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Barbara Rockefeller is a writer specializing in international economics and finance, with a focus on foreign exchange. She is the publisher of a daily newsletter on the foreign exchange market, "The Strategic Currency Briefing." Barbara is the author of CNBC 24/7 , Trading Around the Clock, Around the World, and The Global Trader (Wiley). She also writes a monthly column for Currency Trader Magazine .

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A simple, straightforward guide to the fundamentals of technical analysis

Savvy traders have been using technical analysis for over a century. It's easier than ever with PCs and the Internet to use technical analysis to make smarter trading decisions. This hands-on, friendly guide gives you plain-English explanations of everything you need to know to put money in a securities market to astounding results.

• Open the technical analysis toolbox get a clear overview of what technical analysis is and how it lets you observe prices in a new way to make trading decisions

• Get in the technical mind frame discover how to select indicators that match your personality and preference for risk, and get to know the types of profit and loss outcomes typical to each

• Set the bar understand how to observe price bars and small patterns to earn cold, hard cash

• Be trendy use indicators to identify whether your price is trending, the strength of the trend, and when the trend is at a reversal

Open the book and find:

• Why technical analysis does and doesn't (always) work

• Ways to identify crowd behavior and patterns

• When to use chart indicators

• How to draw a trendline

• Guidance on transforming channels into forecasts

• The simple arithmetic needed for dynamic analysis

• Tips for measuring momentum

• Why timing is everything

• Expert examples

Learn to:

• Grasp and apply the basic principles of technical analysis

• Improve your profits

• Brush up your knowledge of the trend-following principle

• Join the smart money crowd that knows when to hold, and when to fold