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Earlier I asked Cathy about the first trade today, and that I didn't see the Chimp rule covering that short when she did. Cathy replied that it was there when the trade was made, but the rising market moved the EMA. This has bothered me all day for some reason, and I just figured out what...

always + never = sometimes black + white = gray all + none = some up + down = sideways That's why you cannot just fade a method that doesn't work. Because it is not necessarily an "either or" scenario. :)

oh got it thanks Cathy. I am an old fashioned SMA trader so the dynamics of the ema are fairly new to me. Thanks again! :)

Cathy when you covered that first short, I don't see the chimp rule there, am I missing it? :)

Nice, thank you, look forward to it. Good luck! :)

Patterns still work just as they always have because human behavior has not changed. When the markets are no longer driven by hope and fear then patterns will not work. I'm speaking of triangles and such. But oscillators do work too because they are quantified behavior, as patterns are...

You have to be smart enough to develop a profitable method suitable for you. And you have to be smart enough to stick to your rules and make consistent decisions where the rules require them. I suspect if you are smart enough to find your way to EliteTrader via the internet on a personal...

ShoeShineBoy you don't even need that high of a percentage wins if the profits v losses are significant. I believe that is the theory behind Turtles, to name a famous one, but even that is lame with information access and commissions so cheap these days. I am not a big P/L analysis type, but...

The stochastic oscillator - a favorite of many - what does it tell you? What market participant behavior was the originator trying to quantify? Since all indicators of any nature are merely quantified behavior, what behavior had he noticed empirically that he wanted to put in a usable form that...

Just what does "noodling around" mean? I always have to laugh a bit when people say something doesn't work. Like my illustration about the driver and the guitar in other threads, is it the club or the instrument, or the player? Can you slap those babies on to the chart and giddyup.... no...

Surf that picture does nothing but confuse me... stop toying with my emotions... please <whimper>. In my opinion, from your website, and your comments in the chatroom, and your posts, etc., you are a pretty good guy. I don't KNOW that you are. But from the evidence I have seen, that is my...

Longshot that's funny! I think it might just be the way he and Kramer high five at the midway point that so powerfully moves me. Or it could be, and please pardon the vulgarity, that I just think when he finishes railing on someone, in his own mind he is saying, "that little bitch."...

Actually I have never seen Larry's daughter. She wouldn't interest me anyway, I have the hots for marketsurfer.... that stud. Well, and Kudlow. But if surf looks my way Kudlow is history. :D

In the business you are in Robert, that is like living in a glass house and throwing stones. Certainly the proprietary trading business is not without it's own shady characters and poor business practices. And I absolutely am not pointing any fingers at you. I'm just saying that his biz...

Surf, One guy's paper is not going to sway me one way or the other. It would be like saying Bill Gates has accomplished nothing because he stole the technology. I think Gates deserves a Nobel prize. I don't think Williams does. But he is a great commodities trader in my opinion. You're...

Robert, you sittin' on the same wad o' cash he is? :D

You will no doubt get a fair share of replies about how Larry Williams doesn't know squat. Yet I bet his bankroll is considerably larger than most everyone around here. When Larry first got going there were stocks and commodities. The max leverage for stocks was 2:1. For commodities it was...

Lucky guess. My extremely limited knowledge of music sure wasn't any help. I was still stuck on chopsticks while others had moved on to concertos. You probably can't relate. Well to the chopsticks part anyway. Thanks for the contribution btw. :)

Girlpower this is a bit off-topic, but I have noticed your posts on this thread suggest an abilty to integrate different patterns into a plan. I am wondering if you also play a musical instrument, say the piano for instance, where such integration works well also. Please excuse the question...

Okay it is early in the day on a very pretty Sunday. It snowed most of the day here yesterday but not all that much accumulation. Maybe 4-5 inches tops. Simply beautiful to look at though. The thread started with some excellent contributions re: moving average crossover, fib retracement, and...