My preferred trading style above all else.  My first few years of “investing” were fundamentally based, technical analysis seemed like a bunch of voodoo and nohting else.  Sadly, I let this bias steer me from technical analysis for those eyars, until a few key insights on why the lines on the charts mattered and just from screwing around with dozens of methods, technical analysis started to make sense.  It wasn’t until I realized the potential of technical analysis to provide strict entry and exit terms, as well as an opportunity to control my risk.  Although it seemed wrong, what?  you put a line on a chart and if it goers over that line you buy…?  whaattt?  i thought you bought stocks that were supposed to be cheap…?

Sorry, starting to ramble… to the point!  I was lucky enough to pick up Edwards and Magee’s Technical Analysis of Stock Trends from my campus library (totally stunned they had it) and checked it out.  It is a must read for anty technical analyst or aspiring trader, or someone that is interested in awesome things.  It does an excellent job at explaining why the patterns work.  Over time I will write what I learned here as well as quote Edwards and Mcgaee (probably extensively).  So, be prepared to finally understand why said patterns work.  My preferred pattern is the flag, which will be the pattern most likely to be noted.