Edward O. Thorp on charting

[digitalnomad]

I grossly underestimated the competition, and margins for error in this industry when I traded off charts. It wasn't until I started fragmenting the limited amount of ranges, and time, that I realized how hard it is to be consistent month-to-month.

Personally, I hope discretionary chart pattern trading, and line drawing methods never die. By the time those human eyes catch bias shifts and react to one instrument, my program will have the limit order in queue, or executed with OCO in place, and on multiple instruments.

 

[themickey]

I grossly underestimated the competition, and margins for error in this industry when I traded off charts. It wasn't until I started fragmenting the limited amount of ranges, and time, that I realized how hard it is to be consistent month-to-month.

Personally, I hope discretionary chart pattern trading, and line drawing methods never die. By the time those human eyes catch bias shifts and react to one instrument, my program will have the limit order in queue, or executed with OCO in place, and on multiple instruments.

Ya, I would never underestimate the ruthlesness and efficiency of a good auto or semi auto trading system compared to either discretionary or fundamental trading.

 

[digitalnomad]

Ya, I would never underestimate the ruthlesness and efficiency of a good auto or semi auto trading system compared to either discretionary or fundamental trading.

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.

 

[lovethetrade]

I have been there and done that.heck i was a member of the MTA and have many t analysts as friends. I am speaking from deep research and experience. I would love TA to work like the price action folks claim. It would make things much easier.

Price action is quite a broad area of trading, what type of price action analysis are you referring to? Price and volume analysis can actually get very, very granular...

 

[Buy1Sell2]

All fundamental information is reflected in the price/indicator/chart combo. It's up to the trader to interpret this info. Those that say that chart patterns, or indicators or TA in general don't work, has not figured out how to use them properly.

 

[marketsurfer]

All fundamental information is reflected in the price/indicator/chart combo. It's up to the trader to interpret this info. Those that say that chart patterns, or indicators or TA in general don't work, has not figured out how to use them properly.

Those who can't make astrology work just don't know how to use it. The future is in the stars, man! #SAD

surf

 

[marketsurfer]

Price action is quite a broad area of trading, what type of price action analysis are you referring to? Price and volume analysis can actually get very, very granular...

line drawing,chart reading price action as espoused on this site by folks like Bye1 Sail2

While there may be methods I am not aware of, i firmly believe that any type of past price analysis does not provide an edge--other than for comparison and descriptive purposes.

 

[lovethetrade]

Surf, you know what usually happens to me in these type of situations? I end up having show the doubter how it works to prove a point, the doubter receives a million dollar education for free and I end up having all my time wasted with nothing in return.

While there may be methods I am not aware of, i firmly believe that any type of past price analysis does not provide an edge--other than for comparison and descriptive purposes.

There's an edge in past price and volume analysis but not at the bar chart level and not in isolation.

 

[Buy1Sell2]

i firmly believe that any type of past price analysis does not provide an edge--

CORRECT

 

[Frederick Foresight]

You have been owned, Fred. Give it up before you embarass your countrymen further.