At the time, candle charts were virtually unknown in the US but over the next few years Steve Nison and GregMorris both wrote excellent books on candlestick charting.
One of the best sites I have found that allows you to do relative or comparative performance analysis is Stockcharts.com. (In the interests of full disclosure, it is partially owned by two old friends John Murphy and GregMorris).
CNN's Dave Alsup, Chandler Friedman, Jason Morris, Ed Lavandera, Greg Botelho, Paul Caron, Chuck Johnston, Ashley Fantz and Jason Hanna contributed to this report.