Studies in Stock Speculation: With Additional Material by Richard D. Wyckoff and Other Authors

Rollo Tape (Richard D. Wyckoff) examines the intermediate and long swingsof the stock market in this 1909-1911 sequel to "Studies in Tape Reading."The approach is based on the idea of interpreting the trend of the market by analyzing the action of prices obtained from a daily newspaper and recorded on charts.

Studies in Stock Speculation contains 27 chapters in which Wyckoff describes how to analyze the market trend, interpret line and figure charts, rank and classify stocks, understand the logic of speculation, and select profitable investments. He also gives an overview of several general methods of trading, stages of the big swings, judging reactions, and more.

Supplemental articles and graphs provide expanded breadth and detail for many topics of the main text. Some of the titles include: "A Method of Forecasting the Stock Market" (ranking stocks based on price and earnings);"A Specialist in Panics" and its sequel;"A Sign of Bull Moves";"A Stop Order Method" of mechanical trading;and "The Composite Man."

27 chapters, 13 additional articles, reader inquiries, supplemental graphs of market averages and individual stocks, notes, a period glossary, and index.