Stikky Stock Charts: Learn the 8 major chart patterns used by professionals and how to interpret them to trade smart--in [Paperback]

Laurence Holt (Author)

Book Description

Series: Stikky | Publication Date: January 1, 2010

Read this book if you want to.... make intelligent investment decisions . minimize losses and maximize gains . time when to get in and out of investments . surprise your friends with your insight into the markets . take your first steps to understanding the world offinance. Stikky Stock Charts uses a simple, pattern-based learning method to bring a valuable skill to anyone with a ruler and an hour to spare. We took the latest research into chartpatterns and spent hundreds of hours with readers testing and simplifying it to be sure it will work for you.Includes a comprehensive Next Steps section with guides to the eight steps to begin trading, four classes of broker, major investment types, software, stock data,free sources of charts, and more.

Editorial Reviews

Review

As entertaining as it is effective -- PBS, June 24, 2003, review of Stikky series

Don't expect an ordinary book -- Washington Post, June 20, 2003, review of Stikky series --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Laurence Holt Books, Inc. (January 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932974008
• ISBN-13: 978-1932974003
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 9.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,964 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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47 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect first book on chart reading, April 1, 2004

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T. J. Fuchs (CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stikky Stock Charts: Learn How to Manage Your Stocks -- In an Hour or Less (Paperback)

I was really surprised by this little book. I have read numerous books on technical analysis, but I picked it up because I am always looking for good entry books on the subject for friends who end up asking me about technical analysis. And this is now the one I will recommend. I've learned through reading a lot and through trial and error that the simpler the system the better, and nothing is gained from adding on all kinds of indicators and oscillators. The authors have reached the same conclusion and keep things very simple.

They are clearly relying to some degree, and for good reason, on the work of Andrew Lo, from MIT, who has written very technical, mathematical papers on various chart patterns and found several of them to be valid. They build very nicely from one concept to another with lots of charts to illustrate their points. Don't be throw off by the listing of 200 pages. Due to the size of the pages and the high number of charts, it reads as a much shorter book. But for a first book, I see this as a real positive. They just get right to the point.

Some people never accept the idea that charts might give a glimpse into the behavior of market participants, and that's fine. But for those who are not sure, this is a perfect book to start with. You'll get most of the many principles for drawing trend lines and for recognizing the important patterns, and then you can apply what you learn to charts going forward, and decide for yourself whether reading charts is for you or not. Much better than spending 2x or 3x more for many other books that you'll never get through.

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best way to start, August 18, 2005

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This review is from: Stikky Stock Charts: Learn How to Manage Your Stocks -- In an Hour or Less (Paperback)

This book is a very easy and fast read and gets to the point, clearly. I found I was on page 100 in less than an hour and I finished 2/3 of the book straight through before deciding to put it down (only because I had to go to bed).

Everything it teaches is fundamental and straightforward, the same introduction information you can find through hours of web searches, but here it is at a very low cost all in one place and all organized and easy to understand.

Of course it's a simple text, no deep analysis on the included material, and only a small amount of key material out of all that's out there in other resources, but the way it's presented, you keep finding new questions in your mind that make you want to go and research further. The book, being simple, doesn't leave you feeling short changed, it leaves you with a confidence as a newcomer to stocks and inspired to learn further.

If you start with this book and are meant to get involved in this stuff, you'll be fully prepared to get started and you'll know what your next steps are after this book - another book with more details on certain things you were introduced to here, or dive right into trading.

The one thing I'll point out that's specific about the text is that it is geared to medium term trades, those occurring over a few months span or longer, as opposed to a few days. They guide you to observe charts that establish patterns through more than a month of chart history, and then make your evaluation. I'm not sure if this can be applied to shorter term trades, but either way it's a good start.

I have 3 other books I bought all at once, I expect to learn everything I can. Being a beginner, I discovered this book by searching Amazon and reading people's reviews to find out what texts I should use to get started. By linking around from people's other recommendations within book reviews, I chose this book along with Toni Turner - Short term trading in the new stock market, Bruce Kamich - How Technical Analysis Works, and John Murphy - Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great introduction, March 19, 2006

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Rick Wise (Oakland, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stikky Stock Charts: Learn the 8 major chart patterns used by professionals and how to interpret them to trade smart--in (Paperback)

A terrific introduction to 8 basic trend patterns, coupled with repetitive exercises forcing the reader to figure it out him/herself. A very few times I disagreed with the unnamed authors' solutions -- I think they miss better, stronger patterns. Also the book implies that if you read and work your way through you will be able to go out and trade successfully. I suspect that's not the case.

Excellent presentation and exercises. Cheap. A great buy and well worth the few hours it takes to work completely through. I am a somewhat experienced trader and I learned a lot.