Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #234692 in Books
• Published on: 2002-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

From the Publisher
This series on the basics of technical analysis is a complete interactive guide for active traders from one of the world’s leading experts.
 Interactive CD-ROM/Workbook format provides nuts-and-bolts information
 Realistic market scenarios to test the reader’s knowledge and learning
 Covers virtually every futures and equities market
 Interactive self-tests for each chapter
 Written by one of the preeminent figures in technical analysis

From the Back Cover

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
• 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.

Actual examples of tusuki, harami, and other candlestick trading patterns

About the Author
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.