I say that the aliens would quickly look the whole thing over and bust a gut with laughter. It's a major ponzi scheme that has sanctioning. They would probably recognize that we have little faith in many things and can quickly be made to panic or pull back. Personally I believe some portion of the grail is possible, but it is always susceptible to the element of greed. And we all know where greed takes the mass.
Since I have and trade the Holy Grail (no, I ain't gonna tell YOU slackers what it is), I'll say this: The Holy Grail DOES exist. Bozos will NEVER "find" it. Especially the bozos on ET. I've written about it on ET but no one really cares - they'd rather look "macho" by losing their ***es. Whatever. Ths much I will tell you about the Holy Grail... It never loses because it successfully negotiates drawdowns from start to finish (no, it doesn't leaving trades hanging "waiting for the price to return" like many morons have presumed), doesn't just freak and close a trade anytime the trade doesn't go in your favor. It's structured in multiple trading systems converging. "Converging" being the key word. It ALWAYS wins. Parts of it can be seen being traded here and here in this ongoing trade (hint: It's why the balance goes UP to over $19,000, not down $19,000 - lmao). Good luck (trying to find it, 'cause you never will ;-)), DrawDown PS: I have it for sale to anyone seriously interested... starting price is approximately equal to the GDP of a medium-size nation.
Having a Mensa I.Q. (133 or higher) is no guarantee of trading success. A great trader needs both intellectual intelligece and emotional intelligence. I personnaly think that emotional intelligence is far more important. A trader needs to develop a bullet-proof psyche if he is going to trade the position size needed to amass great wealth. Also, trading requires years and years and years to really master. It's no different than a great athelete, concert pianist, lawyer or doctor. Jesse Livermore used to write about experience and memory over and over. A chess Grand Master knows about 50,000 moves in his head. You just don't pick that up in a few months. You don't learn to play Bach's Goldberg Variations your first year. You don't learn to to have 90-95% market feel in a few months. It is virtually impossible. A trader needs to have all the "right stuff" to be truly successful, which is why perhaps 1% of traders earn a 7-figure income. It CAN be done, but few are willing to pay the price for a long enough time to succeed. A great part of success is knowing how long it takes to succeed. Too many go broke before their dues are paid.
On top of the above, I can actually see the structure of market. A few have likened it to the beginning of "A beautifull mind" when Nash is correlating patterns in the reflections of light thru crystal to patterns in neckties and everything else. Maybe my mind is somewhat the same. Because I can see the patterns happening, expanding, contracting. Price moves in perfect symmetry to it's past and it's future. Easily seen on a price chart, but most seem unable to see it throughout the timeframes, as it is happening, and projected out into the future. Somebody told me I was giving away the secret to how I do this. Lol. This is probably not a learnable skill. As with intuition, if I figured anyone else was able to do it, I wouldn't be saying a word.
Wolfe, I completely understand what you are stating. The future is predicated upon the present and the past. The markets are very technical these days. The reaction to the news is more important than the news itself. There are perfect entry and exit points, not necessarily the highs and the lows, but when the market is ready to move. It's all in the patterns. And, those that would refute that, are just scalpers skimming the cream off the top while others are drinking the entire cup.