You've contributed nothing but attacks under this alias so far here, kind of hypocritical of you to call someone else out on that.
Why not discuss what you look at to make trading decisions that is or is not TA?
Ok 777, fair enough. First time I've heard anyone call twitter "twits".
Kinda confusing since you called stocktwits "twits" on this thread
http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2699778&highlight=twits#post2699778
This is NOT "Wall Street News", junior.
"If it's financial news that's substantial enough to appear in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron's, etc., this is the place to talk about it! "
Technical analysis:
"A method of evaluating securities by analyzing statistics generated by market activity"
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/technicalanalysis.asp
This is wide ranging, FailureTrader. Just because YOU think you can put TA in some sort of box and label it as such...
I am honored to have made the list. I can honestly say I have never seen your user name before but to be mentioned with such highly regarded members....it takes my breath away :)
Seriously though, how have I offended you? Do you disagree with my stance on TA, or my blatant disregard for...
Technical analysis:
"A method of evaluating securities by analyzing statistics generated by market activity"
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/technicalanalysis.asp
This is wide ranging, FailureTrader. Just because YOU think you can put TA in some sort of box and label it as such...
I'm sorry bud, but you are wrong. The market has a definitive structure and the collective actions of every transaction form patterns that are very tradeable. Not only that, the same charts that print today printed the same decades ago. Only thing that changes is the volatility from cycle to...
You are wrong, some of us have been doing this for decades or more....it's not 'luck' it's pure skill. I do not expect someone who isn't fully in it to understand this though
Hasn't been my experience. Sure first couple years were spent learning but since late '99 I have been successfully trading full time and have never looked back. I'm sure a lot of people waste their time but the serious traders learn what they need to learn in order to thrive.