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> > Any body uses this sort of stuff?

Yes,  I use this sort of stuff.
If you are interested in this subject, please contact me
directly, and I will forward you more information regarding
the application of this methodology. I maintain a site that 
is devoted solely to it.  

Marc Miller

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Matulich" <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: Fractal Market Analysis


> >Has anyone read ?Fractal Market Analysis?  by Edgar E Peters ?
> 
> Not me, but I read his earlier "Chaos and Order in Capital Markets."
> 
> >Is it worth reading , looks pretty heavy going when i was flicking
> >through it.
> 
> Chaos, of which fractals are a part, is a large field of study
> that's full of abstract mathematics.  If you have a layman's
> understanding of Chaos theory, the best you can hope for is to get
> a laymans understanding of Chaos and fractal behavior in markets,
> but you'll gain no real knowledge of how to develop and use your own
> tools.
> 
> That was my impression of Peters' earlier book.  A lot of information to
> give you an appreciation of the subject, but very little in the way of
> nuts & bolts that you can use to develop a trading methodology.
> 
> (My undergraduate specialization was theoretical physics and chaos
> theory, so I know how hard this stuff can be to understand; even I
> don't know much anymore.)
> 
> > Any body uses this sort of stuff?
> 
> I know one who does, and has a consulting service based around it.
> His web site www.keithfitz-gerald.com doesn't have any information
> on it, however.  He's a good guy, you can write to him and ask for
> info if you want.
> 
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