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Have not visited this thread for 40 pages. This is disappointing. The SLA guys have taken over what used to be traders working trades each day. School is in session. Jeez.

Open a read/write thread for GOB,MAV74,GARACHEN,RALLYMODE,DUSTIN,GHOST OF CUTTEN,NEWWOLRDUM,ACHILLES28, MOONMOID,GLOBALARBTRADER,SELLINDEXVOL,GARYSMITH Each can invite their respected peers. Make thread read only for the rest. That simple for starters. See where it goes. I am not a trader...

USD and US interest rates are are factor along with the oil specific stuff. Emerging markets, gold and oil all responding to US expectations of later rather than sooner rate hikes. Seems so anyways.

I use the histogram. I signal that the histogram ROC has turned positive after a negative excursion. The histogram on the chart is supportive visually as well. Phase or timing is why i adjust the period of the Ma's . Standard settings may be way out of phase and the opportunity long past if...

That explanation honestly isnt good enough to change my way of thinking about this. Why strip away perfectly valid signal when the intent is to filter noise? How do you trade that. This horse is probably dead so to each his own.

Why?

Can you explain the pattern.

What do the TA savy folks think about fitting the best MACD settings to any asset? It would be easy for me to just say two assets have different volatility or revert more agressively from oversold conditions, and,that sets of differing ma's such as 12,26 or 9,20 are required for good results...

Conversely, when a 5lb. bag of sugar has become a 4lb. bag it is probably worth trading. Domino, pure cane sugar, 5lb bag is 4lb. People are adverse to price increases but will not notice this. Check your sugar.

What did one quant ask another quant. How many innings are there in a football game? Thank you.....Thank you....Please now Com'on.

I did not know the government cared how one looks. Sorry, but.....

I enjoy reading the debate between the two of you. If one tries to attach the specific actions of QE1, QE2,twist, QE3 to the general conditions of the time at least i beleive that QE1 was more justified and effective than QE3. Duh. It is difficult for me to accept the results and...

I think i saw/witnessed an edge on ET within the last 6 months or so and was quite impressed. It wasnt the random, pot shot , top or reversal call that many get all giddy about and blurt out asynchronously. It was proffesional level trader actually telling people to expect large moves and...

Hindsight can sometimes allow someone to look back at price and identify the day, the price bar, the catalyst, the news, the event that changed the price behavioir and marked the begining of trend. One example is the euro last summer broke 137-139 to the downside under the weight of...

I recently read an opinion that the best historical valuation metric for stocks is the price of money. Maybe thats why everyone watches the chief rate setters and stocks seem to move in lock-step.

Bostin Gardin in the 80's were some of the best Lakers games in history.

All paths eventually lead to THE price drivers. Since this is a TA "works" thread, Surf is sure to arrive.

Indicators are a crutch for me but thats ok as a crutch is necessary for the wounded. Its all right there in price but i need to frame it to better understand the probabilities of a setup. Specifically, a lower BB20 touch, in trend , alleviates some doubt , provides some context,( there is that...

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-03-18/here-why-fed-cant-hike-rates-even-025 See this? Not knowing much i have wondered , 1) if 2.5 T in reserves can be used in Teir 1 capital ratios 2) if 2.5 T in reserves can serve as margin. This expert at least implies it can in highly levered ...

Its a stock bubble IMO when you put a fed funds line below the 20 year stock index chart. If you were on an island for 10 years and saw that unlike all recent past bull markets, we were still at .1% at the all time high then I would say, WTF? "How can the fed still be screamimg GO, MORE, CHARGE...