Trading Price Action Trends: Technical Analysis of Price Charts Bar by Bar for the Serious Trader

Trading Price Action Trends is the first volume in Al Brooks’ legendary trilogy, and it lays the foundation for one of the most complete price action trading methodologies available today. Focused entirely on trending markets, this book provides a bar-by-bar breakdown of how trends develop, evolve, and eventually transition—equipping traders with the tools to analyze and trade with precision.

Brooks rejects indicators and focuses instead on interpreting the market’s intentions through the pure movement of price. Using real-world charts and meticulous explanations, he breaks down trend signals, pullbacks, breakouts, failed setups, and continuation patterns, guiding traders to make objective decisions without relying on lagging data.

Whether you’re trading forex, futures, or stocks, this volume will teach you how to identify the strongest trend opportunities and manage your trades like a professional—by simply reading the charts bar by bar.

✅ What You’ll Learn

• How to read trend formation, structure, and exhaustion through price bars
• Identification of breakout entries, pullbacks, and breakout pullback setups
• How to distinguish strong vs. weak trends using context and price action
• Rules for entering, scaling, and exiting trending trades with discipline
• Tools for interpreting price climaxes, traps, and reversals at trend extremes
• How to use trend lines, trend channels, and measured moves in real time

💡 Key Benefits:

• Teaches traders to build confidence in reading charts without indicators
• Provides a deeply analytical approach to trend trading using pure price action
• Packed with practical, real-market examples of trend behavior
• Written by a full-time professional trader with decades of experience
• Builds a solid base for executing high-probability trades across markets

👤 Who This Book Is For:

• Intermediate to advanced traders who want to master trend-based price action
• Discretionary traders looking to remove indicators and focus on raw chart data
• Futures, equities, and forex traders seeking structure in trending markets
• Those looking to develop a high-level understanding of price movement mechanics

📚 Table of Contents:

1. Introduction to Price Action Trends
2. Basic Trend Concepts
3. Channels and Trend Lines
4. Strong and Weak Trends
5. Breakouts and Pullbacks
6. Failed Breakouts and Trend Reversals
7. Price Action Patterns in Trends
8. Bar-by-Bar Trend Analysis
9. Trade Entries, Exits, and Management
10. Integrating Trends into Your Trading Plan