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Re: Automatic Versus Hand Plotting



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I don't Chart By Hand, but I know several brokers in the grain pits who do
so even though they have access to realtime and historical quotes -- gives
em a better feel for the markets, I guess.

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> From: BrentinUtahsDixie <brente@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: RealTraders Discussion Group <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Gen: Automatic Versus Hand Plotting
> Date: Friday, February 13, 1998 1:23 AM
> 
> RT's,
> 	 I just read an interview of Linda Bradford Raschke in the new issue of
> Omega Research Magazine. She advocates "hand" charting and asserts that
> many old timers do this. I have really never done this aside from
punching
> the O,H,L,C into my computer by hand. As she puts it [regarding charting
by
> hand(CBH)] "Not only does it go to a different part of the brain, it sort
> of internalizes it, and you get into the habit of looking at trend lines
,
> of being aware of significant chart points." I'm thinking that she must
do
> CBH "end of day," it would be impossible to stay up with intra day.  Do
you
> experienced types CBH? Any other comments about CBH? 
> 
> Graphically,
> Brent