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is technical analysis total bullshit?

what the fuck are these bros doing drawing lines on graphs
Indecent meetinghouse
  09/23/17
The chart has the history of price action. It tells you what...
yellow glittery private investor house
  09/23/17
but also OP ignores that if people BELIEVE in technical anal...
Well-lubricated Razzle-dazzle Place Of Business
  09/23/17
While this could definitely true, I'm not sure that the BIG...
yellow glittery private investor house
  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...
navy office
  09/23/17
hdy
trip piazza
  09/23/17
For cryptocurrencies, it's largely bullshit because crypto d...
bearded chartreuse incel
  09/23/17


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Date: September 23rd, 2017 1:42 PM
Author: Indecent meetinghouse

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: yellow glittery private investor house

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: Well-lubricated Razzle-dazzle Place Of Business

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: yellow glittery private investor house

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: navy office

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: trip piazza

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: bearded chartreuse incel

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)