What is the most influential technical tool from the following list

Discussion in 'Technical Analysis' started by athlonmank8, Dec 22, 2019.

Out of the list below what do you think is the most influential tool

Poll closed Jan 5, 2020.
  1. Pivot points (R1, PP, S1, etc)

    3.6%
  2. Moving averages

    32.1%
  3. Channels

    10.7%
  4. Trendlines

    12.5%
  5. Fib retracements (default and non default %'s)

    3.6%
  6. Retest of broken trendlines, channels, levels

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  7. Horizontal levels

    23.2%
  8. Patterns (flags, cups, etc)

    5.4%
  9. Candlesticks (pin bar, engulfing, or simple red,green)

    8.9%
  1. Bum

    Bum

    "there is almost nothing useful that does not contain a moving average"
    o_O

    "I've lately seen Trendlines described *without* having been derived from Moving Averages I would not want to be seen as part of that [sad] camp."
    o_O

    "Retests (of everything!) -- Never heard of this."
    o_O

    ""Horizontal levels" -- no idea what this might be."
    o_O
     
    #21     Dec 22, 2019
  2. SunTrader

    SunTrader

    Price is underneath all the averages and they are all pointing down. How does they have any bearing to go long?
     
    Last edited: Dec 22, 2019
    #22     Dec 22, 2019
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  3. Bum

    Bum

    :thumbsup:
     
    #23     Dec 22, 2019
  4. Peter8519

    Peter8519

    :thumbsup:
    Indicators do not work all the time. Knowing what to do what they don't work is the key.
     
    #24     Dec 22, 2019
  5. vanzandt

    vanzandt

    :D
     
    #25     Dec 22, 2019
  6. price action, the speed at which a tick interval fills to generate the bar. Next intervals, and in relation to all the other fills, = emotion of the underlying participants. Its a huge tell and any derivative can be traded off that, if volatility is low much harder to decipher emotion in the price action.
     
    #26     Dec 22, 2019
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  7. maxinger

    maxinger

    difficult to answer your question.

    Trading is more than just drawing
    fibo, levels, pivot lines, channels, trend lines,

    Trading is more than just recoginsing patterns, chart formation, candlestick arrangements.

    Trading involve mainly on having macro views,
    deciding which sessions / time frame to trade,
    what instruments to trade.

    Then exactly where/when is the ENTRY POINT based on trend lines, patterns or whatever
     
    #27     Dec 22, 2019
  8. gaussian

    gaussian

    I would tell them they have the wrong guy and I only trade things that work. If they shoot me, I guess they spared me from tea leaf reading.
     
    #28     Dec 22, 2019
  9. pipeguy

    pipeguy

    Every pattern and indicator is important if you know how to build hypotheses, test them and get statistically singnificant confirmation/disproof that the pattern/indicator works. Blind application is dangerous, lead to losses and unproductive since you gain 0 knowledge.
     
    #29     Dec 23, 2019
  10. %%
    Exactly. I'm NOT really sure what a ''horizontal level ''is ??.LOL Sounds like another name/nickname for a grid, or 50% of a grid LOL :D:D, :D:D:D:D:D:D:D
     
    #30     Dec 23, 2019