Getting Started in Chart Patterns

by Thomas N. Bulkowski

Your plain-English guide to understanding and using technical chart patternsChart pattern analysis is not only one of the most important investing tools, but also one of the most popular. Filled with expert insights and practical advice from one of the best in the business, "Getting Started in Chart Patterns, Second Edition" helps new and seasoned traders alike profit by tracking and identifying specific chart patterns.Substantially revised and expanded, this new edition stay true to the original, with author Thomas Bulkowski's frank discussion of how trading behavior can affect the bottom line. Interwoven throughout the technical presentations are fascinating anecdotes drawn from the author's quarter-century as a professional trader that vividly demonstrate how one of the best in the business leverages the power of chart patterns.Includes additional charts for ETFs and mutual fundsIntroduces more than 40 key chart formations, as well as trading tactics that can be used in conjunction with themSupplies actual trades, with their corresponding dollar amountsIf you're looking to gain a better understanding of this discipline, look no further than the "Second Edition" of "Getting Started in Chart Patterns."

Genres: Finance, Nonfiction

363 pages, ebook

First published October 1, 2005

Reviews

[Vasco · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very dense, material-wise. Should re-read to know all the patterns that are not obvious to me (wedges, etc etc.)

[Cliff Stevens · Rating 3 out of 5]

Seems very well researched and thought out, with examples, and plenty of charts. But sample sizes for discussion of the performance of the chart patterns discussed are pretty small IMHO and I didn't enjoy the goofy dialogue between the fictional mentor/mentee which I appreciate was an attempt at lightening up the dryness of the material, but for me, was just a distraction. I WILL be going back to this as a reference book though because of the awesome catalog of chart patterns in the back! Worthy skim and recurring reference:-)

[Zbyszek Sokolowski]

it is worth reading

[Andy · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you love technical stock charting, you'll think this book is ok.