First guide to introduce candlesticks to the West. Full discussion of chart patterns for longer term analysis with trading methods using each pattern. The Japanese Bible of candlesticks now translated and ready to use. Learn how these charts have been used for centuries for longer term analysis of commodities. Contents Preface Introduction List of Charts and tables 1. The Chart A chart is like a cat's whiskers When skipping rope, a child focuses on the moving rope Although all rivers flow in the same direction, their waters differ An investor wants something, even if it's by chance The two sides to gambling This is a sumo wrestling scoreboard. This is a chart!. 2. How the chart originated A chart illustrates the history of market prices Pictures are easier to look at than figures The chart is not a graph The chart creator who became a multimillionnaire Consult the market about the market. 3. How to draw a chart Chart paper moves from right to left How to title a chart How to adjust to a vertical scale The way to copy charts in quantity. 4. The "tome line" and "price movement line" How to draw the "tome line" Types of "tome" lines How to analyze the "tome line" How to decide between the "fifty-yen line" and "one hundred-yen line" How to draw and analyze the "price movement line". 5. How to draw the "daily line" The "candle line" and "anchor line" The "shadow line" and "main body" The types that appear in the "daily line" The ruler of the "pole line" and the six "bozus" The various nicknames used. 6. A narration on two lines The "kabuse line" The "atekubi line," "irikubi line," and "sashikomi line" The "kirikomi line" The "tasuki line" The "tsutsumi line" The "harami line" and "star". 7. The "friendly lines" and the "separated lines The "deai line" and the "ikichigai line" The "side-by-side reds" and the side-by-side blacks" The "tweezer top" and the "two point bottom" "Consecutive lines" and "gaps" One and two movements and 100 and 200 cho Anaume (gap filling) and other technical Terms. 8. A scientific analysis of "Sakata's five methods The "three ceilings" (three mountains) The "three river evening star (three rivers) The "three gap tatakikomi" (sanku) The three winged crow's ominous news (sanpei) The chart's day off (sanpo) Other variations in addition to the "five methods". 9. How to bear with the "weekly line"-The unveiling of the "Haguro method Eight types and 16 forms classified by the theory of relativety The red "upper shadow" and black "lower shadow" The line where the average "main body" is formed in the center of the line The red "lower shadow" and the black "upper shadow" The "main body" of the long "closing bozu" The "main body" of the long "opening bozu" The "opening bozu red upper shadow line" and the "opening bozu black lower shadow line" The "closing bozu red lower shadow line" and the "closing bozu black upper shadow line" The "red marubozu" and the "black marubozu" Weekly line analysis The drawing of the "weekly line" when a week extends into the following month The drawing of the "half-day line" The "one-cycle line" and other "pole lines". 10. The "three line break new price line Faithfulness to movement irrespective of time How to draw the "closing three line break new price line" A "reactionary rise new price" and a "reactionary fall new price" "Red hat," "black sweater and pants" and "black shoes" The "three line break new price line" variations Distinguishing market influences by use of the "block line". 11. "The average movement line" and "karamiashi" The completed chart How to calculate the moving average How to draw and analyze the "moving average line" (karamiashi) Granville's moving average line "Karamiashi". 12. Can imported graphs be called charts ? "Elliott's wave theory" and the "three level fluctuation theory" "Hutch's 10% method" and the "10% reversal method" The "box theory" and "break away line" The "OBV method" and the "trading volume line" Japanese charts leading others.