...do not follow principles anymore by thinking by themselves, they just herd the political parties which have absolutly no difference and aim to...
...is being made or not, i.e. there exist behaviour patterns that the herd will repeatedly produce. Think about it this way - if markets...
A metaphor for the herd phenomenon in markets .... sorry, I digress. Back to jokes! :)
...for a very tiny percentage of bettors to take money away from the herd of less disciplined bettors." Trading? or betting the horses?...
...I say bubble followers of the fundamental, technical and simply herd-follower type. Supposedly kosher buy and hold/index benchmark institutions...
...on it's right shoulder. But then again, never underestimate the power of a stupid herd. If you stand in the way, you're liable to get trampled.
I also suspect some vix 50 periods will cull the herd. Anyone not hedged properly or failing to exert the appropriate level of discipline in that...
...In my opinion there is no better place to be than where the herd is throwing billions of $ around. That is where the easy money is..... :cool:
...excellent universe has elements that are repeatably tradable and the "herd" wakes up and various "sales strategies" kick in for investors....
It is not a sheep heard, it is a herd of wolves, where hungry strong wolves eat the weaker ones
...Because they are controlled by fear and greed and are members of said "herd".
...traders are the ones who (a) have a plan (amazing how many of the herd have no plan), (b) realize that they are not one of the controlling...
...The lone consideration is timing. Now you know where the term "herd" came from. Herds are the massive neutral element of application of...
To make money in this field you need a system and then you have to be able to execute it. As you can easily guess those who are easily impacted by...
...100 to 1, then the simple way to make money would be joining the herd as a short seller, therefore you would be a seller just like the herd...
So if there are 100 retail traders in the herd who are selling on panic then how is the one person who is not trading with the herd going to make...
...the market doesn't know about or isn't controlled by fear, greed and herds. Only some participants are nimbler than others. Nagging about this...
I think the herd doesn't lose money. It just makes sub par returns. I.E. most funds underperform market.
Interesting question, and I wish that I had a good answer, which I don't. You may be right that fear and greed control the markets in a very...
Well, my take on it is that it's pretty self-fulfilling. If the herd loses, and the herd is controlled by fear and greed, then trading based on...
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