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Ichimoku Charts: An introduction to Ichimoku Kinko Clouds [Kindle Edition]

Nicole Elliott
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Candlestick charts, although originating in Japan, now play an important role in technical analysis worldwide. Now, for the first time in English, this book presents the next stage of candlestick analysis - Ichimoku Kinko Hyo. Sometimes called Cloud Charts, this analysis adds moving averages to candlestick charts. But moving averages a little different from those traditionally used in the West. For trending markets, Cloud Charts add an essential tool for analysing near-term areas of support and resistance.The book covers the history of candlestick charts - explaining the context in which they developed. And then moves on to explain how in the 1930s a journalist, with the pseudonym Ichimoku Sanjin, started refining candlestick analysis by adding a series of moving averages. The book explains in detail how to construct Cloud Charts and how to interpret them. A chapter is devoted to the advanced analysis of Cloud charts, with an in-depth study of the Three Principles: Wave Principle, Price Target and Timespan Principle. The book is illustrated throughout with numerous examples of Cloud Chart analysis.Walk into any Japanese dealing room today and you will see that the most common charts being used are Ichimoku Kinko Clouds. This book presents the definitive explanation of these charts for the first time to a Western audience.

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About the Author

Nicole Elliott is a graduate of the London School of Economics and a member of the Society of Technical Analysis. She has worked in the City of London for over 20 years. Whether in trading, sales or as an analyst within the treasury departments of major international banks, technical analysis has formed the backbone of her methodology. As Mizuho Corporate Bank"s senior analyst in London she covers the foreign exchange, interest rate and commodity markets and equity indices.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
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  • Print Length: 150 pages
  • Publisher: Harriman House (3 Feb 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B004M183CA
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  • Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Disappointing at best 16 Jun 2009
Format:Paperback
I don't know if I've been trading the Ichimoku Method for as long as the author, but it's the system that I use every day and I bought the book hoping for definitive answers to the questions I have. However, the book failed miserably to treat this important methodology with any respect or depth of knowledge.

For example, there are 5 Kanji characters that make up the name "Ichimoku Kinko Hyo." At the very beginning of the book under the section entitled "Calligraphy" the author describes 4 of the five characters but then says of the 5th "The others are too complicated to go into." It's like saying "I don't know what the 5th character means and I can't be bothered to find out." And this was just the beginning. The entire book went downhill from there. It seems as if the author hoped to disguise her lack of knowledge by adding a great deal of trivia. The whole thing smacks of opportunism and I am annoyed that I spent the money buying this rubbish.

The author recommends a couple of books namely: Beyond Candlesticks (Steve Nison) and Technical Analysis of the Stock Market (Edwards and McGee), If she actually read these books she'd know what a real contribution to Technical Analysis looks like. It's a pity she wasn't duly inspired.

For the only English book of this important methodology, this is not a good start. I can only hope that someone will translate "Ichimoku Kinko Studies" (H. Sasaki)from the original Japanese into English.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Not even close 27 May 2009
By Mikkel
Format:Paperback
The author produces currency forecasts for a Japanese bank using Ichimoku charts. This should make her uniquely qualified to write the first English-language introduction to this intriguing methodology. However, the book just does not work. We don't get to know Ichimoku charts better than what we can find for free on the web - in fact there's a web site with a forum devoted to Ichimoku which has more interesting material. The book also contains an explanation of a Japanese way of analysing wave structures and counting. Both methodologies are introduced and explained to some degree, but there's very little if anything on how to actually trade using these tools. You're left with a "that's kinda nice ... now what?" feeling. Search the web and trading forums for information about Ichimoku and ideas for incorporating it into your trading. Two stars for the initiative though. Ichimoku is indeed fascinating stuff.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
A disappointing book 18 Dec 2007
Format:Paperback
As the only English book on the subject of Ichimoku Kinko Clouds, (as far as I know), I guess it's worth reading this book. But I found it very disappointing and have found far better reference material on the subject on the web.

It was a confusing book, which would have benefited from better editing and proof-reading (there's a glaring basic error in the diagram on P115 which should have been picked up!).

Although the book provides a lot of information, I didn't feel by the end of it that I actually knew anything that would help me use the Ichimoku clouds. Borrow a copy if you can, rather than buy it!

Rachel
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The second line (turquoise), imaginatively called Senkou Span B (Leading Span B), is calculated by finding the highest price of the last 52 days, adding to it the lowest price of the last 52 days, and dividing by two. This is also plotted 26 days ahead. &quote;
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Two halves of the market, plus time, lies at the core of the Ichimoku Kinko charting. &quote;
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The first line of the cloud, the deep pink one, is known as Senkou Span A (Leading Span A) and is calculated by adding the Tenkan (9-day average) and Kijun (26-day average) values and dividing by two. This line is then plotted 26 days ahead of the last complete days trading. &quote;
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