Technical Analysis

Chart patterns, indicators, and price action

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Trade Like a Stock Market Wizard

Mark Minervini
★★★★ 4.4/5 Recommended
The best modern book on growth stock trading. Exceptional risk management.

Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets

John J. Murphy
★★★★ 4.2/5 Recommended
The encyclopedia of TA. A reference book, not a page-turner.

How to Make Money in Stocks

William J. O'Neil
★★★★ 4.1/5 Recommended
CAN SLIM is one of the few systems with decades of documented results.

Algorithmic Trading

Ernest P. Chan
★★★ 3.7/5 Mixed
Honest introduction to algo trading. Good backtesting methodology chapters.

Stage Analysis Summaries

Stan Weinstein / Community
★★★ 3.7/5 Recommended
One of the most useful structural frameworks in TA, available free in community summaries.

Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques

Steve Nison
★★★ 3.6/5 Mixed
Comprehensive reference, overpriced for content now freely available.

Quantitative Trading

Ernest P. Chan
★★★ 3.5/5 Mixed
Introductory quant guide. Dated tech stack but useful business-side coverage.

Trading Guides

Rayner Teo / TradingwithRayner
★★★★★ 3.2/5 Mixed
Polished free content that's ultimately a funnel for paid courses.

TradingView Education Hub

TradingView
★★★★★ 3.1/5 Mixed
Great platform tutorials. Actual trading education content is hit-or-miss.

How I Made $2,000,000 in the Stock Market

Nicolas Darvas
★★★★★ 3.0/5 Mixed
Historically interesting box theory origin. Too short and light on detail.

Secrets of a Pivot Boss

Frank Ochoa
★★★★ 2.7/5 Mixed
Sound core concept padded to book length. Worth a blog post, not $30.

Trading Code

Jason Cam
★★★ 1.8/5 Skip It
Recycled patterns with no evidence basis. One of the worst values in trading lit.