Edward O. Thorp on charting

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Poor guy, so misunderstood. Like when you had to post a picture of yourself ostensibly going to the office in your Maserati (logo on full display). Oh, and you had to point out that the watch you were shown wearing costs more than the car. So subtle...

Seriously, what are you compensating for?

chart TA is one sad discipline if it has folks like you Posting personal attacks as its only defense.
 
chart TA is one sad discipline if it has folks like you Posting personal attacks as its only defense.
Yeah, really:
true believers
hero worship
#TWISTED and you are #DESPERATE
you are #twisted and #sad
And you are hiding behind a veneer of arrogant bluster, fishing for guidance:
It has to do with orders or order flow , the book? which is not past price-- Can you provide a hint or two, if i am off track---- thanks
 
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I sense the sarcasm here, but seriously, if you see a properly designed and implemented auto program in action (which you probably haven't) you'd instantly realize how it can dance circles around you.
You read me wrong. What else do you read wrong.
I would never underestimate the ruthlesness and efficiency of a good auto or semi auto trading system compared to either discretionary or fundamental trading.
 
This is worth reposting-- the original theme of the thread.

From Thorps book- and posted earlier by TT-- i am sure the TA masters here can relate......

Thinking about momentum led me to wonder whether past prices could somehow be used to predict future prices. To test this, I looked at charting, the art of using patterns in the graphs of stock (or commodity) prices to to forecast their future changes. I was introduced to this by Norman, a Canadian resident living in Las Cruces, while I was teaching at New Mexico State University. After months of examining his data and predictions, I was unable to find anything of value. As [wife] Vivian said at the start, "This is going to be a waste of time. Norman's been doing this for years and you can tell he's barely getting by. Just look at his worn-out shoes and shabby clothes. And you can tell from the quality of his wife's old and dated outfits that they were once better off."

-- from his new book "A Man for All Markets," page 149
 
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