Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns (Wiley Trading Book 347) BY THOMAS N. BULKOWSKI
About the book
This second edition of the book contains the classic content accompanied by updates on modern performance statistics. It includes twenty-three new patterns that are applicable for both bear and bull markets. Bulkowski teaches readers that the best time to trade is during significant events in the market, such as retail sales, quarterly earnings announcements, and stock upgrades and downgrades.
Review
This book delivers content, and in the price, the readers paid for. Bulkowski discusses over sixty-three trends and includes statistics for each one of them. In each chapter, Bulkowski delves into great detail in discussing various topics, provides analysis, and gives advice on trading. The book is essentially a good resource for various trends in the market. It also notes the right time to trade and take advantage of market events that heavily impact the traders’ psychology as a whole.
About the Author
THOMAS N. BULKOWSKI is renowned for being a leading authority on chart patterns. He has more than thirty years’ worth of experience as a successful investor in stocks trading. He is the author of many books, both fiction and finance. His finance articles have been published in a wide range of magazines.
Table of Contents
Introduction
PART ONE Chart Patterns
1 Broadening Bottoms
2 Broadening Formations, Right-Angled and Ascending
3 Broadening Formations, Right-Angled and Descending
4 Broadening Tips
5 Broadening Wedges, Ascending
6 Broadening Wedges, Descending
7 Bump-and-Run Reversal Bottoms
8 Bump-and-Run Reversal Tops
9 Cup with Handle
10 Cup with Handle, Inverted
11 Diamond Bottoms
12 Diamond Tops
13 Double Bottoms, Adam & Adam
14 Double Bottoms, Adam & Eve
15 Double Bottoms, Eve & Adam
16 Double Bottoms, Eve & Eve
17 Double Tops, Adam & Adam
18 Double Tops, Adam & Eve
19 Double Tops, Eve & Adam
20 Double Tops, Eve & Eve
21 Flags
22 Flags, High and Tight
23 Gaps
24 Head-and-Shoulders Bottoms
25 Head-and-Shoulders Bottoms, Complex
26 Head-and-Shoulders Tops
27 Head-and-Shoulders, Complex
28 Horn Bottoms
29 Horn Tops
30 Island Reversals
31 Islands, Long
32 Measured Move Down
33 Measured Move Up
34 Pennants
35 Pipe Bottoms
36 Pipe Tops
37 Rectangle Bottoms
38 Rectangle Tops
39 Rounding Bottoms
40 Rounding Tops
41 Scallops, Ascending
42 Scallops, Ascending and Inverted
43 Scallops, Descending
44 Scallops, Descending and Inverted
45 Three Falling Peaks
46 Three Rising Valleys
47 Triangles, Ascending
48 Triangles, Descending
49 Triangles, Symmetrical
50 Triple Bottoms
51 Triple Tops
52 Wedges, Falling
53 Wedges, Rising
PART TWO EVENT PATTERNS
54 Dead-Cat Bounce
55 Dead-Cat Bounce, Inverted
56 Earnings Surprise, Bad
57 Earnings Surprise, Good
58 FDA Drug Approvals
59 Flag, Earnings
60 Same-Store Sales, Bad
61 Same-Store Sales, Good
62 Stock Downgrades
63 Stock Upgrades
Statistics Summary
Glossary and Methodology
Index of Chart and Event Patterns
Index
