How Charts Can Make You Money: Technical Analysis for Investors

How Charts Can Make You Money is very extensively illustrated and international in its coverage. Topics covered include: trends; reversal; continuation patterns; chart assessment; bar charts; point and figure charts; indicators; volume and open interest; long term investment; and, speculation. This is a new and thoroughly revise edition of a successful book. This book will be an invaluable introduction for the private investor and as a working handbook for the professional adviser.

Author’s Note:

This book is (nearly) all about charts. There are quite a few books available on charts, mostly published in the United States (a list of those I have found useful is included in the Bibliography). This book is eclectic rather than original – I have tried to pick those ideas, from a wide variety of sources, which have worked for me. In particular, I have laid great emphasis on labour saving. Nearly all recent books on aspects of technical analysis do not, in my opinion, take one from A to Z, but seem to start off at about point G; I hope to take the reader from A to G so that he or she, if sufficiently interested, can progress to more complicated theories. I would emphasise again that I am not anticomputer per se only that you do not have to start with the most complicated mathematical systems. If you understand the basic principles, the elaborations can come later and will seem like a normal progression from those basics. Also, the complex infallible system’ is not infallible and will soon be overtaken by another one, just as computer games get superseded by new ones.

Contents:

Part One – Types of charts:

• Trends
• Reversals: the commoner patterns
• Continuation patterns
• Volume and open interest
• Bar charts
• Point and figure and Japanese candlestick charts
• Chart assessment
• Fundamental analysis

Part Two – Chart derivatives:

• General market indicators
• Other indicators
• Reliable old indicators

Part Three – Strategy and tactics:

• Long term investment
• Does it work? Yes, it does (usually)
• What to buy
• Inflation and currencies

Part Four – Speculation:

• Speculative systems
• Limiting losses

How Charts Can Make You Money: Technical Analysis for Investors By Thomas H. M. Stewart pdf