Using Technical Analysis: A Step-by-Step Guide to Understanding and Applying Stock Market Charting Techniques, Revised Edition [Paperback]

Clifford Pistolese (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1557385270 | ISBN-13: 978-1557385277 | Publication Date: March 1, 1994 | Edition: 1

In Using Technical Analysis author Clifford Pistolese shows average investors how they too can reap the benefits of technical analysis. Well-organized and easy-to-understand, this book explains a variety of approaches to analyzing and interpreting stock market charts. This edition includes chapters on moving averages and accumulation/distribution analysis.

Topics include:

• Basic and complex chart patterns
• Analyzing trading volume
• Identifying long-term trends
• Market timing tactics
• Self-teaching exercises

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (March 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557385270
• ISBN-13: 978-1557385277
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #242,219 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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50 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Practical Book Written By An Investor, October 3, 1998

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James Lor "James Lor" (Montreal, CANADA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Using Technical Analysis: A Step-by-Step Guide to Understanding and Applying Stock Market Charting Techniques, Revised Edition (Paperback)

This is a practical book about Technical Analysis written by an investor with over 30 years of experience who has "been there and done it". The book has a section with exercises. If I had a complaint, it would be that the patterns shown in the example charts are too clear; things are not that crystal clear in real life. Anyone who reads this book should also read "Trading The Plan" by Robert Deel. Both are very practical.

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Basics for the Beginning Technician-It's All Here, August 31, 1998

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[e-mail] (Atlanta, Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Using Technical Analysis: A Step-by-Step Guide to Understanding and Applying Stock Market Charting Techniques, Revised Edition (Paperback)

I really like this book as it covers the basics and has examples where you have to use what you've learned to do the exercises. The reading is pretty dry but I still refer back to the book often when I'm trying to remember what a "double bottom" means or what an "ascending triangle" helps you predict.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple, Concise, Powerful Read, October 7, 2003

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Robert Meyer (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Using Technical Analysis: A Step-by-Step Guide to Understanding and Applying Stock Market Charting Techniques, Revised Edition (Paperback)

If you have never read a technical analysis book then I highly recommend this above everything else. For startes it's barely over 200 pages short, with more than half those pages dedicated to charts. Simply put you only read about 100 pages.

The beauty is those 100 pages are powerful and geared perfectly for the beginner. After reading this book I was bitting at the bit to apply my new knowledge, and no longer regard picking stocks as a crap-shoot.

You CAN educate yourself to financial freedom, and this book will help you do that.