Table of Contents

Publisher's Preface v How to Use This Book vii Meet Steve Nison ix Introduction xi Chapter 1: The Basics: Candlestick Construction 1 Chapter 2: Small Real Bodies and Long Sessions 13 Chapter 3: Analysis Based on Shadows 35 Chapter 4: Shooting Stars and High Waves 53 Chapter 5: Engulfing Patterns 69 Chapter 6: More Two-Candlestick Patterns 85 Chapter 7: The Harami and Morning or Evening Star 101 Chapter 8: Looking Through the Window 119 Chapter 9: Mysteries of Support and Resistance 139 Chapter 10: More Support and Resistance Insight 157 Chapter 11: Retracement and Divergence 177 Chapter 12: Head and Shoulders Analysis 193 Chapter 13: Candlesticks in Context 211 Resources 239

About the Author

STEVE NISON, CMT, is founder and President ofCandlecharts.com which provides premier educational products andtrading services. Traders and investors everywhere have discoveredthe power of candle charting because of Steve's groundbreakingwork. Nison, the very first to reveal the startling power ofcandlestick charts to the Western hemisphere, is acknowledged asthe leading authority on the subject. Before Nison's work, not onecharting system in the Western world had candlestick charts.Nison's work has been highlighted in the Wall StreetJournal, Institutional Investor, and Barron's.Nison is also the author of Japanese Candlestick ChartingTechniques, Second Edition, The Candlestick Course, andother popular trading books and videos.