Thomas N. Bulkowski (Keller, TX) is a successful full-time investor, the author of Trading Classic Chart Patterns and Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns, First Edition. He is also a contributor to Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities, SFO, and Active Trader magazines. Before earning enough from his investments to "retire" from his day job at age 36, Bulkowski was a hardware design engineer with Raytheon and a senior software engineer for Tandy Corporation.

"This book is a handy reference for beginners to advanced Technical Analysts. It contains statistical data for the performance of over 100 Candlestick patterns in both bull and bear markets, offers identification guidelines, and explores the performance of tall versus short candles and shadows. Of particular interest are the chapters which delve into important discoveries and those which explain each Table entry in detail and discuss the methodologies behind them. A useful addition it the visual index. Overall the easy to read makes this book a welcome addition to most Technical Analysis bookcases."—IFTA Journal

• Preface xiiiAcknowledgments xviiIntroduction 11 Findings 82 Statistics Summary 203 8 New Price Lines 274 10 New Price Lines 385 12 New Price Lines 496 13 New Price Lines 607 Abandoned Baby, Bearish 708 Abandoned Baby, Bullish 809 Above the Stomach 8910 Advance Block 9811 Below the Stomach 10812 Belt Hold, Bearish 11813 Belt Hold, Bullish 12714 Breakaway, Bearish 13715 Breakaway, Bullish 14116 Candle, Black 14617 Candle, Short Black 15418 Candle, Short White 16219 Candle, White 17020 Concealing Baby Swallow 17821 Dark Cloud Cover 18222 Deliberation 19123 Doji, Dragonfly 20224 Doji, Gapping Down 21125 Doji, Gapping Up 22126 Doji, Gravestone 23027 Doji, Long-Legged 23928 Doji, Northern 24829 Doji, Southern 25730 Doji Star, Bearish 26631 Doji Star, Bullish 27632 Doji Star, Collapsing 28533 Downside Gap Three Methods 28934 Downside Tasuki Gap 29935 Engulfing, Bearish 30836 Engulfing, Bullish 31737 EveningDojiStar 32638 Evening Star 33539 Falling Three Methods 34440 Hammer 34841 Hammer, Inverted 35642 Hanging Man 36543 Harami, Bearish 37444 Harami, Bullish 38345 Harami Cross, Bearish 39246 Harami Cross, Bullish 40047 High Wave 40948 Homing Pigeon 41849 Identical Three Crows 42750 In Neck 43651 Kicking, Bearish 44452 Kicking, Bullish 45253 Ladder Bottom 45954 Last Engulfing Bottom 47055 Last Engulfing Top 47956 Long Black Day 48857 Long White Day 49658 Marubozu, Black 50459 Marubozu, Closing Black 51260 Marubozu, Closing White 52061 Marubozu, Opening Black 52862 Marubozu, Opening White 53663 Marubozu, White 54464 Mat Hold 55265 Matching Low 56166 Meeting Lines, Bearish 57067 Meeting Lines, Bullish 57968 Morning Doji Star 58869 Morning Star 59870 On Neck 60771 Piercing Pattern 61672 Rickshaw Man 62573 Rising Three Methods 63374 Separating Lines, Bearish 64275 Separating Lines, Bullish 65176 Shooting Star, One-Candle 66077 Shooting Star, Two-Candle 66878 Side-by-Side White Lines, Bearish 67679 Side-by-Side White Lines, Bullish 68580 Spinning Top, Black 69481 Spinning Top, White 70282 Stick Sandwich 71083 Takuri Line 72084 Three Black Crows 72885 Three Inside Down 73886 Three Inside Up 74787 Three-Line Strike, Bearish 75688 Three-Line Strike, Bullish 76589 Three Outside Down 77490 Three Outside Up 78291 Three Stars in the South 79092 Three White Soldiers 79493 Thrusting 80394 Tri-Star, Bearish 81295 Tri-Star, Bullish 82096 Tweezers Bottom 82997 Tweezers Top 83798 Two Black Gapping Candles 84599 Two Crows 853100 Unique Three-River Bottom 861101 Upside Gap Three Methods 870102 Upside Gap Two Crows 879103 Upside Tasuki Gap 888104 Window, Falling 898105 Window, Rising 903Bibliography 907Glossary and Methodology 909Visual Index 919Subject Index 929