Do you know when to start a new trade – or when to end a trade?

To answer these questions, we need to focus on Western technicals and candles as detailed in this DVD. The fusion of candlesticks with Western technical indicators, at critical junctures, is one of the most important strategies you need to know to generate entry and exit points.

Trend lines – and their variations- is the first of Steve’s specific western technical tools.

You’ll be amazed at the market timing strategies you will discover with Steve’s 7 tactics using candles and trend lines.

Here's what you'll learn:

• How adding Western technicals improves trading success
• Candles and trend lines
  • Sloping trend lines
  • Bull and bear channels
  • Horizontal trend lines
  • Bullish Change of Polarity
  • Bearish Change of Polarity
  • Crack and Snap as a bull signal
  • Falling Off the Roof as a bearish signal
  • Importance of looking at candles in context
  • Candle by candle example of East- West

See why volume is one of Steve’s critical Western tools as he highlights the nuances of using volume with candle charts.

Then uncover why candles and Bollinger Bands can be your one-two punch for trading success. Do you now use, or are thinking of using oscillators, such as RSI, stochastics, etc?

Then you’ll be thrilled as Steve discloses how to use 4 of the most popular oscillators as potential trade set ups, and then use candles as the trading trigger.

Here's what you'll learn:

• Candles and Volume
  • Tall white candle and volume
  • Using Volume and candles to gauge shifting market psychology
  • Volume and engulfing patterns
  • Volume and windows
  • Volume and small real bodies and doji
  • Volume and crack and snap
  • Selling climaxes
  • Candles and open interest
• Candles and Bollinger Bands
• Candles and Oscillators - Introduction
  • Introduction to oscillators
  • Basics of how to use oscillators
  • Divergence
• Candles and Stochastic
• Candles and RSI
• Candles and MACD
• Candles and Dual Moving Average Oscillator

Steve reveals two popular Japanese tools on how to gauge if the market is overbought or oversold.

Ever wonder how you can find support or resistance after a market shoots almost straight up or falls almost vertically down? See how to do this with retracements. Then learn when moving averages – when properly used- can be another tool when used in conjunction with candle signals.

Since candles don’t provide price targets, Steve shows examples of Western price projections. He then shows how he predicted major highs and lows in the markets months before they unfolded using the synthesis of East and West.

Here's what you'll learn:

• The Disparity Index
  • Definition
  • Construction
  • Using the disparity index to gauge if market is overextended
• Record session highs and lows
  • Definition
  • Using to measure overbought and oversold levels
• Candles and Retracements
  • Using 50% retracements
  • Using Fibonacci retracements
• Candles and Moving Averages
  • Moving averages as support and resistance
  • When to use - and not use - moving averages
• Candles and Price Patterns
  • Head and Shoulders
  • Inverted Head and Shoulders
  • Box range breakouts
  • Ascending and descending triangle
  • Swing targets
  • Bull and bear flags
  • Price targets and candle confirmation
• East – West: Putting it all together
  • How candles and west called major market highs and lows

Do you know when not to place a trade – even with a perfect candle signal?

Or when “to hold them and or fold them?” Have you asked, “I have a candlestick signal - now what?” The answers to these questions - and more - is completely dependent on the vital trade management principles revealed on this DVD.

Lack of these core principles is the single most common – and dangerous – misuse of candles.

Here you will learn Steve’s all time most important trade management rule and how he gets price targets. Then see how to use the short term trend to define if a candle signal is valid.

Discover the core concept of how to place your trades in the direction of the longer term trend. In the concluding section, Steve asks which of two candle patterns is the more likely reversal. The answer will shock you!

Here's what you'll learn:

• The danger of treating all the candle signals the same
• Importance of trade management
• Protective stops as a foundation of risk management
• Price targets
  • Price targets with pivot highs and lows
  • Price targets using price patterns
  • Price targets with bull and bear channels
• Risk/ reward- why this should be an essential component of trading
• Importance of Short Term Trend
  • A common misuse of candles and trend
  • When is a bearish engulfing pattern not a bearish engulfing pattern?
• Importance of Longer Term Trend
  • Using longer term trend to set up directional trades
  • Dual moving averages to define longer term trend
• How to Trade Expected News
• The If…Then Principle
  • What this principle means to your trading
  • The 3 ways to use this trading principle
• Adapting to the Market – A key strategy when in a trade
• Candles in Context
  • Using trade management to help determine the better candle signals

Steve delves deeply into new nuances with doji, including the two times you should never use a doji. 

He then goes beyond his earlier and more basic resources, (where he discusses East-West confirmation) by adding another method of candle confirmation. You’ll discover the significance of this confirmation – and why it is especially important if you trade FX.

Steve then introduces you to his brand new 360° Candle Analysis™ and how it will quickly take you to the top levels of candle pattern analysis. Steve reveals his new Nison Insights analysis to ensure that you use a candle signal correctly, and with maximum success.

Here's what you'll learn:

• Overview of Candle Benefits
• What candles do- and don’t do
• Advanced Doji
  • When doji are less important and why
  • Doji and trend
  • Doji and box ranges
  • How to tell when a doji is just a pause before the rally resumes
  • How to increase success with doji
  • Doji and shadows
  • Doji at a new high
  • Doji and momentum trading
• Price Confirmation
  • What is price confirmation 
  • Why is price confirmation important
  • Price confirmation compared to East-West confirmation
  • The one time price confirmation less important
  • When is price confirmation especially important
• Introducing Steve Nison’s 360° Candle Analysis™ :
  The newest and most in depth candle  analysis ever given
• Introducing Nison Insights: New candle pattern insights and nuances

Traders have been waiting a long time for this! Using his newly developed real body/shadow progression, Steve gives you the logical progression of the order of importance of single white lines from least to most bullish.

See which is the more important part of the candle line – the real body or the shadow. Then learn all the insider tactics and strategies with the “one-sided shadowed candles” of hammers and shooting stars.

Have you ever seen a double or triple group of candles signals and can’t tell if they are net bullish or bearish? Then you’ll want to use the insights of the blended candle line including a new strategy of the blended candle technique.

Think a tweezers top or bottom means the same highs to lows? See what is even more important for the tweezers.

Here's what you'll learn:

• Real body or shadow – which is more important and why
• 10 white real body candle lines: from weakest to strongest
• 10 black real body candle lines in order of weakness
• Advanced Hammer
  • Strict compared to basic criteria
  • Detailed psychology behind the pattern
  • Momentum trading
  • Price confirmation
  • The “Power Line”
  • How to increase success with this pattern
  • Using retests of the lower shadow
  • Dragonfly doji
• The Hanging Man
  • Why to be careful with this pattern
  • Why price confirmation is especially important for this pattern
• Advanced Shooting Star
  • Strict compared to basic criteria
  • Detailed psychology behind the pattern
  • Momentum trading
  • Price confirmation
  • Gravestone doji
• The Inverted Hammer
  • Why to be careful with this pattern
  • Why price confirmation is especially important for this pattern
• The Blended Candle Line
  • Definition and Construction
  • Using the blended candle to see if a combination of candle lines are bullish or bearish
  • How to use blended candle insights to determine the importance of a candle reversal
• Tweezers tops and bottoms
  • Correct interpretation
  • Common misuses
  • When is price confirmation important for these patterns
  • Strategies for making this pattern even more effective

Using his new “white real body candle progression,” Steve gives you the logical order of power from least to most bullish of the most important double candle line patterns that have white real bodies. Then, for each of these candle patterns, he applies his 360° Candle Analysis and Nison Insights to give you his ultimate insights.

Plus you’ll learn what dangers to avoid. For example, a bullish separating line (explained on this DVD) looks especially bullish. In this DVD, you’ll learn the one time you must never use this pattern.

Here's what you'll learn:

• Bull Counter Attack Pattern
  • Strict compared to basic criteria
  • Detailed psychology behind the pattern
  • Momentum trading
  • Price confirmation
  • How to increase success with this pattern
  • An important caution about this pattern
• Bull Separating Line
  • Strict compared to basic criteria
  • Detailed psychology behind the pattern
  • Momentum trading
  • Price confirmation
  • How to increase success with this pattern
  • An important caution about this pattern
• Advanced piercing pattern
  • Strict compared to basic criteria
  • Detailed psychology behind the pattern
  • Momentum trading
  • Why this pattern replaces three related patterns
• Advanced Bull Harami
  • How to increase success with this pattern
  • Strict compared to basic criteria
  • Detailed psychology behind the pattern
  • Price confirmation
• Advanced Bullish Engulfing Pattern
  • Strict compared to basic criteria
  • Momentum trading
  • Detailed psychology behind the pattern
  • Price confirmation
  • How to increase success with this pattern
  • The Last Engulfing Line

Steve goes over the bearish counterparts of the bull signals detailed in the previous DVD.

By using his newly developed approach to the bearish double line candle patterns called “Black Real Body Progression,” you’ll have a visual shortcut to seeing the least to most bearish double candle line patterns.

 Continuing his extensive details about the psychology behind the patterns, you’ll see why these patterns work time and time again – no matter what market or timeframe you trade.

As part of the advanced windows section, Steve answers the one question that comes up time and time again about windows.

Here's what you'll learn:

• Bear Counter Attack Pattern
  • Strict compared to basic criteria
  • Detailed psychology behind the pattern
  • Momentum trading
  • Price confirmation
  • How to increase success with this pattern
  • An important caution about this pattern
• Bear Separating Line
  • Strict compared to basic criteria
  • Detailed psychology behind the pattern
  • Momentum trading
  • Price confirmation
  • How to increase success with this pattern
  • An important caution about this pattern
• Advanced Dark Cloud Cover
  • How to increase success with this pattern
  • Strict compared to basic criteria
  • Detailed psychology behind the pattern
  • Momentum trading
  • Why this pattern replaces three related patterns
• Advanced Bear Harami
  • How to increase success with this pattern
  • Strict compared to basic criteria
  • Detailed psychology behind the pattern
  • Price confirmation
• Advanced Bearish Engulfing Pattern
  • Strict compared to basic criteria
  • Momentum trading
  • Detailed psychology behind the pattern
  • Price confirmation
  • How to increase success with this pattern
  • The Last Engulfing Line
• Advanced Windows
  • Review of window basics
  • Small compared to large windows
  • Windows and Change of Polarity
  • Windows and Island Tops and Bottoms
  • A note of caution when using the Three Windows method
  • Secrets to using intraday charts to confirm a window on a daily chart

In this resource, Steve not only reveals his all time favorite Western tool, but exposes how most traders use this tool incorrectly.

See Steve’s favorite measured move.

Want to know if support or resistance is likely to hold? Then pay special attention to The Candlestick Screener™, a strategy so simple, yet so powerful, that you’ll use it in just about every trading situation when the market is at support or resistance.

If we had to pick Steve’s favorite trading strategy – this is it.

Here's what you'll learn:

• Review of how western tools with candles helps increase success
• Steve reveals his all time favorite western indicator
  • Background about this indicator
  • Why this indicator is the perfect fit with candles
  • Why this indicator is not used correctly by most traders
  • In depth discussion on how to accurately and correctly use this indicator
  • When to use this indicator with candles
  • When not to use this indicator with candles
  • Which markets does this indicator work with
  • What time frames can you use this indicator- and why
  • How to use this indicator with bullish candle signals
  • How to use this indicator with bearish candle signals
• Measure Moves
  • Why we need targets when trading with candles
  • The Three Buddha Pattern
  • Samples of measured move patterns in western technical analysis
  • Steve’s favorite western pattern for getting a measure move

Do you have trouble finding the best stocks to watch?

In Nison’s Three-Step Filtering System, you will be able to zero in on the high probability stock candidates. Did you know that sectors account for 37% - 60% of an individual stocks performance?

This is why Steve brings to light how to apply top down and bottom-up sector analysis with candles. Then see how he uses candles with ETFs.

Here's what you'll learn:

• The Candlestick Screener™
  • The two simple questions to ask to find the highest probability trades
  • When to buy at support
  • When not to buy at support
  • When to sell at resistance
  • When not to sell at resistance
• Candles and Stock Sectors
  • What are stock sectors
  • Why sectors are so important to your trading
  • Where to get sector information
  • Sectors and bottom up trading- stocks to its related sector
  • Sectors and top down trading- sector to related stock
  • Using the Nison 3 Step Filtering System to find the best stock candidates
• Candles and ETFs
  • What ETFs are
  • Why use ETFs
  • How to use ETFS in your trading
  • How to combine candles and ETFs

I have a candle signal – now what do I do?

Here is where you get Steve’s answer with his 6 step Trading Checklist.

Do you have the problem of letting your profits run? Then the section on trailing stops will be perfect for you. Emotions rule your trading? Then see how a trading journal will put you in charge of your emotions so you can as Steve says, “trade the market like Spock” — logically, clearly and unemotionally.

Here's what you'll learn:

• Why ignoring trade management is the most common and dangerous misuse of candles
• The 4 major components of Trade Management
• Review of risk/reward
• Review of adapting to the market
• Which is a better trading signal and why – Dark cloud cover or bearish engulfing pattern
  (the answer will surprise you!)
• Protective stops
  • Why protective stops should be the first aspect of a trade
• Time stops
  • Definition of a time stop
  • Using time stops to free up trading capital
• Trailing stops
  • How trailing stops help let your profits run
  • Using golden and dead crosses for trailing stops
  • Steve’s favorite moving averages to use with golden and dead crosses
• Using a Trading Journal
  • Importance of using a trading journal
  • Setting up a trading journal
  • How to use a trading journal before the trade
  • Using a trading journal after the trade is closed
• Bringing it All Together with Your 6 Step Trading Checklist

Answers To Your Frequently Asked Questions...

Q: I have limited resources. Why are the DVD Training Programs a good value?

A: Getting in early on a single trade - or avoiding a bad trade - with the strategies presented in this DVD should more than pay for it. The following quote is a typical comment.  ““After foolishly spending thousands trying to learn how to trade currencies. I found your material, and now my trading has improved tenfold. Your system has changed my trading from consistently losing to consistently winning in a short period of time”  – M. Bellamy

Also, these are taken in crystal clear video from one of Steve’s rare, and sold out, live seminars, which is much more expensive. And you save all the travel costs and airline hassles.

Q: There are other candlestick DVDs by other educators, why should I get these?

A: As the first to reveal candlesticks to the Western world, Steve Nison is THE acknowledge master of candlesticks. There are a lot of so-called teachers out there who have good intentions when it comes to explaining candles. But the truth is they haven't done the work, or done the years of research that it takes to become the expert at candles. It gets us upset when we see traders being taught false information. Because this false information is what causes many traders to lose real money. For over the past 30 years Steve has helped countless thousands of institutional and retail traders. If you're serious about learning how to use candlestick charts, you owe it to yourself to do it the right way – with Nison Candlesticks.

Q: I am new to using candlesticks in Forex  where do I start?

A: Profiting in Forex goes from the basics up to a strong intermediate level of Nison candlesticks with a special focus on FX.

Q: I think I understand candlesticks, so why is this DVD so important for my FX trading?  

A:  While candles can be used in all markets, the most successful FX traders  understand the subtle, but important nuances with candles in FX compared to non FX markets.

Q: What are the differences between each of these FX Training DVD Programs?

A:  In total there are four volumes in the Nison Educational Series (each Volume is filmed from a full day workshop):

Volume 1- Profiting in Forex: The core focus is candles from a basic to strong intermediate level.  Steve then briefly touches on trade management.  

Volume 2 -  Candle Essentials and Beyond :  This takes you farther down the path of education by revealing in-depth tactics and rules for using candles with Western technicals.  Volume 2 then takes you to the next level about trade management strategies that were started in Volume 1.

Thus  Volumes 1 + 2 take you from the basics to a strong intermediate level on Nison candlesticks, Western technicals and trade management.  

Volumes 3 and 4 (called Candlesticks Re-Ignited): Continuing from where Volume 1 and 2 end, volumes 3 ad 4 are designed for those who want the most advanced level of training for candlesticks, western technicals and trade management.  From a knowledge level of 1 to 10 these DVDs will take you to a level 10. Note: You must have Volumes 1 and 2 to take advantage of the information in Volumes 3 and 4. As such we combine Volumes 1 to 4 into what we call the FX MegaPackage.

Q:  Do these educational resources show only FX charts?

A:  Volume 1 - Profiting in Forex has all FX charts. But since most traders don’t focus only on FX the charts in Volumes 2-4 are not all FX. But the strategies revealed in any of these Volumes can be applied to FX trading.

Q: Can I buy the each of the four Volumes separately?

A: No. To ensure you get the correct education, in the correct order we only offer these options:

Volume 1 (4 DVDs) - Profiting in Forex:  Covers Foundation for Candlesticks- like attending a one day workshop

Volumes 1+ 2 (8 DVDs) - This two volume set  called Candle Essentials  and Beyond includes Volume 1 )as detailed above) and then adds detailed western technical analysis and trade management    

Volumes 1 to 4 (16 DVDs) – called the FX MegaPackage. On a knowledge level from 1 to 10  Volumes 1+ 2  take you to about a 4. This 16 DVD FX MegaPackage takes you to a level 10!

As detailed above you can purchase volumes 1 or Volumes 1+2 and then upgrade later. But the most cost-effective investment would be getting volumes 1 to 4 (the “FX MegaPackage") at the same time.

Q: Who can attend Nison University ?

A:  Due to educational requirements Nison University is NOT available if you invest only in Volume 1 or Volume 1+2  of Candlecharts.com Educational Series.  Students need to have the FX MegaPackage to attend Nison U with its private web seminars, Certificate of Competition, email education alerts and additional test your knowledge charts.  And remember Nison U and all its resources are only open to those who buy the DVDs from Candlecharts.com.

Q: What is the Wow! worksheet?

A: The Wow! Worksheet (included with DVDs) has a simple but powerful purpose...to help you remember the most important and valuable strategies you learn while watching the DVDs. On it, you make note of those “Wow” insights and the challenge this insight will help you overcome you get as you go through the DVDs. So, for example, we will show how to use trailing stops to let your profits run (as detailed on volume 4 in the candlesticks reignited DVD Training Program). So we will make note of this on the Wow sheet, and the challenge he would help you overcome is helping you avoid getting out of profitable trades too early.

Q: What if I  currently own you former DVDs, which new ones should I get and can I attend Nison U?

A: No, Nison U admission is granted only for those who invest  in the four Volume FX MegaPackage. And if you have our older DVDs and want to know which new ones to get contact  paul@candlecharts.com  

Q: What is the refund policy for the DVDs?

A: No refund policy for all products: Due to the sensitive nature of these educational materials, and the possibility of piracy, Candlecharts.com is unable to offer any kind of refund. All sales are final. In the unlikely situation that your product is delivered damaged or defective, we will send replacement media. If your product does not work as indicated, please contact us immediately at eileen@candlecharts.com

Q: Are the charts clear?

A: The great looking PowerPoint slides were custom designed to enhance the learning experience. We used a special camera that let us zoom in on the charts during the seminar. As such, the charts are crisply sharp.

Q: How do I get a copy of the charts used in the DVD Training Programs?

A: So that you don’t have to go through the time and expense of ink toner, as a bonus, we include the handouts. We even made a section for notes so you can catch on paper all the great ideas and insights as you watch the DVDs.

Q: Do you have ongoing support?

A: As part of Nison U you get a special front of the line insider email address to ask us any question about any topic on the DVDs.

Q: What if I have additional questions?

A: Please email info@candlecharts.com

Inside Nison University you'll discover:

• Additional “Test your Knowledge Charts”
   
• Nison U exclusive webinars not open to the general public
   
• Steve’s ‘Front of the Line” secret email address to ask questions on any topic on the DVDs
   
• Nison U is exclusively available to those who order directly from Candlecharts.com
   

Value: $2,195       
 

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