Quote from ksthomsen:
Redneck,
A book that helps explain what to look for, and more importantly, how to trade market manipulation is "The Taylor Trading Technique".
It was written by George Douglass Taylor in 1950. He was a grain trader in the pits, and came to understand how to profit from short term price manipulation created by the big players.
In essence, he describes what he calls buy days, sell days, and sell short days. He was one of the early creators of short term swing trading methods based around price patterns. I don't mean flags or other Edwards and Magee patterns, but more like patterns of price behavior.
Read this, and for more, get a copy of Linda Raschke's Street Smarts book. It's not cheap, but one good trade pays for it. There are copies online for free, but downloading those are just plain stealing, IMHO.
Regards...Kevin