In this revised and expanded second edition of the bestselling Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns, Thomas Bulkowski updates the classic with new performance statistics for both bull and bear markets and 23 new patterns, including a second section devoted to ten event patterns. Bulkowski tells you how to trade the significant events -- such as quarterly earnings announcements, retail sales, stock upgrades and downgrades -- that shape today?s trading and uses statistics to back up his approach. This comprehensive new edition is a must-have reference if you're a technical investor or trader. Place your order today. "The most complete reference to chart patterns available. It goes where no one has gone before. Bulkowski gives hard data on how good and bad the patterns are. A must-read for anyone that's ever looked at a chart and wondered what was happening."
-- Larry Williams, trader and author of Long-Term Secrets to Short-Term Trading
Table of Contents:
Introduction 1
Part One Chart Patterns 9
1 Broadening Bottoms 11
2 Broadening Formations, Right-Angled and Ascending 28
3 Broadening Formations, Right-Angled and Descending 45
4 Broadening Tops 63
5 Broadening Wedges, Ascending 81
6 Broadening Wedges, Descending 98
7 Bump-and-Run Reversal Bottoms 115
8 Bump-and-Run Reversal Tops 132
9 Cup with Handle 149
10 Cup with Handle, Inverted 164
11 Diamond Bottoms 179
12 Diamond Tops 196
13 Double Bottoms, Adam & Adam 213
14 Double Bottoms, Adam & Eve 229
15 Double Bottoms, Eve & Adam 244
16 Double Bottoms, Eve & Eve 259
17 Double Tops, Adam & Adam 275
18 Double Tops, Adam & Eve 291
19 Double Tops, Eve & Adam 307
20 Double Tops, Eve & Eve 321
21 Flags 335
22 Flags, High and Tight 350
23 Gaps 362
24 Head-and-Shoulders Bottoms 374
25 Head-and-Shoulders Bottoms, Complex 390
26 Head-and-Shoulders Tops 405
27 Head-and-Shoulders Tops, Complex 421
28 Horn Bottoms 438
29 Horn Tops 451
30 Island Reversals 464
31 Islands, Long 480
32 Measured Move Down 496
33 Measured Move Up 510
34 Pennants 522
35 Pipe Bottoms 536
36 Pipe Tops 550
37 Rectangle Bottoms 563
38 Rectangle Tops 579
39 Rounding Bottoms 595
40 Rounding Tops 608
41 Scallops, Ascending 624
42 Scallops, Ascending and Inverted 639
43 Scallops, Descending 654
44 Scallops, Descending and Inverted 670
45 Three Falling Peaks 684
46 Three Rising Valleys 698
47 Triangles, Ascending 711
48 Triangles, Descending 730
49 Triangles, Symmetrical 748
50 Triple Bottoms 765
51 Triple Tops 779
52 Wedges, Falling 795
53 Wedges, Rising 811
Part Two Event Patterns 827
54 Dead-Cat Bounce 829
55 Dead-Cat Bounce, Inverted 844
56 Earnings Surprise, Bad 855
57 Earnings Surprise, Good 868
58 FDA Drug Approvals 880
59 Flag, Earnings 893
60 Same-Store Sales, Bad 908
61 Same-Store Sales, Good 921
62 Stock Downgrades 934
63 Stock Upgrades 950
Statistics Summary 965
Glossary and Methodology 982
Index of Chart and Event Patterns 993
Index 1001
About the Author :
THOMAS N. BULKOWSKI is a successful investor with twenty-five years of experience trading stocks. He is also the author of Trading Classic Chart Patterns (Wiley), and contributing writer to Active Trader; Stocks, Futures & Options; Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities; and other magazines. Before earning enough from his investments to "retire" from his day job at age thirty-six, Bulkowski was a hardware design engineer at Raytheon and a senior software engineer for Tandy Corporation.
Review :
“The book is called an ‘Encyclopedia’ for a reason. In roughly 1000 pages, it contains 53 chart patterns plus 9 more event patterns which will pretty much cover you for any chart you come across…. if you take technical trading seriously, it is a book that should be on your shelf.”
—Alan Battista, Stockineer.com Book Review
