If you want to fail as a trader, study TA

Discussion in 'Psychology' started by The Expert, Apr 27, 2010.

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  1. Hmmm, so a chart is a chart is a chart:D

    Ok then, what is this?

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    TE
     
    #621     May 14, 2010
  2. No clue. Looks like one of those paintings that some crazy people pay a lot of money for even though I could make them a similar one for half-price.

    It's probably a stock chart of BDX if I have to guess though.
     
    #622     May 14, 2010
  3. Why have only one and limit your B&E approach:cool:

    An efficient flowchart allows the viewer to follow the required steps clearly and precisely:)

    Fail To Plan > Plan To Fail

    TE
     
    #623     May 14, 2010
  4. Not BDX:D

    Just say what you ACTUALLY see!

    TE
     
    #624     May 14, 2010
  5. I don't think a chart is a chart is a chart. They just look different on everybody's computer depending on the settings.

    And the bars I don't get. Price is continuous. Why break it up into bars and buy certain bars instead of other bars. Why not just use a line chart?

    One guy buys at support, one guy buys an engulfing bar, one guys buys a breakout of a moving average, one guy buys after stops are run. Just seems like a bunch of nonsense when I really think about it.

    Once price hits an important level it just seems like luck whether you get a better or worse price than any of the other guys.
     
    #625     May 14, 2010
  6. I see a blue bar, a brown bar, and a couple shades of red in the middle. No real pattern to it.


    I have a screen where I put 3 timeframes on one page and they are all squished together and look completely different when I unsquish them.
     
    #626     May 14, 2010
  7. gktk

    gktk

    my opinion is that BDX is consolidating with price expansion to follow, ie being patient waiting for the price to move ? which way i have no idea.

     
    #627     May 14, 2010
  8. TE,

    If you had traded BDX today would you have caught the big move down with the method you use?
     
    #628     May 14, 2010
  9. Mysteron

    Mysteron

    MK,

    Regarding these BOBs, I don't daytrade yet, but can't you do something in tradestation to alert you when a BOB occurs, making the colour of the bar very distinctive, so you can react quickly. PLEASE be careful and do your own tests regarding trading using these BOBs as its just theory for me just yet. I note that on the 1 minute chart of NQ that you posted earlier, there was a red BOB just after 9am and the price dropped afterwards. I'm unsure if the idea is applicable only to stocks or other instruments. I should look at a lot of stock charts and see how often the BOBs occur. Maybe TE could advise or warn you against.
     
    #629     May 14, 2010
  10. MK, you are starting to sound like a loser:eek:

    Firstly, to succeed at making GOOD money, you MUST, understand that it is one big GAME, and, as in any game, there will be a loser and a winner.

    In order to win, YOU must look at what the losers are doing, and, not do it yourself:eek:

    The first trait of a loser is to think that nothing makes a difference, and, that is COMPLETELY wrong, for, the reality is such, that, a very small thing can make the world of difference:cool:

    So, again, we get back to the Brain, and, if the Brain is not conditioned to process information CORRECTLY, then, what hope has anyone who finds him / her self in such a predicament:mad:

    If YOU believe in Luck, then, you might as well look up at the Stars and see the many GODS that the ancient people of long ago saw:eek:

    All of us are just specs of dust, compressed to form a nice picture:D

    TE
     
    #630     May 14, 2010
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