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Even years after its release, Technical Analysis Using Multiple Time Frames by Brian Shannon remains a cornerstone for professional traders. Why?

Before diving into the solution, Brian Shannon forces us to confront the problem. Most novice traders open a single chart—usually the daily or hourly—draw a few trendlines, slap on an RSI indicator, and execute a trade.

Yes. Unlike many pure technical traders, Shannon incorporates both underlying fundamentals and technical charts. He looks at revenue growth, earnings, and other fundamentals to help better understand the charts he is analyzing. Even years after its release, Technical Analysis Using

The book goes beyond simple price patterns, offering deep dives into how to properly analyze and use and moving averages . Volume is the fuel of price movement, and Shannon explains how to use volume indicators to confirm breakouts and identify reversals. Regarding moving averages, Shannon champions the Volume-Weighted Average Price (VWAP) . In a discussion with All Star Charts, he explains why VWAP is essentially the most important moving average, as it factors in both price and volume, giving a true picture of the average price at which a stock is trading.

As Shannon puts it: "Some stocks you'll look at and the longer-term trend is down, but the last couple of days it's up. It's just a mess basically, there's no consistency of trend here." This is why context matters—the lower timeframe must never override the higher timeframe's direction. A bullish setup on a short-term chart may simply be a countertrend bounce if the larger trend is still down. Most novice traders open a single chart—usually the

Shannon is ruthless about this. If the daily chart is in a downtrend (lower lows, below key moving averages), do not take long entries on the 5-minute chart. You are fighting the tide.

Brian Shannon’s Technical Analysis Using Multiple Timeframes He looks at revenue growth, earnings, and other

On Goodreads, the book maintains an average rating of out of 5 stars based on over 564 ratings and 42 reviews.

You buy on the 5-min breakout, with a stop below the 60-min support. Your target is the recent 60-min highs.

Building on VWAP, Shannon pioneered Anchored VWAP, which is anchored to specific events such as earnings reports or major highs/lows, measuring sentiment from a defined starting point. After a significant earnings gap, AVWAP can show with 100% objectivity whether buyers who entered after the event are in profit or loss. As Shannon explains in a Yahoo Finance interview, when price trades below the AVWAP anchored to an earnings gap, it tells him "with 100% certainty the average long participant who bought after earnings... is losing money," signaling not to buy yet.