Is There A Problem Being A Chartist/PA Trader

Discussion in 'Technical Analysis' started by Fundlord, May 18, 2015.

Your Opinion On Price Action/TA

  1. It Works

    12 vote(s)
    44.4%
  2. Its Voodoo/Fairy Dust

    6 vote(s)
    22.2%
  3. Price Action Works But Indicators Are BS

    7 vote(s)
    25.9%
  4. Trend Following Is The Only Form Of TA That Works

    2 vote(s)
    7.4%
  5. Fundamentals Are All That Matters Both Short And Long Term

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  6. Price Action Matters More In Short Term Than Long Term

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  1. Buy1Sell2

    Buy1Sell2

    Price action coupled with indicators is a very good system of entry and exit discovery. This will never change.
     
    #41     May 19, 2015
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  2. qxr1011

    qxr1011

    === Keep losses small. (Never risk more than 2% of Total Liquid Net Worth on any one trade/idea.)===

    i do not believe in %

    to keep loses small u have to know what u doing, 2%, even 0.02% will not help, it will just drain the deposit a bit slowly

    ===2. Let winners run using stops outside the noise.===

    again nobody explains how

    its like buy low sell high,

    great

    how ?

    TA does not answer that question, it was never its purpose.... :)

    ===3. Keep commissions small===

    again not much u can do here


    ===4. Don't scale in or scale out.===

    i would , in fact i believe its a must

    ===Most gurus and educators don't cover these most important aspects of trading.===

    they just have to admit that they do not teach trading, they (if they r honest) can teach anything related to it, but not trading
     
    #42     May 19, 2015
  3. Buy1Sell2

    Buy1Sell2

    There is but one correct method of trading--


    1. Keep losses small. (Never risk more than 2% of Total Liquid Net Worth on any one trade/idea.)

    2. Let winners run using stops outside the noise.

    3. Keep commissions small

    4. Don't scale in or scale out.
     
    #43     May 19, 2015
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  4. Buy1Sell2

    Buy1Sell2

    On another note, what do you guys think of someone who posts, then quotes and answers themselves under different monikers and "likes" themselves under different monikers? Perhaps this should be asked in the psychology section. --Maybe it already has been.
     
    #44     May 19, 2015
  5. Why is there so much time devoted to proving the validity of TA/PA to others?
     
    #45     May 19, 2015
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  6. barcadia

    barcadia

    NQ market fell into a range about 10 minutes after the open for about 20 minutes. Then it broke.
    I'm looking at whether there is a good way to trade such ranges. Doing some backtesting now....
     
    #46     May 19, 2015
  7. dbphoenix

    dbphoenix

    All of which sounds good, but given that his trading results have been so dismal (except for the hindsight trades taken in the middle of the night :)), this advice doesn't amount to much.

    On the other hand . . .

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    #47     May 19, 2015
  8. qxr1011

    qxr1011

    too me it does not matter who has which results, especialy i would not discuss other members of the forum

    smarts ideas can come form anybody

    the problem is that between smart idea and its implementation is usually a huge gap, and to bridge it requires a lot more smart ideas :) (but that already is a problem of the listener)
     
    #48     May 19, 2015
  9. dbphoenix

    dbphoenix

    It's also a problem of the claimant.

    But if one is presented with a trading plan, the "listener" can verify the results for himself. Otherwise . . .
     
    #49     May 19, 2015

  10. Man, you truly are removed from reality. Thats ok, just dont make untrue statements about others. surf
     
    #50     May 19, 2015