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Candlestick Trading for Maximum Profits Netpicks.Com Candlestick Trading For Maximum Profits NetPicks.com Copyright © 2017 All Rights Reserved CONTENTS Earnings Disclaimer ......................................................................................................................... 4 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 5 The Candlestick Purist ................................................................................................................. 6 The Email ..................................................................................................................................... 6 Let’s Get Started! ........................................................................................................................ 8 The Basic Candle ............................................................................................................................. 8 Parts of a Candle ......................................................................................................................... 9 The Story A Candle Tells ................................................................................................................ 11 The First Tick ............................................................................................................................. 12 Important Candles ........................................................................................................................ 13 Long and Short Days ................................................................................................................. 13 The Doji ..................................................................................................................................... 14 Gravestone Doji .................................................................................................................... 16 Dragonfly Doji ....................................................................................................................... 16 Long Legged Doji ................................................................................................................... 17 The Hammer Candle ................................................................................................................. 18 Traditional Hammer Candle .................................................................................................. 18 The Inverted Hammer ........................................................................................................... 19 Spinning Tops ............................................................................................................................ 20 Marubozu Variations ................................................................................................................ 22 Closing Marubozu ..................................................................................................................... 23 Opening Marubozu ................................................................................................................... 24 Candlestick Reversal Patterns ....................................................................................................... 25 2 Candlestick Trading for Maximum Profits The Bearish Engulfing Pattern .................................................................................................. 26 The Bullish Engulfing Pattern .................................................................................................... 28 Hanging Man ............................................................................................................................. 31 The Bullish Piercing Pattern ...................................................................................................... 34 Dark Cloud Formation ............................................................................................................... 36 The Harami Pattern ................................................................................................................... 39 The Shooting Star ...................................................................................................................... 42 The Morning Star ...................................................................................................................... 44 The Evening Star ....................................................................................................................... 47 The Bullish Kicker ...................................................................................................................... 49 The Bearish Kicker ..................................................................................................................... 53 Reversal Pattern Wrap-Up ........................................................................................................ 55 Other Considerations .................................................................................................................... 55 Long Shadows ........................................................................................................................... 56 Gapping Stocks .......................................................................................................................... 58 In Closing ....................................................................................................................................... 59 3 Candlestick Trading for Maximum Profits EARNINGS DISCLAIMER EVERY EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO ACCURATELY REPRESENT THIS PRODUCT AND IT'S POTENTIAL. EVEN THOUGH THIS INDUSTRY IS ONE OF THE FEW WHERE ONE CAN WRITE THEIR OWN CHECK IN TERMS OF EARNINGS, THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL EARN ANY MONEY USING THE TECHNIQUES AND IDEAS IN THESE MATERIALS. EXAMPLES IN THESE MATERIALS ARE NOT TO BE INTERPRETED AS A PROMISE OR GUARANTEE OF EARNINGS. EARNING POTENTIAL IS ENTIRELY DEPENDENT ON THE PERSON USING OUR PRODUCT, THEIR IDEAS AND TECHNIQUES. WE DO NOT PURPORT THIS AS A "GET RICH SCHEME." ANY CLAIMS MADE OF ACTUAL EARNINGS OR EXAMPLES OF ACTUAL RESULTS ARE NOT TYPICAL. YOUR LEVEL OF SUCCESS IN ATTAINING THE RESULTS CLAIMED IN OUR MATERIALS DEPENDS ON THE TIME YOU DEVOTE TO THE PROGRAM, IDEAS AND TECHNIQUES MENTIONED, YOUR FINANCES, KNOWLEDGE AND VARIOUS SKILLS. SINCE THESE FACTORS DIFFER ACCORDING TO INDIVIDUALS, WE CANNOT GUARANTEE YOUR SUCCESS OR INCOME LEVEL. NOR ARE WE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF YOUR ACTIONS. 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MANY FACTORS WILL BE IMPORTANT IN DETERMINING YOUR ACTUAL RESULTS AND NO GUARANTEES ARE MADE THAT YOU WILL ACHIEVE RESULTS SIMILAR TO OURS OR ANYBODY ELSE'S, IN FACT NO GUARANTEES ARE MADE THAT YOU WILL ACHIEVE ANY RESULTS FROM OUR IDEAS AND TECHNIQUES IN OUR MATERIAL. 4 Candlestick Trading for Maximum Profits INTRODUCTION First things first…I want to thank you very much for requesting Candlestick Trading for Maximum Profits! My goal in this course will be to give those somewhat familiar with candlestick charting a unique approach to trading using candlesticks. For those of you who are new to the practice of candlestick charting this is a great way to learn to use candlesticks to improve your trading! Before this course most of you probably had done some research on candlesticks, their reversal patterns and what the individual candles represented. Let’s be honest, candlestick trading among active traders has almost become a fad! Some use candlestick charts because they simply prefer the appearance. Some others may actually try and use candlesticks to find stock price reversal and some simply don’t understand all the fuss and prefer to stick to their own method of charting. But one thing is almost certain; if you’re an active trader you HAVE heard of candlestick charting. With this in mind, I’m going to spare you the obligatory lesson in candlestick history except to state that candlestick charting has been around much longer than the U.S. Stock Markets have. Simple reasoning will tell us that if candlestick charting was not a profitable method of trading they would have not have lasted the test of time. Yes, candlesticks can be extremely profitable if a little reasoning is applied when using them. If you bought this course expecting me to tell you that candlestick charting was some sort of Holy Grail of stock trading then you are going to be disappointed. Any experienced trader will tell you there is no such thing. Candlestick charting is the study of price action and how it relates to market psychology. Candlestick charting gives simple and easy to understand visual representations of who is in control of the market. Once mastered, candlesticks and their reversal patterns will begin to quickly tell the trader what the mood of the
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