Thomas Bulkowski’s successful investment activities allowed him to retire at age 36. He is an internationally known author and trader with 30 years of stock market experience and widely regarded as a leading expert on chart patterns. His four books, including the best selling Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns, have been translated into seven languages. He may be reached at

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Bulkowski's Fiction Writing

Market

Industrials (^DJI):

Transports (^DJT):

Utilities (^DJU):

Nasdaq (^IXIC):

S&P 500 (^GSPC):

As of 02/21/2012

12,966 15.82 0.1%

5,163 -76.34 -1.5%

452 -0.32 -0.1%

2,949 -3.21 -0.1%

1,362 0.98 0.1%

YTD

6.1%

2.9%

-2.7%

13.2%

8.3%

Tom's Targets Overview: 02/15/2012

13,100 or 12,400 by 03/01/2012

5,070 or 5,350 by 03/01/2012

440 or 465 by 03/01/2012

3,050 or 2,800 by 03/01/2012

1,375 or 1,300 by 03/01/2012

Test Portfolios and CPI

Indus. strength: 3.8%

Mutt Losers: None YTD

Mutt Winners: 3.3%

Wilder RSI: None YTD

CPI:

on 12/20/2011

This page provides a list of stories that I have written over the years. My thinking here is that it's best to share these stories before I die. Otherwise, no one will get to read them. That would be a shame because one or two are quite good!

Short-Short Stories

Bumper. Reading time: 2 minutes. This is a poem about my dog.
Bumper's life. Reading time: 1 minute. This is Bumper's life in five sentences.
Counting Holes. Reading time: 3 minutes. A woman gets an elderly man excited.
* Green Soap. Reading time: 1 minute. This story is about getting a kid to wash his hands.
I Always Notice Such Things. Reading time: 3 minutes. Meeting the girl of your dreams. Just one problem...
My Susan. Reading time: 1 minute. This is about love gone bad.
* Red Truck. Reading time: 1 minute. This story is about what happens to a kid's toy truck.
Writing Goals. Reading time: 1 minute. This was a homework assignment to "describe what you want to do with your writing."
Writing Take You. Reading time: 1 minute. Written in class, in 10 minutes. Assignment: "Where will your writing take you?"

Short Stories

* Soul Ambulance. Reading time: 5 minutes. This is a Christmas story about something that happens at the airport.
** That which cannot be said. Reading time: 7 minutes. Lovers discover a common connection between them.
** I had a secret. Reading time: 20 minutes. The prettiest girl in school gets bullied.
* Twenty at a Time. Reading time: 5 minutes. A CEO steals money and has to repay it in an unusual way.
* What Does Bequeath Mean? Reading time: 5 minutes. A little girls believes she's a princess.

* These are my favorites.

** This is the best of the bunch (a tie).

-- Thomas Bulkowski