Why Do Most Retail Traders Favour Technical Analysis ?

Discussion in 'Trading' started by Fundlord, Jul 1, 2015.

  1. Fundlord

    Fundlord

    Yup livermore was a technical guy also and waited for the market to confirm his opinion.
     
    #81     Jul 11, 2015
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  2. Fundamentals are important but they are not very good for precise timing and trade managent.

    If you put your foot on the accelerator of a car, you know your going faster, but you still need to look at the instrument panel in front to see how fast your going. Do you see what I'm saying?
     
    #82     Jul 13, 2015
  3. i960

    i960

    It should be noted that most race drivers don't do this. They go by feel :)
     
    #83     Jul 13, 2015
  4. Why do they have instruments in the car then?
     
    #84     Jul 14, 2015
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  5. If your telling me it's better to have no detailed information on price than to have it, you don't know what your talking about
     
    #85     Jul 15, 2015
  6. pinfire

    pinfire

    I think retailer traders are low investors they do not plan long term so they try to act upon technical analysis , see low time frame , charts to get small targets. Technical analysis helps them to do all this easily . With fundamental analysis they need to wait for proper news that give them good profits.
     
    #86     Jul 31, 2015
  7. Handle123

    Handle123

    That's right, but guy in his car with 40mph limit, tougher to know exactly how fast you going and can get tickets, don't see a cop chasing someone at Indy, LOL, so Indicators can be helpful.

    Too often traders are too lazy to study Price Action enough and indicators seem to be easier to study than charts.
     
    #87     Aug 1, 2015
  8. really?
     
    #88     Dec 17, 2016
  9. Visaria

    Visaria

    Yes....I'm surprised a trading education buyer hasn't read the book.
     
    #89     Dec 17, 2016