About the Authors

Greg Schnell, CMT, MFTA, has presented across the United States and Canada, educating traders and investors on how to use stock charts. As a senior technical analyst for StockCharts.com, he writes several blogs, including “Don’t Ignore This Chart,” “The Canadian Technician,” “ChartWatchers,” and “Commodities Countdown.” He serves on the board of the Canadian Society of Technical Analysts (CSTA) and is a member of the CMT Association.

Greg received the award for Top Trainer/Educator for Technical Analysis by the Canadian Society of Technical Analysts in 2016 and presents regularly online to audiences of StockCharts.com, the CMT Association, and the CSTA. In 2017, Greg was named the Top Technical Independent Analyst by the Canadian Society of Technical Analysts. He specializes in both the U.S. stock market and the Canadian stock market, as well as commodities markets.

When Greg takes a break, it usually involves travel as he has roamed the world extensively on five continents and lived in Europe for four years. Married with two daughters, he enjoys painting, golf, and other seasonal sports.

Lita Epstein, MBA, who earned her MBA from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, enjoys helping people develop good financial, investing, and tax-planning skills. She designs and teaches online courses on topics such as accounting, reading financial reports, investing for retirement, and getting ready for tax time. She has written more than 40 books, including Trading For Dummies, Bookkeeping For Dummies, and Reading Financial Reports For Dummies, all published by Wiley.

Lita was the content director for a financial services website, MostChoice.com, and managed the Investing for Women website. As a congressional press secretary, Lita gained firsthand knowledge about how to work within and around the federal bureaucracy, which gives her great insight into how government programs work. In the past, Lita has been a daily newspaper reporter, magazine editor, and fundraiser for the Carter Presidential Center. For fun, Lita enjoys scuba diving and is even certified as an underwater photographer. She hikes, canoes, and enjoys surfing the web to find all its hidden treasures.

Authors’ Acknowledgments

Greg Schnell: With an interest as diverse as charting, the content in life is constantly changing. Thank you to the CMT Association for putting together a list of books to feed my hunger for knowledge about technical analysis. I want to embrace all of the people who work at StockCharts.com for supporting my work through the years. A special hand of friendship to Chip Anderson, the president of StockCharts.com, for befriending me and teaching me the deep insights on charting software while encouraging me to write articles for the StockCharts.com website. What was a personal interest of mine has expanded to working with many of the finest technicians in the world. Martin Pring helped edit this book’s content, and I have been delighted to work closely with Martin for a number of years. John Murphy encouraged me to write a book discussing the SCTR. The technical community is one of significant talent, brilliant minds, and strong friendships.

I would like to thank the thousands of people who have read my work and attended our seminars. The kind words of support and encouragement they have given me have been truly rewarding. I do want to thank my family, especially my wife, for supporting me by picking up the work I left behind. She has been a positive force in my life since the day I met her, and she continues to encourage me every step of the way.

Publisher’s Acknowledgments

Senior Acquisitions Editor: Tracy Boggier

Project Manager: Michelle Hacker

Development Editor: Georgette Beatty

Copy Editor: Christine Pingleton

Technical Editor: Martin Pring

Production Editor: G. Vasanth Koilraj

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