you're right, we are sticking our heels in a bit arent we. but i disagree with your wording 'predict' more like correctly identify.

Is the market random or not ?

i dont want to google for the scientific 'proof' can you supply it here please? (for forex of course)

Is the market random or not ?

1. in the past my trade HAS moved the market. yes, it's still random 2. GE is in the stockmarket and not in forex - stocks have an inherent bias to longs but unfortuantely also a greater chance of manipulation due to the limited number of shares - ...

Is the market random or not ?

attached is the spreadsheet that created it - have a go yourself, just open the sheet and hit F9 a few times. you can make some brilliant trends

Is the market random or not ?

ps, how do you like this chart? generated by excel's random number generator!

Is the market random or not ?

You know i thought it might be worth posting a thought on the original question and it's reasons. "Is the market Random or not?" Lets examine why anyone would actually care either way. All of our life we are taught what to do, how society wants us ...

Is the market random or not ?

if it wasnt random they would ALWAYS work. put enough lines on a chart, fibs, s&r, pivots, camarillas, murray math, moving averages, etc etc - some are bound to hit. the human brain likes to remember the ones that do and forget the ones that dont - ...

Is the market random or not ?

the worldwide holiday market exchange of currencies provides more liquidity than speculators. And by the way - banks generally dont trade their own money - so if it's not theirs, who's is it? clients of course, the millions upon millions of ...

Is the market random or not ?

it's random. chaos theory. butterfly flaps its wings in africa - gets windy in brazil - coffe production is hit - price of coffee goes up - brazilliant real exchange rate goes up. even if you could study every piece of info in the world the effect ...

Is the market random or not ?

yes, it's random. without any doubt.

Is the market random or not ?

image stewartr I did! I did saw a twend! Member Since Mar 2007 Posts: 68 image Your thoughts on scaling out. Hi SoulTrader. I think I could improve my trading by letting my profits run further. I am generally happy with my system, so I am ...

Soultrader's Clinic :)

just for those who don't know - this isnt true. if all traders used the same indicator / method then nothing at all would happen - price would stay still and not move. reason: if everyone bought under 30 on RSI then their would be no sellers. if ...

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Fadetobla Member Member Since Nov 2007 Posts: 15 image Soultrader's Clinic - Question Hi Soultrader, I've been following this thread actively for quite a while and its like you said - after reading your posts in a 6 months time is totally ...

Soultrader's Clinic :)

if you want to get where everyone else is, just send me a cheque for your account balance

I'm losing...insight requested....

57% gain in 2 days using divergence 100% loss in 2 hours using leverage :surprised

57% gain in 2 days using Divergence

ok, heres the advice first, take it or leave it. 1. get rid of the gridlines 2. get rid of the bollinger / keltner / envelope whatever that crap is 3. ditch the stoch, all it does is copy price but after the move so it's no use. 4. this is the big ...

I'm losing...insight requested....

tell ya what Stewart - here's an excercise for you for when you are bored.... Find me a moving average between 1 and 300 that price DOESN'T bounce off The answer will tell a story for you

StewartR - I want my trading to be boring.

doing well stewart, resist the temptation to complicate to avoid the losses. question for you to think about - if moving averages werent invented - would it make a difference .....?

StewartR - I want my trading to be boring.

suggestion: if it's going up, buy. if it's going down, sell. and no, im not kidding. you need no more than this.

Suggestions you could give a beginner!