Getting Started in Chart Patterns -- Contents -- Preface to First and Second Editions -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction to Chart Patterns -- What Are Chart Patterns? -- Enter the Retail Investor -- Advantages of Chart Patterns -- Disadvantages of Chart Patterns -- What Does It Mean? -- What We Learned -- 2 Identifying Chart Patterns -- The Blank Chart -- Connecting Peaks -- Connecting Valleys -- Patterns with Curves -- Patterns with Diagonals -- That's a Wrap -- What We Learned -- 3 The Truth about Trendlines -- What Are Trendlines? -- A Trendline Example -- Trendlines: External, Internal, and Curved -- External Trendlines -- Internal Trendlines -- Curved Trendlines -- Touch Spacing -- Trendline Touches -- Trendline Length -- Trendline Angles -- Trendline and Breakout Volume -- Measure Rule for Trendlines -- Drawing Trendlines -- 1-2-3 Trend Change Method -- Sample Trade Using Trendlines -- Advanced Trendline Tactics -- What We Learned -- 4 Support and Resistance: The Most Important Chart Patterns -- What Is Support and Resistance? -- Chart Pattern SAR -- Fibonacci Retracements -- Using Retracement Percentages -- Peaks and Valleys -- Horizontal Consolidation Regions -- Round Number SAR -- Trendlines and Channels -- SAR and Volume -- Using SAR to Trade -- What We Learned -- 5 Ten Buy Signals -- High and Tight Flag -- Identification -- Trading and Trading Tips -- Measuring Success -- Case Study -- Pipe Bottoms -- Identification -- Trading and Trading Tips -- Measuring Success -- Case Study -- Inverted and Ascending Scallops -- Identification -- Trading and Trading Tips -- Measuring Success -- Three Rising Valleys -- Identification -- Trading and Trading Tips -- Measuring Success -- Rounding Bottoms -- Identification -- Trading and Trading Tips -- Measuring Success -- Descending Triangles -- Identification -- Trading and Trading Tips.

Measuring Success -- Ascending Broadening Wedges -- Identification -- Trading and Trading Tips -- Measuring Success -- Eve & Eve Double Bottoms -- Identification -- Trading and Trading Tips -- Measuring Success -- Case Study -- Triple Bottoms -- Identification -- Trading and Trading Tips -- Measuring Success -- Case Study -- Head-and-Shoulders Bottoms -- Identification -- Trading and Trading Tips -- Measuring Success -- What We Learned -- Introduction -- High and Tight Flag -- Pipe Bottoms -- Inverted and Ascending Scallops -- Three Rising Valleys -- Rounding Bottoms -- Descending Triangles -- Ascending Broadening Wedges -- Eve & Eve Double Bottoms -- Triple Bottoms -- Head-and-Shoulders Bottoms -- 6 Ten Sell Signals -- Head-and-Shoulders Tops -- Identification -- Trading and Trading Tips -- Measuring Success -- Case Study -- Diamond Tops and Bottoms -- Identification -- Trading and Trading Tips -- Measuring Success -- Case Study -- Double Tops -- Identification -- Trading and Trading Tips -- Measuring Success -- Case Study -- Ascending and Symmetrical Triangles -- Identification -- Trading and Trading Tips -- Measuring Success -- Case Study -- Flags and Pennants -- Identification -- Trading and Trading Tips -- Measuring Success -- Case Study -- Pipe Tops -- Identification -- Trading and Trading Tips -- Measuring Success -- Case Study -- Measured Moves and the Simple ABC Correction -- Identification -- The Simple ABC Correction -- Simple ABC Correction Trading Tips -- MMD and MMU Trading Tips -- MMU and MMD Performance Profiles -- Measuring Success -- Case Study -- Broadening Tops and Bottoms -- Identification -- Trading and Trading Tips -- Measuring Success -- Case Study -- Triple Tops -- Identification -- Trading and Trading Tips -- Measuring Success -- Case Study -- Selling Details -- What We Learned -- Head-and-Shoulders Tops.

Diamond Tops and Bottoms -- Double Tops -- Ascending and Symmetrical Triangles -- Flags and Pennants -- Pipe Tops -- Measured Moves and the Simple ABC Correction -- Broadening Tops and Bottoms -- Triple Tops -- 7 Special Situations -- Bull and Bear Markets -- Bull and Bear Traps -- The Dead-Cat Bounce -- Dead-Cat Bounce by the Numbers -- Trading and Trading Tips -- Case Study -- The Inverted Dead-Cat Bounce -- Trading and Trading Tips -- Case Study 1 -- Case Study 2 -- Flat Base -- Gaps -- Lower Highs and Higher Lows -- Partial Rises and Declines -- Case Study -- Quick Rises and Declines -- Spikes and Tails -- Chasing Tails -- Stops -- Volatility Stops -- Trailing Stops -- Throwbacks and Pullbacks -- What We Learned -- Bull and Bear Markets and Traps -- The Dead-Cat Bounce -- The Inverted Dead-Cat Bounce -- Flat Base -- Gaps -- Lower Highs and Higher Lows -- Partial Rises and Declines -- Quick Rises and Declines -- Spikes and Tails -- Stops -- Throwbacks and Pullbacks -- 8 Busted Patterns: Making Money by Trading Failure -- Single, Double, and Triple Busts -- Busted Broadening Patterns -- Broadening Top -- Broadening Wedge, Ascending -- Broadening Formation, Right-Angled and Ascending -- Broadening Bottom -- Broadening Wedge, Descending -- Broadening Formation, Right-Angled and Descending -- Case Study 1 -- Diamonds, Doubles, and Head-and-Shoulders -- Diamond Top -- Double Top -- Head-and-Shoulders Top -- Diamond Bottom -- Double Bottom -- Head-and-Shoulders Bottom -- Case Study 2 -- More Busted Patterns -- Rectangles -- Ascending Triangle -- Descending Triangle -- Symmetrical Triangle -- Falling Wedge -- Rising Wedge -- Case Study 3 -- Busted Trading Tips -- Downtrend -- Uptrend -- Busted: How Often? -- What We Learned -- 9 More Trades: Putting It All Together -- IMC Global -- Giant Industries -- Lam Research -- EMC -- Rohm and Haas.

JLG Industries -- Southwest Airlines -- Honeywell -- Great Plains Energy -- What We Learned -- 10 The Art of Trading: Checklists -- Before Buying -- When to Sell -- General Trading Tips -- Trading Psychology -- What We Learned -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Chart Patterns -- Chapter 2: Identifying Chart Patterns -- Chapter 3: The Truth about Trendlines -- Chapter 4: Support and Resistance -- Chapter 5: Ten Buy Signals -- Introduction -- High and Tight Flag -- Pipe Bottoms -- Inverted and Ascending Scallops -- Three Rising Valleys -- Rounding Bottoms -- Descending Triangles -- Ascending Broadening Wedges -- Eve & Eve Double Bottoms -- Triple Bottoms -- Head-and-Shoulders Bottoms -- Chapter 6: Ten Sell Signals -- Head-and-Shoulders Tops -- Diamond Tops and Bottoms -- Double Tops -- Ascending and Symmetrical Triangles -- Flags and Pennants -- Pipe Tops -- Measured Moves and the Simple ABC Correction -- Broadening Tops and Bottoms -- Triple Tops -- Chapter 7: Special Situations -- Bull and Bear Markets and Traps -- The Dead-Cat Bounce -- The Inverted Dead-Cat Bounce -- Flat Base -- Gaps -- Lower Highs and Higher Lows -- Partial Rises and Declines -- Quick Rises and Declines -- Spikes and Tails -- Stops -- Throwbacks and Pullbacks -- Chapter 8: Busted Patterns -- Chapter 9: More Trades -- 11 Crunching the Numbers -- Chart Pattern Performance: Notes -- Glossary -- Visual Index of Chart Patterns -- About the Author -- index -- Getting Started inChartPatterns.