True (for conventional MAs). False.
Hi, gkadir :) That's pretty much my approach as well. I confess to wasting a lot of time looking at stochastics when I first got into TA, until I...
Q: Why is so much of TA unreliable/incomprehensible/lame/convoluted/fraudulent/stupid/haphazard/bogus/mystical/etc.?? A: TA is an unregulated...
You know the old clichés that begin with "There are two types of ..."? Well, there are two types of Technical Analysis: the type that...
Would those be assertions by the same ivory-tower types who insist that price returns are random? :D :D The TA that works well hardly ever --...
I've long been amused by people who advocate funnymentals as somehow inherently more rational than technical analysis. Both TA and FA are...
Ah. Semantics. I've yet to pick up a TA book that didn't explain how to use the indicators. Did the author hold the reader by the hand and...
30 trades a month times 36 months is overkill IMO. Do you really think anything that happened more than, say, 360 trades ago has any relevancy...
:eek: :confused: :confused: :eek: Sorry but I have to ask, because my morbid curiosity has gotten the better of me (again :p). I confess...
LOL! I love counter-trenders. They've convinced themselves that they can pick tops and bottoms. More money for trend players to pick up! :D :D :D
Your "maximum adverse move" threw me off. Why didn't you just say Maximum Adverse Excursion (MAE)? That's cake to optimize, real-time:...
So are you suggesting that I reoptimize the multiplier on a weekly walk-forward basis?
'No' to which part of my (sorry) compound question? :confused:
Hi, Lefty The chandelier is a volatility-based stop that is self-adjusting. That's why I asked about it. I'm surprised it hasn't been...
Q1 "Assuming a next-day market entry after a buy signal is generated, should I assume the average fill will be, say, one-third of (O + H + L)?"...
Thanks, illiquid. So will anybody answer the questions? Is there a cut-off point? Is the chandelier safe? Please respond.
I keep seeing nightmare stories of a specialist or a market maker deliberately dipping a price down to trigger a trader's trailing stop, then...
True but we weren't discussing real life, we were discussing what "should be." My point was, even in your ideal world, Cramer should not be...
Free, dude! ==>> http://www.tickquest.com/product/equitymonaco.html :cool:
Strictly speaking, this applies only if the guru is charging the recipients for his advice. Cramer isn't charging the recipients, his boss is...
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