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is technical analysis total bullshit?

what the fuck are these bros doing drawing lines on graphs
Ocher confused national
  09/23/17
The chart has the history of price action. It tells you what...
Bearded diverse dilemma
  09/23/17
but also OP ignores that if people BELIEVE in technical anal...
Vivacious dead patrolman
  09/23/17
While this could definitely true, I'm not sure that the BIG...
Bearded diverse dilemma
  09/23/17
If everyone's trading on signals, it's real. Mimesis and sh...
sadistic stock car halford
  09/23/17
no, but the way it's done is not rigorous. almost everything...
Elite ivory travel guidebook
  09/23/17
hdy
Outnumbered Soul-stirring Home Party Of The First Part
  09/23/17
For cryptocurrencies, it's largely bullshit because crypto d...
180 Embarrassed To The Bone Athletic Conference Box Office
  09/23/17


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Date: September 23rd, 2017 1:42 PM
Author: Ocher confused national

what the fuck are these bros doing drawing lines on graphs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3741022&forum_id=7#34276743)



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Date: September 23rd, 2017 1:46 PM
Author: Bearded diverse dilemma

The chart has the history of price action. It tells you what has already happened, which can give you an indication of what the current environment is. Charting is useful because it will tell you if what you think is going on or how you "feel" is supported or refuted by history.

I think anything more complex than trendlines, support and resistance and the big classical patterns (head and shoulders etc.) is largely bullshit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3741022&forum_id=7#34276751)



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Date: September 23rd, 2017 1:54 PM
Author: Vivacious dead patrolman

but also OP ignores that if people BELIEVE in technical analysis it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. oh, we're hitting this EMA/DMA? better buy/sell!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3741022&forum_id=7#34276792)



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Date: September 23rd, 2017 1:59 PM
Author: Bearded diverse dilemma

While this could definitely true, I'm not sure that the BIG (read: block) traders are using signals in that way tho, and they're the ones who really move the market. What you're saying makes sense in theory, I just think it's a little more complicated than that so I don't use that argument in support of TA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3741022&forum_id=7#34276812)



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Date: September 23rd, 2017 1:48 PM
Author: sadistic stock car halford

If everyone's trading on signals, it's real. Mimesis and shit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3741022&forum_id=7#34276765)



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Date: September 23rd, 2017 2:08 PM
Author: Elite ivory travel guidebook

no, but the way it's done is not rigorous. almost everything in technical analysis can be back-tested, which means done properly technical analysis turns into quant investing.

the best analogy ive seen is technical analysis is to quant investing what alchemy is to modern chemistry.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3741022&forum_id=7#34276881)



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Date: September 23rd, 2017 2:56 PM
Author: Outnumbered Soul-stirring Home Party Of The First Part

hdy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3741022&forum_id=7#34277258)



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Date: September 23rd, 2017 2:37 PM
Author: 180 Embarrassed To The Bone Athletic Conference Box Office

For cryptocurrencies, it's largely bullshit because crypto doesn't express cyclical patterns as neatly as other securities

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3741022&forum_id=7#34277116)