears and bulls quickly |
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Seeing into the future (sort of) |
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Admitting Potential Candlestick Charting Risks |
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Comparing Candlestick Charts with Alternative Charting Methods |
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Chapter 3 Building a Base of Candlestick Chart Knowledge |
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Constructing a Candlestick: A Core of Four |
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High and low prices for the session |
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Considering Additional Information Included in Candlestick Charts |
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Chapter 4 Using Electronic Resources to Create Full Charts |
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Turning to the Web for Candlestick Charting Resources |
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Creating Candlestick Charts with Microsoft Excel |
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Finding the data for your chart |
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Making sure that the data is in the correct format |
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Building an Excel candlestick chart |
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Adding a moving average to an Excel candlestick chart |
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Adding a trendline to an Excel candlestick chart |
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Adding volume data to an Excel candlestick chart |
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Selecting Charting Packages and Apps |
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Remembering a few key points when selecting charting software |
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Considering a few charting package options |
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Part 2: Working With Simple Candlestick Patterns |
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Chapter 5 Working with Straightforward Single-Stick Patterns |
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The Bullish Long White Candle |
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Understanding long white candles |
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Identifying the three variations of the long white candle |
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The Bullish Dragonfly Doji |
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Recognizing a dragonfly doji |
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Trading based on a dragonfly doji |
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The Bearish Long Black Candle |
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Understanding long black candles |
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Identifying the three variations of the long black candle |
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Trading based on long black candles |
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The Bearish Gravestone Doji |
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Identifying the gravestone doji |
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Trading based on gravestone dojis |
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Chapter 6 Single-Stick Patterns That Depend on Market Context |
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Understanding Market Environments |
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Recognizing the three market states |
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Identifying the market trend |
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Looking at Other Patterns: Spinning Tops |
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Identifying spinning tops |
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Using spinning tops for profitable trading |
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Discovering More about Belt Holds |
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Spotting belt holds on a chart |
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Buckling down for some belt hold-based trading |
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Deciphering the Hanging Man and the Hammer |
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Spotting the hanging man and the hammer |
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Trading on the hanging man and the hammer |
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Chapter 7 Working with Bullish Double-Stick Patterns |
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Bullish Reversal Patterns |
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Bullish engulfing pattern |
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Bullish Trend-Confirming Patterns |
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Chapter 8 Using Bearish Double-Stick Patterns |
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Understanding Bearish Reversal Patterns |
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The bearish engulfing pattern |
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The bearish harami pattern |
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The bearish harami cross pattern |
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The bearish inverted hammer pattern |
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The bearish piercing line or dark cloud cover pattern |
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Making a Profit with Bearish Trend Patterns |
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The bearish thrusting lines |
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The bearish separating lines |
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Part 3: Making The Most Of Complex Patterns |
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Chapter 9 Getting the Hang of Bullish Three-Stick Patterns |
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Understanding Bullish Three-Stick Trend Reversal Patterns |
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The three inside up pattern |
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The three outside up pattern |
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The three white soldiers pattern |
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The morning star and bullish doji star patterns |
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The bullish abandoned baby pattern |
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The bullish squeeze alert pattern |
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Working with Bullish Three-Stick Trending Patterns |
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The bullish side-by-side white lines pattern |
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The bullish side-by-side black lines pattern |
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The upside tasuki gap pattern |
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The upside gap filled pattern |
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Chapter 10 Trading with Bearish Three-Stick Patterns |
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Understanding Bearish Three-Stick Trend Reversal Patterns |
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The three inside down pattern |
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The three outside down pattern |
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The three black crows pattern |
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The evening star and bearish doji star patterns |
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The bearish abandoned baby pattern |
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The bearish squeeze alert pattern |
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Forecasting with Bullish Three-Stick Trending Patterns |
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The bearish side-by-side black lines pattern |
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The bearish side-by-side white lines pattern |
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The downside tasuki gap pattern |
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The downside gap filled pattern |
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Part 4: Combining Patterns And Indicators |
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Chapter 11 Using Technical Indicators to Complement Your Candlestick Charts |
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Considering trend line direction |
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Taking advantage of automated trend lines |
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Selecting appropriate moving average periods |
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Using simple moving averages |
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Using other types of moving averages: What have you done for me lately? |
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Combining two moving averages |
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Combining three moving averages |
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Examining the Relative Strength Index |
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Cashing in on Stochastics |
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Grasping the math behind the stochastic oscillator |
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Interpreting the stochastic oscillator |
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Buddying Up with Bollinger Bands |
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Chapter 12 Buy Indicators and Bullish Reversal Candlestick Patterns |
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Buying with the RSI and Bullish Reversal Candlestick Patterns |
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Using the RSI to pick a long entry point |
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Using the RSI to pick long exits |
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Buying with the Stochastic Indicator and a Bullish Reversal Candlestick Pattern |
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Using the stochastic indicator to pick a long entry point |
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Using the stochastic indicator to pick long exits |
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Chapter 13 Sell Indicators and Bearish Reversal Candlestick Patterns |
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Shorting with the RSI and Bearish Candlestick Patterns |
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Picking short entry points with the RSI and candlesticks |
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Using the RSI to help pick short entry and exit points |
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Using the Stochastic Indicator and Bearish Candlestick Patterns for Shorting |
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Picking short entry points |
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Deciding when to get in and out of shorts |
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Chapter 14 Using Technical Indicators Alongside Bullish-Trending Candlestick Patterns |
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Using Trending Patterns for Buying and Confirmation |
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Buying trend lines with bullish candlestick patterns |
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Determining sales and stop levels with trend lines |
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Combining Moving Averages and Bullish-Trending Candlestick Patterns |
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Using moving averages with bullish-trending candlestick patterns to confirm trends |
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Setting stops with the moving average and bullish-trending candlestick patterns |
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Chapter 15 Combining Technical Indicators and Bearish-Trending Candlestick Patterns |
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Combining Lines with Candles for Confirmation |
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Analyzing short trades with trend lines and bearish patterns |
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Bearish trend lines and candlestick patterns leading to short entries and exits |
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Combining Moving Averages and Bearish Patterns for Shorts |
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Pinning down short entry points and confirming trends |
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Picking shorts with moving averages and candlesticks |
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Part 5: The Part Of Tens |
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Chapter 16 Ten Myths about Charting, Trading, and Candlesticks |
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There's No Difference between Candlesticks and Bar Charts |
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Market Efficiency Makes It Impossible to Beat the Market over the Long Run |
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Only a Full-Time Professional Can Make Money in the Markets |
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Technical Analysis Is Nothing More than Reading Tea Leaves |
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Charting Is for Short-Term Traders Only |
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You Must Be Rich to Start Trading |
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Trading Is an Easy Way to Get Rich Quick |
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Candlestick Charts Require In-Depth Data and Are Difficult to Create |
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The Trading Game Is Stacked against the Small Trader |
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Selling Short Is for Professional Traders Only |
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Chapter 17 Ten Tips to Remember about Technical Analysis |
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Charts Can Give False Signals |
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You Will Run into Skeptics |
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There's No Definite Right or Wrong Opinion of a Chart |
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A Single Chart Doesn't Tell a Whole Story |
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Charting Is Part Science, Part Art |
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Error-Free Data Doesn't Exist |
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No System Is Silly as Long as It Works |
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Past Results Don't Always Predict Future Performance |
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Index |
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