Following in the footsteps of author Thomas Bulkowski s bestselling Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns and structured in the same way this easy-to-read and -use resource takes an in-depth look at 103 candlestick formations, from identification guidelines and statistical analysis of their behavior to detailed trading tactics. Encyclopedia of Candlestick Charts also includes chapters that contain important discoveries and statistical summaries, as well as a glossary of relevant terms and a visual index to make candlestick identification easy.

Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction 1
1 Findings 8
2 Statistics Summary 20
3 8 New Price Lines 27
4 10 New Price Lines 38
5 12 New Price Lines 49
6 13 New Price Lines 60
7 Abandoned Baby, Bearish 70
8 Abandoned Baby, Bullish 80
9 Above the Stomach 89
10 Advance Block 98
11 Below the Stomach 108
12 Belt Hold, Bearish 118
13 Belt Hold, Bullish 127
14 Breakaway, Bearish 137
15 Breakaway, Bullish 141
16 Candle, Black 146
17 Candle, Short Black 154
18 Candle, Short White 162
19 Candle, White 170
20 Concealing Baby Swallow 178
21 Dark Cloud Cover 182
22 Deliberation 191
23 Doji, Dragonfly 202
24 Doji, Gapping Down 211
25 Doji, Gapping Up 221
26 Doji, Gravestone 230
27 Doji, Long-Legged 239
28 Doji, Northern 248
29 Doji, Southern 257
30 Doji Star, Bearish 266
31 Doji Star, Bullish 276
32 Doji Star, Collapsing 285
33 Downside Gap Three Methods 289
34 Downside Tasuki Gap 299
35 Engulfing, Bearish 308
36 Engulfing, Bullish 317
37 EveningDojiStar 326
38 Evening Star 335
39 Falling Three Methods 344
40 Hammer 348
41 Hammer, Inverted 356
42 Hanging Man 365
43 Harami, Bearish 374
44 Harami, Bullish 383
45 Harami Cross, Bearish 392
46 Harami Cross, Bullish 400
47 High Wave 409
48 Homing Pigeon 418
49 Identical Three Crows 427
50 In Neck 436
51 Kicking, Bearish 444
52 Kicking, Bullish 452
53 Ladder Bottom 459
54 Last Engulfing Bottom 470
55 Last Engulfing Top 479
56 Long Black Day 488
57 Long White Day 496
58 Marubozu, Black 504
59 Marubozu, Closing Black 512
60 Marubozu, Closing White 520
61 Marubozu, Opening Black 528
62 Marubozu, Opening White 536
63 Marubozu, White 544
64 Mat Hold 552
65 Matching Low 561
66 Meeting Lines, Bearish 570
67 Meeting Lines, Bullish 579
68 Morning Doji Star 588
69 Morning Star 598
70 On Neck 607
71 Piercing Pattern 616
72 Rickshaw Man 625
73 Rising Three Methods 633
74 Separating Lines, Bearish 642
75 Separating Lines, Bullish 651
76 Shooting Star, One-Candle 660
77 Shooting Star, Two-Candle 668
78 Side-by-Side White Lines, Bearish 676
79 Side-by-Side White Lines, Bullish 685
80 Spinning Top, Black 694
81 Spinning Top, White 702
82 Stick Sandwich 710
83 Takuri Line 720
84 Three Black Crows 728
85 Three Inside Down 738
86 Three Inside Up 747
87 Three-Line Strike, Bearish 756
88 Three-Line Strike, Bullish 765
89 Three Outside Down 774
90 Three Outside Up 782
91 Three Stars in the South 790
92 Three White Soldiers 794
93 Thrusting 803
94 Tri-Star, Bearish 812
95 Tri-Star, Bullish 820
96 Tweezers Bottom 829
97 Tweezers Top 837
98 Two Black Gapping Candles 845
99 Two Crows 853
100 Unique Three-River Bottom 861
101 Upside Gap Three Methods 870
102 Upside Gap Two Crows 879
103 Upside Tasuki Gap 888
104 Window, Falling 898
105 Window, Rising 903
Bibliography 907
Glossary and Methodology 909
Visual Index 919
Subject Index 929