What can a stock chart tell you? Well, it can tell you what masses of people are thinking... and what they might do next. If you think that might help you with your investing or trading, then this book is a cheap and easy to understand introduction for you. I read it through several times until I could just look at a chart and pick out some major patterns.

The book gives you clear examples of typical chart patterns and what they mean. It also has examples where YOU draw the lines and make the interpretations. Don't skip over that part. Physically drawing on paper has a way of ingraining something into your mind more than clicking buttons on a computer screen or just skimming through pages, for the same reason some people take notes in class and never look at them again.

Certainly, this book is aimed at people who know little to nothing about the subject, like other Stikky books, so don't expect any deep revelations here. But for the new or casually curious investor, I would highly recommend it!

I have been investing for a short amount of time, but I am new to chart-reading and all the trading fundamentals. This book was a great place to start and I really loved the presentation of it as well. Cheap too.

This is by far one of the most well-written books I have seen in a long time. It keeps the reader's interest and makes learning the material fun. Even a 5th grader could work through this book and enjoy it. Best of all, charting works, especially when one looks at support and resistance, long-term support and resistance. The buy-and-hold approach goes out the window, once one looks at charts and observes their up-and-down behavior. A real value considering how many thousands it can save you in the markets. And these same analysis techniques apply to whatever one is trading, foreign exchange, options, stocks, whatever. A good sequel is to learn candlesticks (Steve Nison's books) to help predict reversals. No book is the holy grail, and charting is an art and not a science, but some books can help one make a lot of money and keep them from losing a lot of money. This is that type of book!

I used to look at charts and think, you have to be an educated soul to understand what all the lines are about. 120 pages into this little book and I was filled with confidence and a hunger to know more.I found this sticky little book a great exposure to the world of t/a, and I hope you do to.

Before reading the book, I had NO concept on analyzing charts. This is a wonderful book for a beginner into the world of trading/investing. It helped show what the primary patterns are, how to spot them, & how to interpret them. I recommend this book for anyone who does not understand chart analysis & how to apply it. It will open a door needed to be profitable in your endeavor.

Wanted to know how to do some basic analysis on stocks, and this book was great. I reviewed several other books that went into exurtiating detail, which is not what I wanted. After reading this book, I can now quickly identify trend lines, bullish patterns and bear-ish patterns.
It was a simple read and highly recommend it to anyone that needs a quick and simple way to learn the 8 basic stock patterns.

A very good, easy to read book that is a MUST for people starting out into the forex business!

I believe this is the best introduction to charting securities that is on the market. The book starts with establishing trend lines of support and resistance and moves on to show how charts tell the story of buyers and sellers establishing patterns. All major chart patterns are explained, head and shoulders, double bottom, ascending and descending triangle, rectangles, and channels. If you know little or nothing about charting this is the place to start, you will leave this interactive book with all the basics you need to begin serious study in analyzing chart patterns. This is the book to begin with.

This book is one of the best books for investors who have no idea how to trade stocks and the book is quite inexpensive. This book is more valuable in the knowledge you gained which will help you on your trading technique the rest of your life. Draw those lines on a chart and see how well they line up.

If you have read this book you are well ahead and more advanced in knowledge than other investors in my opinion who are still looking for this kind of book at the bookstore in search of how to trade stocks or the "Holy Grail". The only "Holy Grail" you will ever find trading stocks is yourself there is no quick fixes to learn to trade stocks it all takes lots of time and practice. Its going to take lots of work becoming a good trader since there are no free gifts on wallstreet.

A interesting Chart pattern book would recommend you to read after you have read this book.
Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns (2nd Edition) by Thomas N. Bulkowski

This book is one of the best books for investors who have no idea how to trade stocks and the book is quite inexpensive. This book is more valuable in the knowledge you gained which will help you on your trading technique the rest of your life.

If you have read this book you are well ahead and more advanced in knowledge than other investors who are still looking for this kind of book at the bookstore in search of how to trade stocks or the "Holy Grail". The only "Holy Grail" you will ever find trading stocks is yourself there is no quick fixes to learn to trade stocks it all takes lots of time and practice. Its going to take lots of work becoming a good trader since there are no free gifts on wallstreet.

A interesting Chart pattern book would recommend you to read after you have read this book.
Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns (2nd Edition) by Thomas N. Bulkowski

This book is one of the best books for investors who have no idea how to trade stocks. The price is quite inexpensive it costs maybe one or two trips to McDonald's Hamburger joint. This book is more valuable in knowledge you gained which will help you on your trading the rest of your life.

If you have read this book you are well ahead and more advanced in knowledge than other investors who are still looking for this kind of book at the bookstore in search of how to trade stocks or the "Holy Grail". The only "Holy Grail" you will ever find trading stocks is yourself there is no quick fixes to learn to trade stocks it all takes lots of time and practice.

This book is one of the best books for investors who have no idea how to trade stocks.

If you learn the basics of this book then you can go on to read
Technical Analysis of Stock Trends, Ninth Edition (Hardcover)
by Robert D. Edwards (Author), John Magee (Author), W.H.C. Bassetti (Author) published and revised since 1948.

If you have read these two books you are well ahead of other investors who are still looking for those books at the bookstore in search of how to trade stocks or the "Holy Grail". The only "Holy Grail" you will ever find trading stocks is yourself there is no quick fixes to learn to trade stocks it all takes lots of time and practice.

Good Beginner Book for people who are beginning to invest. He didn't go over the cup and handle methods that William J O'Neil knows, but this is helpful for the beginner that doesn't know a THING about investing. Got through this in about an hour, as I knew somethings but didn't want to rush, but if you are first learning about this, go through this chapter by chapter by pausing in between as suggested. You'll learn more from it.

Good Beginner Book for people who are beginning to invest. He didn't go over the cup and handle methods that William J O'Neil knows, but this is helpful for the beginner that doesn't know a THING about investing. Got through this in about an hour, as I knew somethings but didn't want to rush, but if you are first learning about this, go through this chapter by chapter by pausing in between as suggested. You'll learn more from it.

This is a great introduction to chart patterns. Many people don't believe chart patterns work, but they do. Learn to recognize channel lines, double top, head and shoulders top and triangle patterns. It's especially fun to then use these to evaluate charts in real life to see how accurate you are.

The one problem with this book is that it doesn't go through the most powerful stock chart patterns like cup with handle, saucer, short stroke, etc. For these charts you will need O'Neils How to make money in Stocks.

I highly recommend this book for anyone who knows NOTHING about chart patterns and wants to learn the basics QUICKLY. I love the format of this book. All education should be done this way. I wish there were more like it covering more advanced topics on technical analysis. I'd buy them all!

I highly recommend this book for anyone who knows NOTHING about chart patterns and wants to learn the basics QUICKLY. I love the format of this book. All education should be done this way. I wish there were more like it covering more advanced topics on technical analysis. I'd buy them all!

I really enjoyed this book & learned a lot. I was able to do in about (total) 3 hours.

The drawbacks:
1. I got so interested that I went to their webpage where they have a forum to ask more questions. But the forum obviously is not used by them as it is full of pornography spam links.
2. The "Further Learning" links they give in the back of the book, well, some do not work or exist.

FOr example, the 1 free stock market game webpage they suggest to practice your new skills stinks. There is NO documentation on how to change a STOP order once you place one in the game, etc. I quit the game as I was losing my shirt because I could not change my stop orders.

Not entirely their fault, but their links not reviewed well by them either.

I kind of now have lost interest, as I have no way to really test these skills. I do not want to try the real stock market either, as the book is not going to make you feel THAT confident to take that plunge...

This book has already helped me earn $ and it was simple and easy to understand. Best stock book Ive read yet.

This book basically shows you real life examples of stock charts and shows you what to do next when you see certain patterns. The writing is larger, the concepts are clear and easy, even for a beginner without any finance background.

Its design: show a real life stock chart/show or explain pattern/show you what to do next, then ask you to do a few examples.

A good starter book.

A terrific introduction to 8 basic trend patterns, coupled with repetitive exercises forcing the reader to figure it out him/herself. A very few times I disagreed with the unnamed authors' solutions -- I think they miss better, stronger patterns. Also the book implies that if you read and work your way through you will be able to go out and trade successfully. I suspect that's not the case.

Excellent presentation and exercises. Cheap. A great buy and well worth the few hours it takes to work completely through. I am a somewhat experienced trader and I learned a lot.

Yes, it's basic but that is the point. Most people are afraid of reading charts and this explains it in very easy to read charts and simple language. I was very impressed with the ease of use of the book. I have been a trader for many years but this book explained it in very simple terms and great exercises to practice on. I will buy this book for my friends who would like to learn more but are intimidated with the overload of TA information.

You can get the same information that's in this book for free and you don't have to spend hours searching online. Check chartpatterns.com and chartpattern.com. Both sites have excellent information about chart patterns and how to use them.These sites are run by real traders and not by authors or writers.