Getting Started in Chart Patterns

An accessible guide to understanding and using technical chart pattern

Chart pattern analysis is not only one of the most important investing tools, but also one of the most popular. Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, Getting Started in Chart Patterns is designed to help both new and seasoned traders profit by tracking and identifying specific chart patterns. Expert Thomas Bulkowski opens with a basic discussion of chart pattern formation and how bad habits can hurt trading. He then moves on to introduce over 40 key chart formations as well as numerous trading tactics that can be used in conjunction with them. Readers will benefit from the specifics (actual trades with dollar amounts) outlined throughout the book and the frank discussions of how trading behavior can affect the bottom line. Anecdotes from Bulkowski’s own trading experiences are also included to shed light on how one of the best in the business goes about trading with chart patterns

Thomas N. Bulkowski (Keller, TX) is a successful full-time investor and the author of Trading Classic Chart Patterns (0-471-43575-9) and Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns (now in its second edition, 0-471-66826-5). He is also a contributor to Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities and Active Trader magazines. Before earning enough from his investments to "retire" from his day job at age 36, Bulkowski was a hardware design engineer with Raytheon and a senior software engineer for Tandy Corporation