Humms, clearly you'v been burnt by BLY because you took a hot tip from a "chartist". Thats your mistake - not mine.
Ive already explained to you where you're "chartist" friend went wrong in a previous thread. Nuff said.
Not sure where your going with the book thing...?? I have more books on technical analysis than youve had hot dinners. HC, as you say is great to get a "feel" for a stock, but there are just too many guys like yourself here for me to take any advice other than with a grain of salt.
Also claiming to "mentor" newcomers to HC and then dragging the thread into off topic banter about different thread, is kind of "missing the boat".