One cannot become a Tape Reader by giving the ticker absent treatment; nor by running into his broker's office after lunch, or seeing -how the market closed- from his evening newspaper.... He should spend twenty-seven hours a week at the ticker, and many more hours away from it studying his mistakes and finding the -why- of his losses. -from -Introductory-

A classic of technical stock-market analysis, this is considered the most important work of one of the great market watchers of the early 20th century. It covers: . stop orders and trading rules . volumes and their significance . market...