CRUCIAL Knowledge about TA.

Discussion in 'Technical Analysis' started by alex.samant, Jan 12, 2008.

  1. Candlesticks too fast . Indicators too slow. Stuck in the middle with you.
     
    #61     Jan 17, 2008
  2. I agree.
    I use bars charts because there is no need to be subjective in the way they are read in a consistent chart environment.
     
    #62     Jan 17, 2008
  3. i do use candle charts but only for the appearance :) i find bar charts a bit dull and there is much more clutter because the space between the bars is smaller than the space between candles so swings are easier to spot for me ... :)

    Money management and the interaction between price in different timeframes is key. I especially am a fan of scaling in.

    Scaling in and scaling out, but in a disproportionate manner can make any sorry ass strategy a winning one...
     
    #63     Jan 17, 2008
  4. scaling in and scaling out seem contradictory. You seem to be buying and selling at the same time. On one hand you are adding to a position . on the other youare reducing it. strange.. :confused:
     
    #64     Jan 17, 2008
  5. Put it this way...

    How would you like to risk just 50% of what you normally risk and pull out twice as much as you normally pull out...

    ... and here is another bombshell: you exit faster than you would normally exit. now this has got to be some shit! :)

    scale in people! scale in!
     
    #65     Jan 17, 2008
  6. wait

    no. you got it wrong.


    when you enter, you scale in, and when you exit, you scale out.
     
    #66     Jan 17, 2008
  7. when buying do you scale in on way down and scale out on way up? is this what you are saying?
     
    #67     Jan 17, 2008
  8. no. that's averaging down. stay away from that.

    when buying, you buy ever higher and when you cover you cover most of your accumulated position at once and let a small fraction run just in case.
     
    #68     Jan 17, 2008
  9. hehe

    Yup!

    If you can read price direction . . . scaling into a trade is a successful strategy. Scaling out is arbitrary and akin to saying, "I have no clue where price is going." Scaling out is NOT sound money management. If you FEEL you must pull part of a trade, you SHOULD be pulling all of it.
     
    #69     Jan 17, 2008
  10. well, i pull out 3/4 or 2/3 depending on what i feel in my urine ;)
     
    #70     Jan 17, 2008