The power of Japanese candlestick charts : advanced filtering techniques for trading stocks, futures and Forex

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