Recent Content by sidm

  1. Some ways to define a Trend.

    It seems by now we can all agree that there are several ways of defining a trend (successive bars being higher/lower, moving averages, slope of...
    Post by: sidm, Jan 23, 2015 in forum: Technical Analysis

  2. Some ways to define a Trend.

    I think I have the answer to #2. The straight-line approach is basically drawing a trend line through the last few swing lows (which indicate...
    Post by: sidm, Jan 3, 2015 in forum: Technical Analysis

  3. Some ways to define a Trend.

    Thanks for linking the document. It was a very interesting read. It packs in a lot of info. I am jotting down my current understanding below....
    Post by: sidm, Jan 3, 2015 in forum: Technical Analysis

  4. Some ways to define a Trend.

    OK. Your post inspired me to go and read up some of the free sources online for Auction Market Theory. Here are my thoughts. Still trying to...
    Post by: sidm, Dec 30, 2014 in forum: Technical Analysis

  5. Some ways to define a Trend.

    The principle regarding buy (demand) vs sell (supply) pressure determining price movement is pretty well accepted. But shouldn't this be evident...
    Post by: sidm, Dec 28, 2014 in forum: Technical Analysis

  6. Some ways to define a Trend.

    Can you point to some references?
    Post by: sidm, Dec 28, 2014 in forum: Technical Analysis

  7. Some ways to define a Trend.

    In case of an uptrend, the faster EMA (9-period in your example) will always be higher than the slower EMA (20-period). So you are saying that, in...
    Post by: sidm, Dec 28, 2014 in forum: Technical Analysis

  8. Some ways to define a Trend.

    What indicators of strength do you use?
    Post by: sidm, Dec 27, 2014 in forum: Technical Analysis

  9. Some ways to define a Trend.

    Mathematically, you can define a trend as "auto-correlation" in the "returns" time series. For example, consider day-to-day time series of a...
    Post by: sidm, Dec 26, 2014 in forum: Technical Analysis

  10. Is Day Trading Necessary?

    I agree that the loose definition of "fractal" does not yield any obvious trading strategies. The only thing relevant to trading that I can think...
    Post by: sidm, Apr 1, 2014 in forum: Professional Trading

  11. Is Day Trading Necessary?

    I agree that my hypothesis regarding daytrading MAY BE bullshit. I am skeptical too. Hence my request for others' opinions. But you are...
    Post by: sidm, Apr 1, 2014 in forum: Professional Trading

  12. Is Day Trading Necessary?

    I am very interested. Can you link to it?
    Post by: sidm, Apr 1, 2014 in forum: Professional Trading

  13. Is Day Trading Necessary?

    The number of opportunities increase, but the scale decreases. For example, there will be more peaks and valleys on a minute-chart compared to a...
    Post by: sidm, Apr 1, 2014 in forum: Professional Trading

  14. Is Day Trading Necessary?

    I have read the book Misbehavior of Markets and the whole fractal hypothesis has gotten me thinking. Basically, most of the mathematical...
    Thread by: sidm, Apr 1, 2014, 23 replies, in forum: Professional Trading