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is technical analysis total bullshit?

what the fuck are these bros doing drawing lines on graphs
bateful antidepressant drug
  09/23/17
The chart has the history of price action. It tells you what...
light adventurous prole trump supporter
  09/23/17
but also OP ignores that if people BELIEVE in technical anal...
Elite Hyperactive School Famous Landscape Painting
  09/23/17
While this could definitely true, I'm not sure that the BIG...
light adventurous prole trump supporter
  09/23/17
If everyone's trading on signals, it's real. Mimesis and sh...
rachmiel
  09/23/17
no, but the way it's done is not rigorous. almost everything...
fishy pocket flask doctorate
  09/23/17
hdy
abnormal magenta range
  09/23/17
For cryptocurrencies, it's largely bullshit because crypto d...
Mauve Lay
  09/23/17


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Date: September 23rd, 2017 1:42 PM
Author: bateful antidepressant drug

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: light adventurous prole trump supporter

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: Elite Hyperactive School Famous Landscape Painting

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: light adventurous prole trump supporter

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: rachmiel

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: fishy pocket flask doctorate

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: abnormal magenta range

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: Mauve Lay

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)