All I can suggest is what worked for me. Watch the market. Develope a set of rules you can live with. Keep your losses to a minimum. I live off my speculation profits. If I have a bad year I have enough capital to survive.
LBR was not the primary PM for the Granat Fund. 4 & 25. lol. If their crib isn't worth more than $2MM then don't give them a dime of your money.
%% THAT; + I like a metals business, real estate some+ can do all 3 anytime. BUT supply demand on RE is so tight[my area]+ prices hi, other 2 business look better. I usually get something out of LBR, but @ this time, dont need to delegate my money management .......... And like she said something like those= $199 stinkin' sardines are for trading , not to bring home, his wife said LOL. NOt that a $199 profit is an auto sell ; its not.
%% NO clue about another business besides trading, in this context, metals business was noted ?? In other words, how many businesses have only one product or service, not me. I have not many clues about real estate lately, but that's OK also.
The answer is finding the research to see if TA has any predictive value. How can I test a variable and see if there are excess returns there? Are statistically significant or just noise? That is a starting point.
"TA has any predictive value." isn't that the whole reason that people use TA? The assumption that by using its techniques they can predict the market to some extent?
%% SORT of , assume some funds favor , some fundamentals favor=ETFs . Sort of meaning ,exactly what ?? WELL OK they name it weather forecasting/ NOT weather prediction............................................................................................................ I look for forecasting patterns anywhere; about 7 days ago, Cash Savers cashier= she says ''that'$ a lot of sardines''[ LOL not $199 worth. ] I was not 100% sure what she meant, but I remember a WMT cashier askin' ''you like those stinkin' sadines ?? '' YEs smoked soybeans in olive oil or soybean oil. So i say ''i guess you either love 'em or hate 'em'' They had dropped the smoked sardines bids about 10%\imported