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Description of Candlesticks Explained

Candlestick Charting is one of today's most versatile and popular technical trader's tools. First used successfully by rice traders in eighteenth-century Japan, candlesticks have gained newfound popularity among today's fast-action breed of trader. "Candlesticks Explained" - a powerful, four-hour multimedia CD-ROM tutorial and workbook - offers a comprehensive analysis of the unique graphic traits and interpretive powers of candlestick charts. Complete with basic principles, market-proven techniques, and real-time examples of Japanese candlesticks and other Eastern charting techniques in action, it explains: basics of candlestick construction; Dojis Umbrella lines; spinning tops; reversal patterns; continuation patterns; high-price and low-price gapping plays; blended candles; integrating candlesticks with Western charting; three-line break charts; Renko charts; Kagi charts; and candle volume charts. McGraw-Hill's "Martin Pring on Technical Analysis" series is a unique combination of in-depth audio-visual CD-ROM tutorial and workbook, and is an excellent teaching tool for in-depth research, instant reference, and interactive review.
It provides technical traders with remarkably accurate methods - proven effective in today's fast-moving markets - for anticipating and exploiting trends.

Title Information

ISBN:

9780071384018

Pages:

352 pages

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

14526

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill

Published:

01/06/2002

Edition:

illustrated edition

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About Martin Pring

Martin Pring, one of today's most respected names in technical analysis, is president of the International Institute for Economic Research and editor of the well-respected newsletter "The Intermarket Review," which covers the stock and bond markets, futures, and commodities. Pring has contributed to numerous financial publications, including Barron's, Futures, and Investment Vision. He is the author of numerous highly acclaimed books including Introduction to Technical Analysis. He is a sought-after speaker for conferences and seminars world wide on technical analysis.

Contents of Candlesticks Explained

Part 1 Basic Candle Principles
1. A brief history of candlestick charts
2. Reversal patterns: I
3. Reversal patterns: II
4. Marketplace examples of reversal formations
5. Continuation patterns
6. Blended candles

Part II: Integrating Candles with other Techniques
7. Candlesticks and Western charting

Part III: Other Japanese Candlestick Techniques
8. Three-line break
9. Renko charts
10. Kagi charts

Appendix: Candle volume charts
Candlestick charting quiz and answers

Index

Installation instructions for CD-rom that comes with this book.