Dan Valcu, CFTe, is a trader and author and has 16 years of experience in the field of technical analysis and trading. His articles and studies have been published in Technical Analysis for Stocks & Commodities, Trader’s Magazine, and other periodicals in the technical analsyis community. Starting his research in spring 2003, Mr. Valcu was the first author to bring from Japan and promote in the West the Heikin-Ashi technique both as a visual instrument and a technical indicator in 2004. As a result, Heikin-Ashi has become a component of many technical trading platforms today. Mr. Valcu develops trading strategies based on the Heikin-Ashi technique and applies modified candles in his trading. His newly published book Heikin-Ashi: How to Trade Without Japanese Candlestick Patterns, a world premiere, is written for everybody who needs simple techniques to highlight the trend, reduce the noise, and alert about possible reversals. In addition, this book is a guide for easily translating candlestick...