The stats speak for themselves. Great results Rayner. My hat is off to you Sir. :-)

Trend Trading System

APPROACH AMENDMENT Just a note for the journal that today I have ceased the application of Support and Resistance lines for the EDTT given the fact that the rationale for their use has never been put through the back-test crucible and their ...

Diversified Trend Trading Approach

Thanks for that MathTrader7. More info for those inclined in relation to Fat-Tailed Distributions. :-)

The Market's Illusions & The Human Brain

Great video demonstration Sis. This thread is nailing it for me and allows me to rid myself of those damn human biases. I am going to say ta-ta to my Support/Resistance lines in my approach as they just muddy the water, delay my entry into some ...

The Market's Illusions & The Human Brain

Sis you might like this website from an expert in the field of managed futures trading. In a nutshell, the research dispels a hell of a lot of myths in the market. It is not simply heresay but backed up with significant empirical testing. In a ...

The Market's Illusions & The Human Brain

That's great Sis. Thanks for the references. I will devour them tonight. Thanks for bringing these to my attention. This thread is certainly crystallising my viewpoint and I really appreciate it. :-) C

The Market's Illusions & The Human Brain

Sis.yphus, I was reading a post of yours regarding 'Levy Flight' which was a term I was not familiar with but in further investigation, I was extremely interested in the principle. While there is no definitive pattern that can be predicted from this ...

The Market's Illusions & The Human Brain

The points you make are exceptionally valid guys. Here is a post from my reading of David Aronson's "Evidence-Based Technical Analysis" who used the scientific method to put to bed views on 6,400 binary buy/sell rules on the S&P 500 using 25 years ...

The Market's Illusions & The Human Brain

Thanks for the update JP :-)

Fundamental Trading with a Directional Bias

That illustration had me going. Despite recognising that the image would have some deceptive illusory trick I still fell for it with the double 'THE'. I love pattern recognition and recognise the brain's shortcomings in faithfully interpreting ...

The Market's Illusions & The Human Brain

Many thanks 4x. It's taken me a while to see the light :-) C

Diversified Trend Trading Approach

Not a bad mashup from a clever mixer :-) video

What kind of music you hear while you trade?

Weekly Outlook continued..... USDCAD image USDCHF image USDJPY image USDSGD image XAGUSD (Spot Silver) image XAUUSD (Spot Gold) image Well that's it again for the week. Let's keep our fingers crossed that these trends continue into the ...

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Weekly Outlook continued....... GBPSGD image GBPUSD image Nikkei image NZDCAD image NZDJPY image NZDUSD image ......more to come. C

Diversified Trend Trading Approach

Weekly Outlook continued...... DJI image EURAUD image EURCAD image EURJPY image EURUSD image FTSE image .....more to come. C

Diversified Trend Trading Approach

WEEKLY OUTLOOK The Week Past Well for any trend trader amongst us, we must be revelling in joy at the moment as a number of instruments are strongly trending and this is where a trend trader makes his bread and butter and then some..... to save for ...

Diversified Trend Trading Approach

The human brain and it's method of evaluating patterns is a great topic. You may be aware of Troxler Fading. image This illustrates one of the many ways in which the subjective content of conscious awareness can be manipulated. Stare intently at ...

The Market's Illusions & The Human Brain

.....and a bit of older live Groove Armada....served up funky style. video .....and another live performance to get those dreadlocks swinging. video

What kind of music you hear while you trade?

I'm on it Bass. It's payback time. Blessed are the cheesemakers?....or is it blessed are the clockmakers?...... :-)

ETMA_The Evolution

Using Profits to Magnify Returns - An Alternative Method to Pyramiding As trend followers are aware, when you find yourself deep in profit in a trend, a decision needs to be made whether to pyramid (add to the position or not). As we all know, ...

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