"The discipline of technical analysis - hearing the message of the market through price movements - is a valuable tool for making profitable trading and investing decisions. Once you understand the concepts and techniques of technical analysis, your view of the market and how you trade or invest within it will be forever changed.".

"Essential Technical Analysis: Tools and Techniques to Spot Market Trends is a simple, accessible, and straightforward introduction to technical analysis. Whether you're a short-term trader or die-hard investor, respected technical analyst and CNBC affiliate Leigh Stevens will show you how to use this popular stock, bond, and futures trading technique to make money in both up and down markets."--BOOK JACKET.