The Power of Japanese Candlestick Charts – Advanced Filtering Techniques for Trading Stocks, Futures and Forex, Revised Edition

<p>Index of Reversal Patterns ix</p>
<p>Index of Continuation Patterns xi</p>
<p>Preface xiii</p>
<p>Acknowledgments xxi</p>
<p>Part I Basic Candlestick Techniques</p>
<p>Chapter 1 Introduction 3</p>
<p>Historical Background 4</p>
<p>Reasons Candlestick Charts Are So Popular Today 5</p>
<p>Construction of the Candlestick Chart 7</p>
<p>Construction of a Bar Chart 8</p>
<p>Chapter 2 Single Candle Types 11</p>
<p>Single Candles 11</p>
<p>The Doji 35</p>
<p>Chapter 3 The Umbrella Group 59</p>
<p>White Hammer or Hanging Man (Also Called White Umbrella Candle) 59</p>
<p>Black Hammer or Hanging Man (Also Called Black Umbrella Candle) 60</p>
<p>White Inverted Hammer or Shooting Star (Also Called Inverted White Umbrella Candle) 60</p>
<p>Black Inverted Hammer or Shooting Star (Also Called Inverted Black Umbrella Candle) 61</p>
<p>Chapter 4 Reversal Patterns 67</p>
<p>Introduction 67</p>
<p>Index of Reversal Patterns 69</p>
<p>Single Candlestick Patterns 70</p>
<p>Double Candlestick Patterns 90</p>
<p>Triple Candlestick Patterns 119</p>
<p>Multiple Candlestick Patterns 156</p>
<p>Chapter 5 Continuation Patterns 171</p>
<p>Introduction 171</p>
<p>Double Candlestick Patterns 172</p>
<p>Multiple Candlestick Patterns 185</p>
<p>Windows (Gaps) 192</p>
<p>Chapter 6 Summarizing Part I 209</p>
<p>Can One Trade the Market and Profit Just by Applying Candlestick Chart Analysis? 210</p>
<p>Candlestick Chart Analysis Is Best Used in Conjunction with Technical Indicators 210</p>
<p>Conclusion 211<br /><br />Part II A dvanced Candlestick Techniques</p>
<p>Chapter 7 Filtering with Western Indicators 215</p>
<p>Using Filtering or the Rule of Multiple Techniques 216</p>
<p>Scenario 1: In the Case of a Bull Market or Bullish Trend 216</p>
<p>Scenario 2: In the Case of a Bear Market or Bearish Trend 216</p>
<p>Scenario 3: In the Case of Overbought or Oversold Situations 216</p>
<p>Filtering with Moving Averages 217</p>
<p>Filtering with MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence) 218</p>
<p>Filtering with Relative Strength Index 221</p>
<p>Filtering with Stochastic 224</p>
<p>Filtering with Momentum 229</p>
<p>Filtering with Williams Percentage Retracement 229</p>
<p>Filtering with Directional Movement&nbsp; Index 232</p>
<p>Filtering with Commodity Channel Index 235</p>
<p>Filtering with Volume 238</p>
<p>Filtering with Bollinger Bands 238</p>
<p>Filtering with Elliott Wave Theory 240<br /><br />Chapter 8 P.I. System Trader 247</p>
<p>The P.I. System Trader Mimics Candlesticks 248</p>
<p>Trading Rules for P.I. System Trader 250</p>
<p>Advantages of P.I. System Trader 250</p>
<p>Chapter 9 Sakata s Five Methods 253</p>
<p>Sakata s Constitution and Sakata s Five Methods 253</p>
<p>Sakata s Constitution (Soba Sani No Den) 254</p>
<p>The Japanese Method of Three 254</p>
<p>Conclusion 267</p>
<p>Chapter 10 Computerized Candlestick Forecasting 273</p>
<p>The Era of Computerized Candlestick Scanning 274</p>
<p>Features of the Nison Candle Scanner 275</p>
<p>Nison Candle Highlighter on MetaTrader 4 Platform 280</p>
<p>Chapter 11 Conclusion: Facts about Candlesticks 285</p>
<p>About the Author 287</p>
<p>Reading List 289</p>
<p>Index 291</p>