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Can anyone recommend a good book or way to learn more about how to read charts and interpret different techinical indicators?

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The best way is to do a LOT of study.

There are a whole host of books (any good bookstore will have 'em) but quite honestly, I find most of them to be far too much "role" and far too little practical application.

The thing about TA is that it, standing alone, will burn you more often than you can stand. For a particular stock you need to be a student of the industry its in, along with the specific company.

For the broader market you need to go much further.

The basic formations - like head and shoulders, double tops, etc - are pretty simple and can be understood in a day. The more esoteric stuff like wedges and such simply don't work unless you have the backdrop correct, and I've yet to see a book that puts this emphasis in the right place, and that's real trouble.

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