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Price charts from the ground up: candlesticks, support and resistance, trendlines, chart patterns, volume, market structure, and gaps.
This series does something most charting books never do: it tests the rules. Each book checks the classic claims against more than twenty years of US stock data, so you learn not just what a pattern is supposed to mean but how often it actually does.
A Beginner's Guide to Price, Time and Trading Charts — Read Any Chart with Confidence
Open any chart. Know exactly what you are looking at. The first time you look at a stock chart, it can feel like everyone else was given a key you missed.
The Evidence Behind 26 Famous Patterns — Precisely Defined and Tested Against Three Million Trading Days
The hammer is the most famous bullish candle in trading. After a hammer, price was higher less often than after an ordinary day. That result comes from testing 26 well-known candlestick patterns against every company in the S&P 500, counted only on the days it was actually in the index, from January 2002 to September 2026.
Trading Price Action with Levels, Breakouts and Stops — Tested on 3,399 Stocks Since 2002
Tired of getting stopped out right before the stock turns your way? You drew the line. You bought at support. You put your stop just below it, like every book says.
How Price Behaves at Trend Lines, Channel Tops and Breakouts — Over a Million Lines Measured
Draw better trendlines. Trust the right ones. Trade them with a plan. Every trader draws trendlines. The hard part is knowing what to do when price gets there.
Head and Shoulders, Double Tops, Triangles, Wedges and Flags in Stock Trading — What Really Happens After the Break
You spotted the pattern. What does price really do next? Head and shoulders. Double tops. Triangles, wedges and flags. Every trading book teaches the same shapes and the same rules: wait for the break, measure the target, put the stop at the far end.
Stock Trading Volume Explained — What Heavy and Light Days Really Tell You
Volume is on every chart you have ever looked at. It is also the one thing nobody can tell you how to use. You were taught the rules. Heavy volume confirms a move.
Price Action Trading with Break of Structure, Change of Character and Trend Reversals — Read the Trend, Place the Stop, Protect Your Money
Stopped out, then watched the stock go on without you? You read the trend right. You bought the breakout. You put your stop where the books said to put it.
Gap Trading in Stocks — Do Gaps Really Fill? What Happens After a Gap Up or Gap Down, and Where to Put Your Stop
Everyone says a gap will fill. Will yours? Your stock opens well above yesterday's high, or far below yesterday's low. Now what? Most gap traders answer these from rules of thumb that nearly every trading book repeats.