I call it a reaction. Some call it a prediction. Take for example a stock price going lower and lower and lower. Then it touches the support line. If the trader goes and takes a long position, then I call that trading based on anticipation / prediction. I don't recommend this way of trading. If the trader waits for some confirmation / pattern (eg after touching the support line, the price goes up and forms a higher low), then that trader is reacting to the market/chart.
%% LOL/exactly; +put enough moving averages on a chart + may very well hit or get something. Some weather forecasters are 80% accurate/Farmer's Almanac. Some moving averages seem to ''get hit''+ have some profitable pattern$ around them. Its not really a coin flip; especially if one tosses the coin carefully
What is your go to alternative? And simplemelike,you need to choose a lane.Its not possible to like this post and be in agreeance with Scat.Also seems like hes given you a lot of his time.
I was thinking the same thing. I actually thought that trade would be somewhere around $250 per point. No judgement,just surpirised at final earnings.