Technical Analysis Plain & Simple: Charting the Markets in Your Language - Softcover

Technical Analysis Plain & Simpleis one of the best introductory guides to the subject of how to use technical analysis to generate trading ideas. It does exactly what it promises on the cover. It keeps the subject "plain and simple" but never superficial. As Kahn explains "this isn't brain surgery". All the essential key topics are covered: price charts, patterns and indicators, including the rounded bottom, and indeed a few rounded tops too. However, that would be a given. What takes a trading book further is how practical it is and whether it can be used to make money. The answer here is a definite yes. Reassuringly, Kahn even has a chapter entitled "Technical Analysis in the Real World" giving the book more of a practical cutting edge than even the classic Technical Analysis Explained by Martin Pring, the Lord of Technical Analysis.

Kahn has a sense of humour too and his writing style is conversational, engaging the reader and chatting to him (or her) rather than lecturing. Beyond that, he asks and answers the important questions so often neglected by academic technical analysts: is this a good trade? What makes a stock look good? Should you even be playing the game?

Don't let the "Plain and Simple" series title mislead you. Technical Analysis Plain and Simpleis for beginners, but it will also make an essential refresher and reference tool for the more advanced technical analyst. --Alpesh Patel

"The best introduction to technical analysis there is.I was recommended to read this book during my induction period at a major investment bank. I studied Law at University so I had no idea what Technical Analysis was, until I read this astoundingly simple yet powerful book. Resistance & Support Levels are explained in a way that you will never forget the rationale for them after having read his chapter. This book has saved me from major embarassment in the markets!"

1st Year Analyst at a White Shoe Investment Bank from London, Amazon.com