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So in my continuation of trying to understand what the Elder method actually is I give my interpretation of weekly gold graph. I'm hoping that someone using Elder will either back up this view or let me know where I'm going wrong. I attached a graph with the usually Elder stuff: 2 EMA, 13, 26...

OK so I downloaded forex and continuous commodity data from http://www.is99.com/disktrading/, which I googled since I didn't get an influx of answers to that question ;-). I started looking at some test on Gold prices which go back to 1974 (with the data from above). I would of like more data...

I've just read Way of the Turtle. The one thing the book inspired me to do, which I had always thought would be too much like hard work Is to carry out some testing on historic data. I always thought this was pointless, but I take the view on board of the book that without anything else, what...

Hi Songcon, Excellent post. But a couple of question: "Use the weekly chart to determine whether to get into the trade". This is the part that confuses me. Elder seems to indicate following a strong trend by watching the EMAs (are the trending upwards). But in some of his examples the EMA...

Anyone of a UK screener for volatile and liquid stocks? I can find a few for the US stocks online, but none for the uk?

I finding it difficult to come up with sensible thoughts on where to place stops. I work better with pictures so I attach a chart of GSK, The red line is Jose's Interpretation of Elder's SafeZone, the purple line is the Chandelier indicator from Metastock. Needless to say they both point to...

Seem an obvious thing to want to do but I can't figure it out. I've set a default template, but really I want a default template for Monthly, Weekly, Daily graphs. So when I change the periodicity in a chart - it doesn't moan about the indicators not working because it is showing the wrong...

Understanding the method would help I've read the Trading for a Living and Come into my Trading Room. But I'm still having difficultly pinning down the exact method Elder is trying to convey. For instance in come into my trading room, he seems to suggest trading in line with the weekly...

I'm using a package called EZquote (there are many around) that download EOD data from Yahoo. I have two questions about this data: 1. Why does weekly data only become available on Monday? Is this something to do with Yahoo or EZQuote? I like to study the charts at the weekend, but given I...

Any views regarding the new version of Metastock? Thinking of making purchase. How does the new version compare to previous versions/other trading platforms?

Elder Indicators and Ig Index Is it possible to set up the charts in IG index in the Elder way? I've got half way there but the envelopes and the impulse system I don't know how to do on ig index?