TA debunked?

Splitlink · Jul 21, 2012, 7:15am

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Originally Posted by PATrader

The chart is a footprint of the market. Everyone predicts, that's needless to say. Even if I am looking at the right most candle right now, I am also predicting. The market 10 days ago and now could be in an uptrend. So I am predicting that the trend will continue. Yes, i am predictive, so is everybody else reading charts or using fundamentals.

Yes, ok, I see your point, but accurate prediction is going to be trend as shown in pasrt performance. I try to predict correctly, too, but nothing that I can see from a chart gives me gives me complete confidence. Otherwise, I would not use stops.

It seems to me that we do not want to face the facts because, otherwise, what else is there? That philosophy makes losers of a lot of people.

ChocolateDigestive · Jul 21, 2012, 7:18am

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Originally Posted by DionysusToast

And the forum is not a place for you to go around insulting people and attempting to belittle them. Still, you seem to enjoy doing that, even though it usually ends up backfiring.

Correct & that is EXACTLY why I'm not mentioning that on the thread

It is irrelevant to the conversation as it's not being discussed.

You just made assumptions loaded with biases as to why I posted here.

I understand why you follow me around here, I do actually take it as a compliment.

Thanks for mentioning that I sell products, it always ups the hit count on my site when someone points that out. Most people fail to notice

Correct - although in agreeing with you, I guess I'm trying to push my products.

Ha ha. Follow you around dream on. Contrary to what you say I do not try and belittle people I only seek to expose vendors with hidden agendas. Re - comments about your website hit count. This just confirms to me what you are up to. Make a few posts then watch the website hits come in. You carry on counting your website hits mate. The rest of us continue to seek to improve their trading,

Mods - can we get this blatant vendoring to stop he has admitted to posting purely for hits on his website. This is why some call it the zoo.

Splitlink · Jul 21, 2012, 9:54am

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Originally Posted by the hare

Can someone please tell me where everyone gets this ridiculous idea that TA is predictive ? Is it written in a book somewhere ?, is there a website where this nonsense is being promoted ?

Where did this ridiculous urban myth start, and why does an alleged trading forum allow it to continue ?

I could point you to thousands of books, articles, and websites where there is clear and definite proof provided that TA is non predictive. There's a mountain of evidence to support that view.

Despite all of the evidence to the contrary, trading forums are filled with people discussing the predictive capabilities of TA. What is it about forums that lead to such irrational behavior ?

We predict, more often than not, incorrectly. The market predicts nothing. However, the human being what he is, believes that he can get it right.

the hare · Jul 21, 2012, 10:22am

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Originally Posted by Splitlink

We predict, more often than not, incorrectly.

Lets assume they are wrong 60% of the time. If that where the case, you could improve the accuracy of predictions just by tossing a coin. Most peoples trading performance would not be improved by tossing a coin (it probably wouldn't change for better or worse).

Better still, you could fade your own predictions (or get the wife to do it) and be right 60% of the time (but they still wouldn't make money)

Its often been said that you could give most people the next days high and low and they still couldn't make money.

Making money has nothing to do with prediction (unless you make your living reading fortunes on Brighton seafront)

There is something very weird about trading forums, either people are deliberately muddying pools, or vendoring, or lulzing, but no one ever discusses anything remotely to do with making money. I used to find it funny, but now I'm not so sure.

wackypete2 · Jul 21, 2012, 10:31am

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Originally Posted by the hare

Lets assume they are wrong 60% of the time. If that where the case, you could improve the accuracy of predictions just by tossing a coin. Most peoples trading performance would not be improved by tossing a coin (it probably wouldn't change for better or worse).

Better still, you could fade your own predictions (or get the wife to do it) and be right 60% of the time (but they still wouldn't make money)

Its often been said that you could give most people the next days high and low and they still couldn't make money.

Making money has nothing to do with prediction (unless you make your living reading fortunes on Brighton seafront)

There is something very weird about trading forums, either people are deliberately muddying pools, or vendoring, or lulzing, but no one ever discusses anything remotely to do with making money. I used to find it funny, but now I'm not so sure.

When I'm in a trade I just close my eyes, squeeze my butt cheeks, and pray.
Works 50% of the time

Peter

the hare · Jul 21, 2012, 10:38am

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Originally Posted by wackypete2

Works 50% of the time

That should be more than sufficient

DionysusToast · Jul 21, 2012, 11:07am

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Originally Posted by ChocolateDigestive

Ha ha. Follow you around dream on. Contrary to what you say I do not try and belittle people I only seek to expose vendors with hidden agendas. Re - comments about your website hit count. This just confirms to me what you are up to. Make a few posts then watch the website hits come in. You carry on counting your website hits mate. The rest of us continue to seek to improve their trading,

We had this saying in the playground - "you only pull the hair of the girls you want to kiss"

So - carry on, I know what it means when you do this.

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Originally Posted by ChocolateDigestive

Mods - can we get this blatant vendoring to stop he has admitted to posting purely for hits on his website. This is why some call it the zoo.

I really hate to break this to you.

A number of the mods think you are a d1ck.

Hope this helps.

ChocolateDigestive · Jul 21, 2012, 2:22pm

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Originally Posted by DionysusToast

We had this saying in the playground - "you only pull the hair of the girls you want to kiss"

I can assure you I don't want to kiss you and I certainly dont want to purchase any of your products

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Originally Posted by DionysusToast

I really hate to break this to you.

A number of the mods think you are a d1ck..

lolol. Nice to see you using the forum 'like a mature adult' surprising given your recent posting below. Is it really any surprise the mods dont like me, given this site makes money from advertising and vendors. Yeah that ChocD is a d1ck isn't he yeah, PBoyles yeah what a d1ick. I can just imagine them in the T2W canteen now.

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Originally Posted by DionysusToast

Is there some reason you can't discuss an issue like a mature adult?

You are just peppering the forum with bu775hit from your veneer of understanding. The sort of numptyism that is golden like:

(i) Why are spreads safer? on the spread thread

(ii) blatant mistruths about HFT, clearly obvious to someone who knows his stuff on HFT that you are a numpty. your 'tape reading' tools are evidence of this, on a nas5ty retail platform please.....

(ii) but worst of all on this thread basically saying TA doesn't work when YOU DO NOT KNOW THAT FOR A FACT again you are talking 5hite and it's all about an agenda to push your tape reading services.

since you are called me a d1ck by proxy I call you out as a dirty vendor sexpat.

back to checking your website hits please.

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