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well, surely we can agree TA is a vast field. Oscillators, stochastics, all of those indicators... god, who could be bothered with tracking it all.



I can only speak for my own work, but it has been documented by a few. I know that if I handed it to anyone, it could be used to make money in the exact manner that I have it laid out now. It would have to be pried from my cold dead hands, of course. (which, is why I don't understand why people ever make threads about how to trade... I could never give my work away, especially for what it has cost me...)

So... I understand your POV now. You're speaking of what many would call 'mainstream' TA which is sold in books, by vendors, etc... right?

Yes. I can only talk about what i know. But i need to add that if you think you discovered something new about just past price and volume -- i sincerely doubt that is accurate. But i guess it is possible.
 
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Actually, what I use is pure TA.

Our definitions differ, that to me, is just history and some trend lines.

TA would be, Doji crap, or MACD crossed out of a Divergence ( utter crap ).

Anyone else see that long post he linked as TA ??
 
Our definitions differ, that to me, is just history and some trend lines.

TA would be, Doji crap, or MACD crossed out of a Divergence ( utter crap ).

Anyone else see that long post he linked as TA ??

If you want to define it that way, no one can stop you, but you are incorrect.
 
If you want to define it that way, no one can stop you, but you are incorrect.

I'm not incorrect and neither are you, merely a different opinion to what TA is.

Read some TA stuff, although I'm sure you can finds others that claim your is TA, most are going to be totally different.
 
Can you define "behavioral" please?


If you go to a child with a huge injection needle the child will be afraid.
If I shoot at you, you will try to hide or run away.
If you did not eat for 1 week and I give you food, you will eat.
If you see a naked beautiful woman, I can predict what will happen... (maybe not for surf because of his age....) :p

Very stupid and simple but clear samples.
But you say that these samples cannot be predicted.

If you want we can do a test: I will shoot at you, and I predict that you will not stay upright but will try to escape.

Apply this in the markets and you can have a quite clear idea what will happen. But most people have no clue about how to start this.

I am a simple man, but the advantage is that I try to find simple samples of what I should do. Limited intelligence can have sometimes some advantages too. :confused:
 
I'm not incorrect and neither are you, merely a different opinion to what TA is.

Read some TA stuff, although I'm sure you can finds others that claim your is TA, most are going to be totally different.

TA goes back 300 years. If you want to define it in some other way, that is your prerogative. But that doesn't make it true, any more than the NWO is true.

I see no point in continuing a closed loop. Sorry, cornix.
 
If you go to a child with a huge injection needle the child will be afraid.
If I shoot at you, you will try to hide or run away.
If you did not eat for 1 week and I give you food, you will eat.
If you see a naked beautiful woman, I can predict what will happen... (maybe not for surf because of his age....) :p

Very stupid and simple but clear samples.
But you say that these samples cannot be predicted.

If you want we can do a test: I will shoot at you, and I predict that you will not stay upright but will try to escape.

Apply this in the markets and you can have a quite clear idea what will happen. But most people have no clue about how to start this.

But But But, you believe candle stick patterns or MACD or RSI, allow you to see the other traders fear and predict it, that's where the issue is, they won't.

I trade off very short term momentum, but no way would I say it's TA.

29mins to my H4 candles closes, then I'll take a reading, spin around on my chart, flip a coin, check the tea leaves in my cup and make a guess :)
 
I see no point in continuing a closed loop. Sorry, cornix.

Because your right ofcourse and even if your not, your not going to change your opinion anyway so your right there is no point continuing.

Come on others, read how he trades kinda and TA or not ??
 
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