William Gann, a stocks and commodities trader with ample experience, shares advice to those new to trading on the stock market. As an early work of Gann's, the Truth of the Stock Tape advises the reader on how to anticipate and react to various movements in the stock market. The methodology Gann employed in his earlier career is more concerned with the psychology of the market. Gann begins by noting how traders with patience and nerve - backed up by sound evidence that a company is or imminently will perform well - tend to win out versus the impatient, nervous and flighty investors. Later in life, Gann became famous for supplementing his investment strategies with the use of astrology. He believed that the alignments of the planets influenced how investors behaved on a trading day, and created many courses to demonstrate the effectiveness of his strategy and predictive charts. Gann's charting strategy attracted a following which exists to this day, with computer software mimicking his methods.

In addressing you on the subject of investing your surplus funds, I might state that there is no other subject which I could select that so closely concerns your welfare and regarding which you might receive valuable assistance from my instructions. In the United States a stupendous sum, reaching into millions of dollars, is wasted annually in foolish speculations and unwise investments. This senseless waste can be traced to one and only one source, namely, lack of knowledge. Men and women who would not attempt to treat the slightest ailment, or even adjust so common a thing as a kitchen faucet, but would hand each difficulty over to its respective specialist, the doctor or the plumber, will on the spur of the moment and without the slightest preparation, undertake the investment of thousands of dollars in enterprises about which they understand absolutely nothing. Is it any wonder then that they lose? I offer you suggestions and advice in the science of speculation and investment in the same spirit as the physician. He would not think of guaranteeing you perpetual life or insuring you against the common ills to which the flesh is heir. But in your difficulties he brings to your aid the accumulated experience of his profession, and a skill and knowledge which required years to accumulate and is ready for your instant use. I do not offer you a beautiful theory which will not work in practice, but give you invaluable advice, which if followed, will insure success in practical everyday Wall Street speculations and other fields of investment. It has been well said that a writer who writes first for remuneration and secondly because he believes what he writes, will never achieve enduring fame, and that the salesman who does not believe in his goods will never make a success. I believe in the theory and rules that I have laid down in this book for you to follow, because I have tested and proved them. It is my object in this work to facilitate and focalize the essential principles for practical use. My knowledge comes from over twenty years' experience, in which I have traversed the rough and rugged road that the inexperienced trader's foot must press before he reaches the goal. Hence my object in writing this book is to give to the public something new and practical, not theory alone which would fail in practice. Read this book carefully several times; study each chart and subject thoroughly, and a new light and knowledge will come to you every time you read it. If I succeed in teaching only a few to leave wild gambling alone and follow the path of conservative speculation and investment, my work will not have been in vain and I will have been amply repaid for my efforts.

W.D. GANN.

2012 Reprint of 1936 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. William Delbert Gann (1878 - 1955) also known as W. D. Gann, was a finance trader who developed the technical analysis tool known as Gann angles. Gann market forecasting methods are based on geometry, astrology, and ancient mathematics. Gann wrote a number of books on trading, including the "New Stock Trend Detector." Gann sold the techniques in this book alone for $500 to $1,000 in the 1930's and 1940's. Gann has developed a very faithful group of followers and adherents.

Tunnel Thru the Air Or Looking Back from 1940; Truth of the Stock Tape: A Study of the Stock and Commodity Markets with Charts and Rules for Successful Trading and Investment; and 1929 Investment Digest and Annual Stock Forecast.

William Gann, a stocks and commodities trader with ample experience, shares advice to those new to trading on the stock market. As an early work of Gann's, the Truth of the Stock Tape advises the reader on how to anticipate and react to various movements in the stock market. The methodology Gann employed in his earlier career is more concerned with the psychology of the market. Gann begins by noting how traders with patience and nerve - backed up by sound evidence that a company is or imminently will perform well - tend to win out versus the impatient, nervous and flighty investors. Later in life, Gann became famous for supplementing his investment strategies with the use of astrology. He believed that the alignments of the planets influenced how investors behaved on a trading day, and created many courses to demonstrate the effectiveness of his strategy and predictive charts. Gann's charting strategy attracted a following which exists to this day, with computer software mimicking his methods.

This is a new release of the original 1949 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1949 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1927 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1927 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1927 edition.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1909 Edition.

This is a new release of the original 1927 edition.

1909 and 1929. Found in this book are two smaller volumes. The Ticker and Investment Digest is a periodical concerned with investments and speculation of the stock market. Sample contents: Studies in Stock Speculation; How to Select Investments; Bargain Indicator; Ethics of Speculation; Market Outlook; A Sign of Bull Moves; and much more. Also found within is the 1929 annual stock forecast, which presents an analytical report on market conditions.

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1927. This book has a threefold purpose: first, it is an interesting romance. Second, it teaches a moral lesson and proves the natural laws laid down in the Bible. Third, it shows the value of science, foreknowledge and preparedness. This work is mysterious and contains a valuable secret, clothed in veiled language. Some will find it the first time they read it, others will see it in the second reading, but the greatest number will find the hidden secret when they read it the third time.

1909 and 1929. Found in this book are two smaller volumes. The Ticker and Investment Digest is a periodical concerned with investments and speculation of the stock market. Sample contents: Studies in Stock Speculation; How to Select Investments; Bargain Indicator; Ethics of Speculation; Market Outlook; A Sign of Bull Moves; and much more. Also found within is the 1929 annual stock forecast, which presents an analytical report on market conditions.