Indeed you can profit from technical analysis whether you are a trader or an investor. And, the basic principles and techniques are easy enough to understand and apply — as this book shows you:

• How to determine whether the market is in an up trend or down trend — or if the ongoing trend might be about to change

• Price patterns that indicate the continuation of a trend — and those which signify an impending trend reversal

• How to profitably trade and invest using the basic techniques and tools of technical analysis

• Step-by-step application of technical analysis explained through detailed examples of stocks, derivatives, commodities and indices

• How long term investors can profit from technical analysis.

RAJIV D. KHATLAWALA is a Chartered Accountant and a Cost Accountant by profession. Schooled in Mumbai, he graduated from Bombay University in 1988 after which he moved to Baroda, Gujarat, where he acquired both his professional degrees.

Rajiv has more than two decades of experience, including working in industry, as a financial markets trainer, and as a corporate consultant assisting companies in equity research, wealth management, and currency and commodities hedging. His approach to investing is a combination of detailed fundamental analysis and technical analysis.

Rajiv is also an active academician. He is a visiting faculty for the MBA program of the M. S. University of Baroda and also for the G. H. Patel Institute of Management, Vallabh Vidyanagar. He teaches a course on Securities Analysis and Portfolio Management, as well as subjects such as Financial Management and Management Accounting. He has also taught students of ICWAI and ICAI as well.

He is now an independent personal finance and financial markets trainer, providing practical hands-on training in technical analysis, company valuations, and derivatives trading.

Rajiv Khatlawala lives with his mother, his wife and two children in Baroda, Gujarat, India. He can be contacted by email at rajivkhatlawala@yahoo.co.in.