Japanese journalist; creator of Ichimoku charts
Goichi Hosoda
Goichi Hosoda was a Japanese newspaper journalist who wrote under the pen name Ichimoku Sanjin and developed the Ichimoku Kinko Hyo ('equilibrium chart at a glance') method from the late 1930s. He refined it for about three decades, reportedly using students to run the calculations, and released it publicly in book form in the late 1960s.
What they argue
- A single chart of mid-points of recent highs and lows, projected forward and back in time, can show trend, momentum and support or resistance at a glance.
- Its standard 9/26/52 periods were tied to the Japanese trading calendar of the time (about a week and a half, a month, and two months of trading days).
Sources
StockCharts ChartSchool: Ichimoku CloudTraders.com: Muranaka, Ichimoku charts (TASC, October 2000)Wikipedia: Ichimoku Kinko Hyo
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Books and papers
- Ichimoku Kinko Hyo (Japanese guidebook; exact title and volume not verified) (1969)
Ichimoku cloud
Rule and full recordTrend following · daily
Japan's 'one-glance' chart. Price above the cloud with the fast line over the slow line is the strong bullish reading.
In right now138 of 377As of the Oct 13, 2026 close.
Best risk-adjusted results against buy and hold: