And here's how that trade played out. So you see, my friends, while the market does have patterns that can be exploited, these patterns...
So I heard that there was this thing called Technical Analysis, which allows you to extract consistent profit from virtually any market. The basis...
Oh sweet I didn't know they had those, ima get one.
Let's move away from the whole psychology motivation blah blah. Practically, my point was that the market makes it's moves very difficult to...
You were right. That was pretty hard to follow. I'm familiar with the tendency of the market to act on news before the news actually happens. It...
I agree. Reasons are not important, only the effect the news has on the market. However, isn't it a little bit difficult to accurately trade when...
Right, the content isn't important. However, the effect on the market is very important, otherwise you get thrashed around for seemingly no...
How did that imply that news is useless? when those thousands of traders get the news, they act on it and their actions are predictable....
You'll start caring when something else happens somewhere in the world the next second and the trend reverses.
Ever seen a nice trend just completely destroyed by a spike in the opposite direction for seemingly no reason? There's a reason to everything....
But you won't have a clue why it's doing what it's doing, and therefore will be in the dark regarding whatever may happen in the world.
Aha yes but this is difficult when, at the same time, you have to take into account people's perception of: 1. a consumer sentiment report...
I have to agree, nearly every noob strategy i've seen involves reversion to the mean. Traders naturally decide something is too high or too low,...
I'm thinking that the high failure rate among retail traders can largely be attributed to the following. -There is so much going on in the...
You TA guys ever feel as though youre trying to see something thats not even there? Drawing various squiggly lines on the chart pretending like...
I need real-time charts on literally everything. This includes every asset class from all of the major countries. I don't plan to trade on any of...
So I brought this chick home from the bar and I think she was a married put but what the hell. Anyway her naked call was so in the money, she...
Besides the commission and various fees, are there any other ways that brokerage firms profit? Thanks.
How does the price of derivatives such as ES contracts stay in line with the security it is based on? Is this entirely due to arbitrage? Do the...
Is it possible for any orders to be filled outside of the bid-ask spread? Meaning can i sell something for 60 if the bid-ask is 54-55? Is it...
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