Several classic books on technical analysis have covered the subject of price patterns in depth. In the 1930s, R. W. Shabacker wrote several books on the stock market, of which Technical Analysis and Stock Market Profits is the most relevant. H. M. Gartley included a large section on this subject in Profits and the Stock Market. Perhaps the most notable has been Edwards and Magee, Technical Analysis of Stock Trends, originally published in 1951 and now, under the new editorship of Charles Basatti, expanded to include other technical and portfolio management subjects. There is therefore a raft of information available on this subject, so why offer more? The answer prob-ably lies in the statement, “There is more than one way to skin a cat.” In the old days, when charts were plotted by hand, time horizons were much longer. Today, with the advent of intraday trading, more emphasis is being placed on the short term. While a substantial number of the examples featured here rely on daily and weekly charts, quite a few intraday situations have also been included.

几本经典的技术分析书对价格模式的主题进行了深入的论述。20世纪30年代，沙巴克曾写过几本关于股市的书，其中技术分析和股市利润是最相关的。H、 加特利在利润和股市中包含了一大部分关于这个问题的内容。最值得注意的也许是爱德华兹和马吉，最初发表于1951年的《股票趋势技术分析》，现在由查尔斯·巴萨蒂的新编辑，扩展到包括其他技术和投资组合管理科目。因此，关于这个问题有大量的信息，为什么提供更多的信息呢？答案可能在于这样一句话：“有不止一种方法可以剥猫皮。”在过去，当图表是手工绘制的时候，时间的地平线要长得多。今天，随着日内交易的到来，短期交易越来越受到重视。虽然这里的大量示例依赖于每日和每周图表，但也包括了相当多的日内情况。