Quote from mhashe:
I must say these "Jack Hershey" threads have been fun to follow. The intense emotions on both sides are like debates on religion/politics. I can understand using channels in longer time frames.....but I'm not sure what Jack is getting to with all these micro-channels, not my cup of tea. Unless you're a meth addict, there is no way a sane human can muster the concentration to buy the exact bottom of the channel and then sell the exact top of the channel.....sure in theory it looks great, and marking up a chart in hindsight can be too much fun.......but in reality it's un-workable. Sitting glued to your screen......all day.......trading micro channels ....geez man, I want to trade so I can live.....not live to trade. If one of Jacks disciples has these turns figured out at the micro level, and can provide audited statements, I would love to invest with him/her....just give me 25% consistent returns and you can keep the rest.
Btw, for me being flat .....and not in the market.....is actually also a position. So, it's not only Buy and Sell. It's Buy , sell or be flat. When the market acts like a deranged crack addict, I like to stand aside with my marbles....because I know the systems I use won't work...so why bother.
Jacks system is similar to Andrews pitchforks mated with a momentum indicator....a divergence indicates a pending change in channel direction. Like everything, it works when it does, and does'nt work when it does'nt. * There is no holy grail *. The concept of price channelling behavior goes way before the 1900's.....some old school traders used to refer to them as "magic parallel lines". Price channelling is exhibited when the market is too deep and too wide for much manipulating, usually exhibited mostly in Currencies these days. pull up a 30 min EUR futs chart and you'll see it. I'm definitely not a pro trader, far from it. It's just my 0.02