Chart Patterns

The Bloomberg Market Essentials: Technical Analysis series covers the key elements of the most widely used technical analysis tools. Using these fast-track resources, traders can come up to speed quickly on each method—what it is, how it works, and how to use it.

The third book in this series, Chart Patterns, gives traders the first step toward applying one of the oldest and most widely used tools in the market. Flags, head-and-shoulders patterns, double bottoms, and more are detailed to help the trader know when a breakout is coming or when a trend is continuing.

Bruce Kamich is a highly respected voice in the technical analysis community, coauthoring the widely read Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Daily Technical Market Letter publication.

BRUCE M. KAMICH, CMT, is a vice president at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's Technical Analysis Group and coauthors their flagship publication the Daily Technical Market Letter. He also teaches technical analysis to various Morgan Stanley Smith Barney trading desks. Kamich has held a variety of positions related to research and technical analysis at firms such as McCarthy, Crisanti and Maffei; ALCO Commodities; and Merrill Lynch. He is an adjunct professor of finance at Baruch College and has also taught at Rutgers University, as well as being guest lecturer on many other campuses. He has twice served as president of the Market Technicians Association (MTA) and is currently president of the MTA Educational Foundation. Kamich is the author of How Technical Analysis Works (NYIF/Prentice Hall Press, 2002). He lives in New Jersey.

The Bloomberg MARKET ESSENTIALS(tm): Technical Analysis Series profiles the most popular tools and explains how to use them effectively. Chart patterns are among the earliest and still most popular tools of technical analysis. Expert technical analyst Bruce Kamich shows the ins and outs of recognizing the specific patterns that are most useful for traders to know. From major tops and bottoms to pennants, reversals, or diamonds, Chart Patterns covers them all. Chart Patterns is filled with practical advice for using patterns to trade more effectively. And with an eye to the future of charting, Kamich includes a review of the role of chaos theory and artificial intelligence.

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