Hank Pruden is a well-known figure among technical analysts: He is currently executive director of the Institute of Technical Market Analysis and president of the Technical Securities Analysts Association of San Francisco. Pruden is also a professor at Golden Gate University in San Francisco, where he has taught technical analysis for 30 years. He has also served on the board of directors of the Market Technicians Association and is vice chair of the Americas for the International Federation of Technical Analysts.

He talked with us about his more than 20 years of active trading experience and what he wanted to accomplish with his new book, The Three Skills of Top Trading (John Wiley & Sons, 2007).