Preface
Finding patterns is the essence of wisdom.
Dennis Prager
With technological progress and the decentralization of financial information, coding and automated research have become integral parts of the trading world. Anyone who masters the art of trading and coding has a tremendous edge in the markets.
Trading techniques are numerous, and they can be based on many tools and concepts. For example, fundamental traders rely on economic and political analyses to derive a long-term view on different assets, while technical traders rely on more quantitative measures and a few psychological concepts to forecast the next likely moves of the markets.
Therefore, we can say that on a high level there exist two types of analyses, fundamental and technical. This book will present in detail a field in technical analysis called candlestick pattern recognition.
Why This Book?
I have spent my career researching trading strategies, patterns, and anything related to the financial world. I have developed a special passion for patterns, and specifically candlestick patterns, due to their widespread adoption but also their interesting performance results. Moreover, throughout the years, I have discovered a few candlestick patterns that I believe can at least rival the classical patterns. This brings us to the purpose of writing the book: I am aiming to present the totality of candlestick patterns, including my personal ones, and how to code a system that back-tests them across a wide variety ...
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