About the Author

Michael Kahn has been working with charts and technical analysis since 1986 and currently writes the weekly ‘Getting Technical’ column for Barron’s Online. He was formerly Chief Technical Analyst for BridgeNews and a regular on such financial programs as PBS’ Nightly Business Report, Yahoo Finance Vision and WebFN.

He has written three books on technical analysis, most recently “A Beginner’s Guide to Charting the Financial Markets,’ and has appeared frequently as an instructor on online schools such as BloombergUniversity.com and WebStreetUniversity.com. Kahn has also served as Director of Marketing for the Market Technicians Association.