wow another blast from the past, all killer and no filler.... thanks, tums!
thunderdog offers:
<b>----I am not familiar with chaos theory, therefore, I cannot comment one way or the other about it. I am out of my depth on the subject. (Are you listening, marketsurfer?)
However, I think that describing the markets as a physical entity in the context of trading them using principles of physical science may be a bit misguided. Market prices, which in the final analysis is what we are all concerned about, are just manifestations of collective human behavior. Human behavior is not readily explained by the physical sciences as I vaguely understand them. As I noted, I am not familiar at all with chaos theory. However, as I understand it, the "if-then" relationships in the markets are a lot more tenuous than the "if-then" relationships in, say, physics. Beyond that confined observation, I do not consider myself qualified to comment. </b>
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marketsurfer counters leaving no survivors:
collective human behavior --very old school and indicative of your world view.
yes, back in the day, prior to the huge pools, sometimes called hedge funds, driven by quant program trading, and often just the whim of the manager. it's "collective money behavior" not collective human behavior--as one human now can have the market moving power of 1000's of others. your analysis is quite old fashion.
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