I don't use charts, I look at the raw numbers. When I first got in the market in 1996, I read a book by Ted Carter (he passed away a number of years ago). It was called Successful Stock Market Speculation.
He had a method that worked, for identifying junior stocks that were about to move up, by looking at the numbers, no charts, just numbers. He made a living at it and wrote a book, and had a newsletter as well. His book can still be bought on the net:
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