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Re: [EquisMetaStock Group] Does TA work?



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We are attempting to measure or determine fear/greed, mass psychology with tools  of a very subjective nature.
Hardly clear cut.
---- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jose Silva 
  To: equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 10:06 PM
  Subject: Re: [EquisMetaStock Group] Does TA work?


  Well, that's exactly the point, Richellen. A hammer and saw will always 
  work, but not always as intended by the user. The same applies to TA 
  tools - it all depends on how well they are understood and applied.

  Give the hammer and saw to a total idiot, and see what the outcome is.

  Give TA tools to the inexperienced, and the result is likely to be 
  confusion and loss of capital.

  Give TA to a clueless charlatan, and you can multiply confusion and loss 
  of capital 100-fold. This is the reason there are laws in some countries 
  against handing out financial advice by the inept - not that they always 
  protect the public...

  jose '-)
  http://www.metastocktools.com

  --- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "richellen" <richandellen@xxx> 
  wrote:
  >
  > This is a nonsense analogy..I've never seen a situation where a hammer
  > will not drive a nail or a saw won't cut a piece of wood.
  > Any indicator should be as reliable. We can only hope.
  >
  >
  >
  > ----- Original Message ----- 
  > From: Jose Silva 
  > To: equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  > Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 9:15 PM
  > Subject: [EquisMetaStock Group] Does TA work?
  > 
  > Technical Analysis (TA) can be both a time-saving tool and an extension
  > of a trader's own abilities. Unbeknown to some, it is not an effortless 
  > shortcut to profitable trading, its is not an ATM, and nor is it the
  > Holy Grail.
  > 
  > TA is a tool like any other, useful only to those that can put it to
  > good work. Often, sweeping statements are made such as "TA doesn't
  > work". 
  > What I read there is, "TA doesn't work for *me*, because either I don't 
  > understand it, and/or I don't have the skills or experience to put it to 
  > good use, and/or I'm waiting for someone to do my homework and explain
  > it all to me".
  > 
  > For an analogy to TA tools, take the building tools of a good tradesman: 
  > hammer, saw, nails. Given enough experience and skills, there is a good 
  > chance this person could build a simple house with his tools. I see this 
  > where I live.
  > 
  > Now, along comes anonymous amateur handyman Blow Joe, and saturates a
  > tool forum with sweeping statements such as "building tools don't work,
  > they cannot be profitable, you cannot build a house with them, they've
  > been fail-tested by professionals, the saw doesn't work anymore, blah,
  > blah, blah."
  >
  > TA does work.
  >
  > It works for those who are prepared to put the time and effort to 
  > understand the tools and use them appropriately. Beware of charlatans 
  > that come to a TA forum and claim otherwise.
  >
  > jose '-)
  > http://www.metastocktools.com



   

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