Contents Introduction: The Value of Candlestick Charting Chapter 1: Types of Charts Chapter 2: The History of Candlesticks An Era of Commerce and Growth 11 The God of the Markets 12 Candlesticks Come to America 13 vii 1 11 Appendix: Bloomberg Functionality Cheat Sheet Bibliography Index 370 371 372 Chapter 3: Candlesticks and Their Attributes The Importance of Long Candlesticks 18 The Opposite: The Extremely Narrow-Range Session 18 Attributes Missing in Candlestick Analysis 19 15 Chapter 4: Pitfalls of Candlesticks Chapter 5: Confirmation Chapter 6: The Six Basic Candlesticks Chapter 7: Candlestick Alphabetical Entries Chapter 8: Noncandlestick Confirmation Indicators and Terms 21 29 31 36 246 v