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i am starting to reconsider. further studies have shown that there is an edge in applying some types of TA... ideas are going back full circle....at times surf
journal has been focused on macro calls for the indexes. however, recently, been posting some trades based on the systems--- the calls in the journal and here: http://elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2561468#post2561468
Bis Ask Delta Cumulative Bars Just draw trendlines, horizontal support and resistance and watch for divergences But it's useful for VST, not ST