Author: Nison

Brand: Penguin Random House

Color: Orange

Edition: 2

Package Dimensions: 32x282x1240

Number Of Pages: 320

Release Date: 01-11-2001

Details: Product Description
A form of technical analysis, Japanese candlestick charts are a versatile tool that can be fused with any other technical tool, and will help improve any technician’s market analysis.  They can be used for speculation and hedging, for futures, equities or anywhere technical analysis is applied. Seasoned technicians will discover how joining Japanese candlesticks with other technical tools can create a powerful synergy of techniques; amateurs will find out how effective candlestick charts are as a stand-alone charting method. In easy-to-understand language, this title delivers to the reader the author’s years of study, research and practical experience in this increasingly popular and dynamic approach to market analysis.  The comprehensive coverage includes everything from the basics, with hundreds of examples showing how candlestick charting techniques can be used in almost any market.
Review
Quote from the first edition of
Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques: 
“It’s hard to be too effusive about the quality of Nison’s work. This is clearly one of the best investment books ever written.”Bruce Babcock, Jr., Editor-in-Chief,
Commodity Traders Consumers Report
From the Publisher
“An exciting and valuable addition to the literature of technical analysis… this ancient Japanese technique is available to American traders in a comprehensive, well-written, and understandable format.”
John Murphy, President
JJM Technical Advisors, Inc. and
Author of Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets
It’s hard not to be too effusive about the quality of Nison’s work… reading [his book] was a pleasure. This is clearly one of the best investment books ever written…. We strongly recommend this book, which has already become an investment classic.
Bruce Babcock, Jr. Editor-in-Chief, Commodity Trades Consumer Report
From the Inside Flap
Charting techniques used by the Japanese for over 100 years are explained for today’s traders and investors in:
JAPANESE CANDLESTICK CHARTING TECHNIQUES, SECOND EDITION: A Contemporary Guide to the Ancient Investment Techniques of the Far East
Steve Nison
Completely informative and global in its outlook, Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques, Second Edition provides an in-depth explanation of candlestick plotting and analysis. This exciting book exposes the reader to the practical applications Steve Nison gained from years of study and research in this now popular and dynamic area. Today, almost all charting packages include candle charts.
This book contains hundreds of examples that show how candlestick techniques can be used in all of today’s markets. Through such patterns as the “dark-cloud cover” and “hanging-man lines,” traders will discover how candlestick techniques provide unique market insights. They will discover see how candles will provide early reversal signals, improve timing entering and exiting markets and can be merged with classic Western charting techniques.
This totally updated revision focuses on the needs of today’s traders and investors with:
* All new charts including more intra-day markets * New candlestick charting techniques * More focus on active trading for swing, on-line and day traders * New Western techniques in combination with candles * A greater spotlight on capital preservation.
Candle charts are older than bar charts, older than point-and-figure charts, but were completely unknown in the West – until Steve Nison introduced them through his articles, seminars, and his books.
From the Back Cover
High Praise for Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques from leading financial experts
The candlestick charts and charting techniques provided by Nison have become an important tool for our international securities market making. They provide a wealth of information and are instrumental for our daily operations. The charting technique is valuable for the individual or professional investor.
Robert L. H