Dow Theory is named after Charles H Dow, who is considered as the father of Technical Analysis. Dow Theory is very basic and more than 100 years old but still remains the foundation of Technical Analysis.

Charles H Dow(1851-1902) ,however neither wrote a book nor published his complete theory on the market, but several followers and associates have published work based on his theory from 255 Wall Street Journal editorials written by him. These editorials reflected his belief on stock market behavior. Some of the most important contributors to Dow Theory are

a. Samuel A. Nelson– He is the first person to use the term Dow Theory and he selected fifteen articles by Charles Dow for his book The ABC of Stock Speculation.

b. William P. Hamilton-He wrote a book titled The Stock Market Barometer which is a comprehensive summary of the findings that Charles H Dow and Samuel A. Nelson have
gathered.

c. Robert Rhea– He wrote a book titled The Dow Theory.

d. George E Schaefer– He wrote a book titled How I Helped More than 10000 Investors to profit in Stocks.

e. Richard Russell– He wrote a book titled The Dow Theory Today.