Books about Technical Analysis

The very best books on technical analysis and chart reading, a must for traders.

Technical Analysis of Stock Trends

Technical Analysis of Stock Trends is a critical reference for investors. This seminal book -- the first to produce a methodology for interpreting and profiting from the predictable behavior of investors and markets -- revolutionized technical investment approaches and continues to show traders and investors how to make money regardless of what the market is doing. This completely updated and revised edition confirms the wisdom of the original work for today's markets. This is the bible of technical analysis. Updated throughout the years it's every technicians desk reference.

The Visual Investor: How to Spot Market Trends

John Murphy is one of a rare breed: an expert technical analyst who can actually write. This combination of skills helped make his Technical Analysis of the Futures Markets a classic. Now John has written the perfect overview aimed specifically at the stock investor who wants to learn technical analysis. . . . The Visual Investor offers a complete course in technical analysis, lucid enough to be accessible to the novice, yet thorough enough to range well beyond the basics. . . . It is must reading for the stock and mutual fund investor who wants to start incorporating technical analysis as a decision-making tool.

Japanese Candlestick Charting

Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques provides an in-depth explanation of candlestick plotting and analysis, conveying to the reader, in easy-to-understand language, the author’s years of practical experience in this increasingly popular and dynamic approach to market analysis. It includes hundreds of examples that span the equity, futures, fixed-income, and foreign exchange markets and shows how candlestick charting techniques can be used in almost any market. It includes everything from the basics, such as constructing the candlesticks and learning the patterns, to advanced topics, such as the rules of multiple technical techniques.

Candlestick Charting Explained

Inside this book you will discover candlestick charting, one of the most popular tools in technical analysis. Candlestick Charting Explained features updated charts and analysis as well as new material on integrating Western charting analysis with Japanese candlestick analysis, grouping candlesticks into families, detecting and avoiding false signals, and more. Gregory L. Morris is one of the world's leading experts on candlestick charting