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November 26th, 2009
Posted in Stock Market Basics
I have a couple of suggestions, spend some time at the websites below and look up texts by John Murphy, he wrote the classics on trading and charting. One of his texts, which I read):
Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets - John J. Murphy
Here’s another one I read & enjoyed:
Technical Analysis Explained - Martin Pring
An overview, which I read in French:
Technical Analysis from A to Z - Stephen B. Achelis
There are a number of texts involved in preparing for the CMT exam, see below link on MTA. Just going through the effort of preparing for the CMT exam is a great learning experience.
There is also my own trading website link, last one in the list below.
A final note, there is alot of learning aside from the technical analysis. One friend of mine noted and many traders agreed: "you don’t have to be smart to be a good trader, just disciplined." Keep it in mind and good luck!