trading using moving averages

well had i known that sooner . . .

Here's a 'funny' story by trader Steve Bigalow about a Polar Bear.

Between jokes, Steve talks on the dreaded 200, 50, 20 MA, and 8 EMA, all the while leading up to the Penguin Joke that follows some minutes after the Polar Bear Joke.

cheers

i also book marked his channel on you tube.........will watch a few more of his ideas on the week end
 
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Not long ago, here on ET, someone lectured me: If it doesn't work for you, doesn't mean it doesn't work.
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Good points; exactly right ironchef. And in a Very limited sense, moving averages don't work LOL = the trader/investor has to do the work.LOL-LOL.....................................................................
 
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Some one that likes spaghetti, may like a tangled nest of moving aVerages. I never have used a 100 dma much; but that can be a good thing. 200 dma tends to be real helpful.............WSJ likes 65 DMA+ DOW; but that one is too little + to late for me.

Some dont like them, because they lag,LOL + lag in commissions expense.:cool::cool:,:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:
I know you have been preaching 50 & 200 MA for a long time but you never explained why they should work.

On second thought, maybe just because they worked for you is good enough reason?o_O
 
I know you have been preaching 50 & 200 MA for a long time but you never explained why they should work.

On second thought, maybe just because they worked for you is good enough reason?o_O
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As far as a 200 dma, ironchef; It Can Work Well If the Trader/Investor Works Well. Elephants like it......................................................................................................................................................................................
 
good question

i am 62 years old so now i do everything for enjoyment eat drink trade.....i would have liked to make money.
but not many people are highly successful in trading.......that is probably true in any other activity as well.
but right now i am only trading to be busy...
Great to know you don't need trading profit to put food on the table. :thumbsup: It actually is a great plus, no pressure.

I just don't belief you are not profitable. You seemed to know a lot about trading: Someone who went from swing to day trade, many of us couldn't make it day trading and had to migrate to swing.
 
Not long ago, here on ET, someone lectured me: If it doesn't work for you, doesn't mean it doesn't work.
I should have added that it is traditional moving averages used in the traditional way (ie crossovers) that don't work. Certainly, some of the newer low-lag MAs used in unconventional ways might work, but even then, it's a low probability proposition that they would. All of TA is a low probability proposition when price is very nearly a random walk.

Lag (or group delay) is what kills performance of MAs. Even a lag of half a sample period can really kill performance.
 
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