Writing style
Descriptive · Direct · Technical
Apple BooksJapanese candlestick charting techniques
Business and economics
- First published
- 1991
- Print length
- 299 pagesNew York Institute of Finance, 2001
Description
Steve Nison introduces Japanese candlestick charts as a visual method for interpreting price movement and market psychology. He explains how each candle represents opening, high, low, and closing prices, then shows how formations such as doji, hammers, engulfing patterns, and stars can signal indecision, reversals, or continuation. Examples teach readers to recognize patterns within trends rather than treating individual shapes as automatic predictions. Nison also relates candlesticks to familiar Western tools, including support and resistance, trend lines, and moving averages. Written for traders and market analysts, the book combines historical background with a practical framework for reading the contest between buyers and sellers.
Reading profile
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Collected’s assessment, not reader ratings. Complexity runs from 1 (least demanding) to 5 (most demanding).
- Writing
- How much attention the sentences and language require.
- Ideas
- How much interpretation or abstract reasoning the book asks of you.
- Structure
- How much you need to keep track of speakers, timelines and connections.
- Background knowledge
- Prior knowledge needed to follow the book, beyond what it explains.
- Emotional intensity
- Emotional pressure, from gentle (1) to intense (5). Separate from difficulty.
Pace
Measured
Tone
Cerebral · Detached
Structure
Reference
Focus
Ideas · Information
Emotional intensity
1 / 5
Reading complexity
1–5 · higher means more demanding- Writing
- 3 / 5
- Ideas
- 4 / 5
- Structure
- 3 / 5
- Background knowledge
- 3 / 5
Themes
Book details
For the print edition listed above.
- Publisher
- New York Institute of Finance
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780735201811
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