The step-by-step visual guide to spotting potential price movements and improving returns Bloomberg Visual Guide to Chart Patterns is a concise and accessible visual guide to identifying, understanding, and using chart patterns to predict the direction and extent of price moves. Packed with visual learning enhancements and exercises, this innovative book helps savvy investors and professionals alike master the essential skills of chart pattern recognition. Follow along as chart pattern expert Thomas Bulkowski teaches you to recognize important peaks and valleys that form patterns footprints of the smart money. Nearly 200 color charts assist in providing a step-by-step approach to finding those footprints, interpreting them, and following them. Popular patterns such as head-and-shoulders, double tops and bottoms, triangles, gaps, flags, and pennants are just a few of the many patterns explored throughout the book. For the sophisticated trader or investor, the book also provides statistical research to support the claims of pattern behavior, trading signals, and setups, in an easy to understand way. Discusses chart pattern identification guidelines, psychology, variations, failures, and buy and sell signals Covers the most popular and common chart patterns as well as lesser-known ones like throwbacks, pullbacks, and busted patterns Incorporates quizzes, step-by-step exercises, enhanced graphics and video tutorials to immerse the reader in the world of chart patterns Designed for use by investors and traders, from beginners to experts looking for a practical, easy-to-use guide, comprehensive reference, Bloomberg Visual Guide to Chart Patterns provides a sophisticated introduction to the world of chart patterns.

The step-by-step visual guide to spotting potential pricemovements and improving returnsBloomberg Visual Guide to Chart Patterns is aconcise and accessible visual guide to identifying, understanding,and using chart patterns to predict the direction and extent ofprice moves. Packed with visual learning enhancements andexercises, this innovative book helps savvy investors andprofessionals alike master the essential skills of chart patternrecognition. Follow along as chart pattern expert Thomas Bulkowskiteaches you to recognize important peaks and valleys that formpatterns--footprints of the smart money.Nearly 200 color charts assist in providing a step-by-stepapproach to finding those footprints, interpreting them, andfollowing them. Popular patterns such as head-and-shoulders, doubletops and bottoms, triangles, gaps, flags, and pennants are just afew of the many patterns explored throughout the book.For the sophisticated trader or investor, the book also providesstatistical research to support the claims of pattern behavior,trading signals, and setups, in an easy to understand way.* Discusses chart pattern identification guidelines, psychology,variations, failures, and buy and sell signals* Covers the most popular and common chart patterns as well aslesser-known ones like throwbacks, pullbacks, and bustedpatterns* Incorporates quizzes, step-by-step exercises, enhanced graphicsand video tutorials to immerse the reader in the world of chartpatternsDesigned for use by investors and traders, from beginners toexperts looking for a practical, easy-to-use guide, comprehensivereference, Bloomberg Visual Guide to ChartPatterns provides a sophisticated introduction to theworld of chart patterns.

How to Use This Book viiAcknowledgments ixIntroduction xiPart I: The Basics 1Chapter 1: Pattern Recognition Made Easy 3Chapter 2: Minor Highs and Lows 13Chapter 3: Trendlines 19Chapter 4: Support and Resistance 29Chapter 5: Gaps 39Chapter 6: Throwbacks and Pullbacks 47Part II: Pattern Identification 53Chapter 7: Rectangles 55Chapter 8: Ascending Triangles 69Chapter 9: Descending Triangles 81Chapter 10: Symmetrical Triangles 93Chapter 11: Flags and Pennants 105Chapter 12: Double Bottoms 115Chapter 13: Triple Bottoms 127Chapter 14: Double Tops 139Chapter 15: Triple Tops 151Chapter 16: Head-and-Shoulders Bottoms 163Chapter 17: Head-and-Shoulders Tops 175Part III: Basic Buy Setups 187Chapter 18: Basic Buy Setups 189Chapter 19: Failures 205Chapter 20: The Throwback Buy Setup 215Chapter 21: Measuring Flags and Pennants 225Chapter 22: Busted Pattern Buy Setups 229Chapter 23: Trading Setups and Tips 243Part IV: Basic Sell Signals 251Chapter 24: Chart Pattern Sell Signals 253Chapter 25: Busted Pattern Sell Signals 271Chapter 26: Triangle Apex Sell Signal 289Chapter 27: Trendline Sell Signals 293Chapter 28: Swing Rule 299Chapter 29: A Tale of Two Trades 303Bloomberg Functionality Cheat Sheet 309Visual Appendix of Chart Patterns 311Bibliography 317About the Author 319Index 321