Overview

Traders who use charts to time their moves rely on strong and clear signals. Unfortunately, price levels and traditional technical indicators alone aren't always reliable. There is a solution: candlestick signs, moves, and patterns. When these visual signs of reversal or continuation are integrated with other signals, they provide the strongest possible entry and exit timing: both the signal and the means for confirming it. In this easy-to-use book, renowned trader Michael C. Thomsett demystifies candlesticks and shows active traders exactly how to use them. In Trading with Candlesticks, Thomsett explains how each leading candlestick works, how they appear, and how to interpret them to discover emerging price moves and trend reversals, as well as confirmations of existing trends. Trading with Candlesticks shows dozens of examples of candlestick signs, moves and patterns in action, explaining them not in isolation, but as part of broader, developing price trends on real stock charts. Thomsett also discusses failed signals, and offers guidelines for identifying the likely impending failure or success of each pattern. While no investing approach is 100% foolproof, Thomsett's system for recognizing candlestick signals and confirming them with other technical signs makes technical analysis more accurate than it's ever been before.

Full Product Details

Author:   Michael C. Thomsett
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Financial TImes Prentice Hall
Dimensions:   Width: 23.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 18.90cm
Weight:   0.560kg
ISBN:  

9780131380943

ISBN 10:   013138094
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   09 September 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments . . . viii About the Author . . . ix Introduction . . . 1 Chapter 1 The Basic Candlestick . . . 5 The Origin and Meaning of the Candlestick . . . 6 Strengths and Weaknesses of Candlesticks . . . 9 Paper Trading as a Testing Ground . . . 12 The Skills Every Trader Needs . . . 14 Candlesticks: General Observations Concerning Their Use . . . 18 Expanding the Information Pool Effectively . . . 20 Endnotes . . . 22 Chapter 2 Single-Stick Signs . . . 25 Uptrends and Downtrends . . . 25 The Significance of a Candlestick’s Shape . . . 28 Variations on the Bullish Long Candlestick . . . 30 The Mistake Pattern . . . 32 The Spinning Top, Hanging Man, and Hammer . . . 37 The Significance of Tails . . . 42 Chapter 3 Double-Stick Moves . . . 47 Two Reversal Moves: Engulfing and Harami . . . 48 More Reversals: The Inverted Hammer and Doji Star . . . 53 Even More Reversals: Meeting Lines and Piercing Lines . . . 56 Confirming Patterns: Thrusting, Separating, and Neck Lines . . . 60 Reversal and Confirming Moves–Relative Values . . . 66 Chapter 4 Complex Stick Patterns . . . 69 Reversal Trend Change Patterns . . . 71 Reversal Trend Inside and Outside Formations . . . 74 Reversal Stars and Abandoned Babies . . . 78 Complex Trend Patterns . . . 82 Complex Gap Trends . . . 86 Chapter 5 Reversal Pattern Analysis . . . 91 Recognizing the Bull Reversal . . . 91 Recognizing the Bear Reversal . . . 94 The Doji as a Reversal Signal . . . 97 Reversal Patterns with Gaps . . . 101 Reversals Setting New Support or Resistance . . . 104 More Resistance and Support Reversals . . . 108 Multisession Gap Reversals . . . 111 Chapter 6 Volume and Volatility . . . 119 Volume as a Price Indicator . . . 119 Volume Indicators . . . 122 Volume Indicators and Candlesticks . . . 126 Testing Price Volatility . . . 131 Chapter 7 Buy and Sell Setup Signals . . . 141 Price Spikes and Reaction Swings . . . 143 Percentage Swing Systems . . . 146 Short-Term Gapping Behavior . . . 149 Anticipating the Trend During Consolidation . . . 153 The Setup Pattern and Swing . . . 156 Support and Resistance in the Swing Trade . . . 165 Chapter 8 Swing Trading with Candlesticks . . . 171 A Swing Trading Overview . . . 171 Quantifying Price Movement with Candlesticks . . . 174 The Importance of Convergence and Divergence . . .. 178 Primary Trends and Candlestick-Based Entry or Exit . . . 182 Setup Criteria and Action Points . . . 186 Selling Short in Swing Trades . . . 190 Chapter 9 Spotting Trends and Using Trendlines . . . 193 Identifying the Trendline . . . 194 Trendlines and Candlesticks as Confirmation . . . 200 Applying Moving Averages to Candlestick Analysis . . . 203 Chapter 10 Technical Indicators . . . 207 The Value of Confirmation . . . 207 A Review: Technical Analysis Basics . . . 209 The Significance of Gaps . . . 212 A Key Framework: Support and Resistance . . . 215 Overbought and Oversold Indicators . . . 217 The Potential of Candlestick Signals . . . 222 Glossary . . . 225 Index . . . 235

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Michael C. Thomsett has authored more than 70 financial books, including The Options Trading Body of Knowledge; Options Trading for the Conservative Investor, Second Edition; “Put” Option Strategies for Smarter Trading; Winning with Options; The LEAPS Strategist; and the best-selling Getting Started in Options, now in its 8th edition with 250,000+ copies sold. His book The Investment and Securities Dictionary was named by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Book for 1988. Before starting his professional writing career in 1978, Thomsett was an accountant. He has actively traded options since the mid-1970s.

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