Earlier this year, I wanted to learn about technical analysis (TA), so I search for the best basic TA book out there. Found one: Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets by John J. Murphy. Even though it's written for the financial market, but as you may know that TA practically works for every market.

Sad thing is, I never got the time to read it lol. I ended up just reading a few pages about TA in babypips.com which already cover all the important basics. Now I don't think reading that book would give me a lot of value. More hands on experience, reading the market live is what I need most right now IMO.