Basic Technical Analysis From The Butcher, page-24

Just as an update so you know where I will be going next, I will be putting up a post on volume and one as a short primer on chart patterns. To me these are all the things you need to get started with trading because since chart trading is about interpretation of subjective things on the chart you will need to develop your own style, so once you've got the above concepts nailed you'll be primed and set to start off in your own direction. If anything, chart patterns sort of begins to wander off down the garden path for some people but I personally like to use them.