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(More customer reviews)I enjoyed reading this book, however I believe this is one of those trading books that experienced traders will criticize because it is to basic and simple and to no help to them, they will rank it one or two stars. At the same time I believe this is a very readable, and useful book for new traders who will enjoy it and learn from it and rank it four or five stars. So with that said I gave it three stars, it is just an average beginners book for new traders.
This book tells the brief history of candlestick charting that started in Japan and was brought to the U.S. by Steve Nison. It shows how the candlesticks are constructed and how to read them. The book tries to convey how candles are read through the psychology of market participants and how this is reflected in the charts. The book does a great job going through each specific candlestick type like the doji, spinning top, and evening star. It also expands into how the candle sticks make patterns when they show up with each other in certain ways and how these patterns of bullish or bearish. The book touches on the importance of not trading based strictly on candle formations but looking for confirmation by combining them with moving averages, support and resistance, trend lines, Bollinger Bands, and Oscillators. I really like that the book added in chapters on trading psychology and money management these are by far the true determinants of success in trading. I also like that the author introduced the readers to Renko and Kagi charts. I have read almost 200 books on trading and investing and this is the first time I have been introduced to them, they were very interesting.
Beginners buy this book, it is a great starting place to pick up the basics on candlesticks and trading, experienced traders you already know this stuff,skip this book and go reread Steve Nison or Alexander Elder.
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