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The Stock Trader's Field Guide

A Simple Guide to 34 Systems Traders Use: Candlesticks, Wyckoff, Elliott Wave, Indicators, and More

Every trader hears the names. Dow Theory, Wyckoff, the golden cross, VWAP, order blocks. This book explains each one, the same simple way, so you finally know what they all mean.

Choose your editionSee all 34 methods
34 methods46 original drawingsFull color throughoutFirst edition, 2026
Every chapter, the same way

What you get for each method

Where it came fromWho developed it, and the problem they were solving.
The ideaThe concept in simple words, with an everyday picture.
The rulesWhat its practitioners actually do, step by step.
On the chartA drawn example you can follow, labeled.
How traders use itCommon mistakes, key terms and takeaways.

No chapter tells you to take a trade. The last one shows how to practice any method in a paper trading or simulation account first.

Inside the book

Drawn for this book, in full color

Hammer at support and bearish engulfing at resistance
Candlestick Charts and Patterns: a hammer at support, a bearish engulfing at resistance
Wyckoff accumulation range
The Wyckoff Method: the phases of an accumulation range
Elliott Wave eight-wave cycle
Elliott Wave Theory: the five-wave advance and three-wave correction
Bollinger Band squeeze and walk
Bollinger Bands: the squeeze and the walk along the band

Every chart in the book is an illustrative drawing made for teaching, not a record of real prices.

Two editions

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Collector's Hardcover Edition

Large format, 8.25 x 11 in

A coffee-table first edition in navy and gold, printed in full color on premium paper, with matte laminate cover.

$59.99On Amazon this week
Paperback

Everyday size, 6 x 9 in

The same 34 chapters and 46 full-color drawings in a lighter book you can keep beside the screen.

$29.99On Amazon soon

Both editions are printed and shipped by Amazon. Buy links go live here as soon as each edition is released.

Contents

All 34 methods

Part I

Foundations

  1. Dow Theory
  2. Trend Lines and Channels
  3. Support and Resistance
  4. Reading Volume
Part II

Price Action

  1. Candlestick Charts and Patterns
  2. Classic Chart Patterns
  3. Breakouts and False Breakouts
  4. Swings, Pivots and Market Structure
Part III

Indicators

  1. Moving Averages and the Golden Cross
  2. MACD
  3. RSI
  4. Stochastic Oscillator
  5. Bollinger Bands
  6. Average True Range and Volatility
  7. VWAP
  8. ADX and Trend Strength
Part IV

Market Structure Schools

  1. The Wyckoff Method
  2. Volume Spread Analysis
  3. Market Profile
  4. Supply and Demand Zones
  5. Smart Money Concepts
Part V

Waves, Ratios and Cycles

  1. Elliott Wave Theory
  2. Fibonacci Retracements and Extensions
  3. Gann's Methods
  4. Harmonic Patterns
  5. Market Cycles and Seasonality
Part VI

Trading Systems

  1. Trend Following and Donchian Channels
  2. Mean Reversion and Pullback Trading
  3. Opening Range Breakout
  4. Floor Trader Pivot Points
Part VII

Risk, Plan and Mind

  1. Position Sizing and R
  2. The Trading Plan and Journal
  3. Trading Psychology
Part VIII

Practice

  1. Paper Trading and Simulation Accounts

Each method is explained in our own words and credited to the people who developed it.

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