Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets by John Murphy. Excellent book on TA. Gives you the basics. Where you go from there is up to you.
You can check out what some members think in the book review section Some quick thoughts: Edwards & Magee is the classic I happen to like the way Pring writes Also check out Nison if you want to learn a little about candlesticks Finally, Bulkowski's book is a great reference tool
thanks for the book advice golablue and bl82..... Any1 know of any good "videos" to watch on Technical analysis?
http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/general/education/priorWebinars.php?ib_entity=llc a few there also Martin Pring's books come w/video CD (slides with audio commentary) just what you're looking for
You can find a lot of presentations at http://flix.ino.com/preview/ About $20 a month. Not much has been added over the last 10 years that is not here. Vendors like TradersInternational are just repackaging stuff that is here for a fraction of the cost. A lot of junk, but some good stuff too. Good luck