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What happens if you double or triple the period? If it stops working, the algo is not stable. Next numbers will be different.. The more conditions you impose may filter out more bad signals, but may also further destabilize future returns. Tried RSI yet? RSI(2) extremes can often be good...

What if we told you we've been losing all these years, just like you? Will that do? If 0.001-5% win, the rest of us just lose. The true difference is by how much, how we take it and how we move forward. Giving up is too easy, and boring. Back to the process, or just rest, take a good break...

> 50% retracement is nice to take profits off as a volatility stop, if you're into taking profits as a trend-trader. It's miserable trading it, but when it works, it really works. Nobody says it works all the time. You gotta work out when it's applicable and what you want to be trading. Heck...

If your indicator of choice doesn't work as you expected it, try dividing the period by 4 or multiply the period by 4, and see if you see a new pattern emerge. I'm not saying this will predict anything, nobody here did. I'm saying this may broaden your mind to possibilities, if you allow it to...

Assertion in thread title: "Moving Averages are Random" Nope. Q3D: You got some ideas, but people on this site are either expert traders or people who have been at this game for a very long time (5k++ hours up to decades). In such a forum it is imperative to be very precise and provide some...

"Spectrum disorders"... Also called personalities! :p

This is probably too much simplification and ignoring much of the true reasons for what's happening. Ie. Wealthy people usually have deeper values than poor people, since they need to care for larger systems, need to be smarter, etc. If I were to guess, when people are raised by different...

Before you go any further, you should check some facts: 1.086% of population have asperger A more complex discussion of numbers for psychopaths A good rule of thumb for both is 2%. The true conditions are very rare, very hard to quantify and does not describe each individual and their...

Why would introverts be drawn to a profession where they routinely will have to deal with people? Also it is a common mistake to confuse introverts with lack of empathy or psychopathy, but still a big mistake. Introverts and psychopathy is usually opposites. Mostly, it is foolish to generalize...

There is an important distinction between psychpathic personality and psychopathic organizational systems. As true psychopaths are believed to be just 2% of the population, they can and do make other people do as they think, especially when risen to the ranks of power. A real trader is an...

It's a very popular notion that people with asperger is somehow more brilliant and smarter than average. While measured average IQ is higher in general, it's not a requirement and usually not advantageous. Autism is still a disability, with life-reducing risks such as lower ability to network...

Where is the link to this claim, or is it your own text: These psychological defects are often exhibited by traders, patients manifest delusional bragging about their perspective, in some cases this belief becomes a religious delusion. These psychopathic and delusional traders see trading as...

Be very careful trying to diagnose someone or even mention/accuse someone! Unless you've got serious backing and understanding, odds are this will likely backfire on your own person. Also, psychopathic traits do not necessarilly mean "bad person". With good upbringing and loving surroundings...

Without shorting, stocks tend to become more overvalued, since people can only sell stocks they've already bought. With naked shorting, people can bet on return to mean on the downside, thus depressing long-trends and allowing improvements on price discovery mechanisms in the market. General...

No joke! :D:sneaky:

From Monday on?

It depends on what you're trying to accomplish. Are you clear what each part of your trading plan is accomplishing for your trading? Ie. will you buy a high RSI, or an extreme oversold RSI? Generally speaking: Changes in price tend to propagate from the lower timeframes (tick, 1m, 5m, etc)...

I see, so you could use the error measurement as signal together with the averaging. So in effect it could be made to basically behave very much like a bollinger band? Meaning there will be periods with more accuracy of pricing (consolidation) and other periods of less accuracy (breakouts and...

When you say it like that, it sounds much more interesting! :) Do you have any links you can recommend for better understanding for someone with low tolerance to obtuse formulas, but can use formulas when provided with clarity?

Exactly that. Funny how 95% of discussions are about differences in semantics and definitions, and not content :rolleyes: