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A crucial aspect which is aften missed is that when it comes crowds are not usually wrong, it's just that they are unable to see when the trend is about to change. It's a very important distinction. As somebody mentioned earlier, Charles Mackay's book is very interesting and provides many...

I quite agree BSD. I suppose I was being a little siplistic there; I was referring to the thousands of beginners who think that trading is all about TA and fail to understand the reality behind what makes price move, which is simply supply and demand at a price. So really we shouldn't NEED any...

One of the (many) problems with TA is that all the calculations and studies use past price data from which they claim you can extrapoolate to predict the future. Take for example an oscillator, which attemps to predict market turns. It wil do so correctly if, and only if, those turns are...

No, I haven't taken it. I just mistrust the big companies like TU and would prefer to go to a smaller course for fewer people by a guy who trades himself. CG.

Hello Riros, I haven't done it but I know somebody who has. He said they were very supportive from what I can gather, but they did mention that fewer than 1% of poeple remain in trading for the long term after they've been on the course. This makes me wonder about the real depth of the...

I have used many spreadbetting companies, but I find IG Index to be the best in terms of charts and speed of response. They (like others) do not give views on the markets, although you can subscribe to their futurestechs service, in which they send you an email every day with a chart of a...

I used to get a weekly market calendar of economic releases due out for each country from Capital Spreads, that's the closest I can think of...

It seems as though you are treading in the footsteps I left a while ago now... I used to run a book of options and futures, mainly short gamma stuff - which would be a killer in these markets! I now trade for a living, but I found the transition extremely hard. It took a great deal of time...

You're probably right. I'll probably have to buy the charting package and extract the data myself. Oh well, £120/month still beats thousands... thanks again.:thumbsup:

Thanks v much for that, although unfortunately yes, it is those listed that I'm primarily interested in. I'll try contacting the Exchanges direct, but I fear their charges are going to be a lot. When you buy charting packages the exchange fee tend to be very small indeed (for example £3 per...

Yes, it's all very well asking this and I quite agree. However, people often tend to be lazy and just barge in anyway. One of the big problems with this forum is that it is too segmented, so the result is that there are loads of small sub-forums with very little going on in each, and subjects...

Hello, does anyone know how to get price feeds from the exchanges? Various charting packages obviously have them, but I'm looking for the data feeds themselves to build my own system.

Hello, does anyone know how to get price feeds from the exchanges? Various charting packages obviously have them, but I'm looking for the data feeds themselves to build my own system.

shadowninja is abosolutely right - but on the other hand, sparring regularly without any guidance or tuition on HOW to spar will also get you wiped out!

Elliott Wave Principle by Robert Prechter and Alfred J. Frost. Any other books on Elliott.