Description:

How Charts Can Help You in the Stock Market has shown two generations of investors how to use the tools of technical analysis to better time their buys and sells, and improve their overall trading performance. First published in 1962, it was the first book to provide plain-English explanations of the how and why behind technical analysis, and remains a necessary reference for traders regardless of their skill or experience.

This newly reprinted edition features every trading tip, insight, and chart, unchanged and exactly as they appeared in the original. Let it provide you with:

-Guidelines for gaining commonsense insights from complex charts and diagrams
-Easy-to-understand definitions of charting topics and terminology
-Examples and explanations of timeless configurations, patterns, and formations

How Charts Can Help You in the Stock Market is as straightforward and easy-to-understand as its title. It will show you how to use technical indicators to get the best price on all of your buys and sells, and make charting an essential and profitable component of your everyday investing and trading arsenal.

Content:

1. A TOOL FOR INVESTORS 19
2. TRENDS 27
3. SUPPORT AND RESISTANCE 41
4. HEAD AND SHOULDERS 55
5. DOUBLE TOPS AND BOTTOMS 73
6. LINE AND SAUCER FORMATIONS 85
7. V FORMATIONS 97
8. THE MEASURED MOVE 109
9. THE COIL (OR TRIANGLE) 117
10. CONTINUATION PATTERNS 125
11. REVERSAL DAYS, GAPS, ISLANDS 135
12. THE TRAP 149
13. THE MARKET AVERAGES 157
14. MORE INDICATORS 165
15. THE "200 DAY MOVING AVERAGE 179
16. PROFITS 187
17. PITFALLS-AND PROFITS 195