Financial history doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes. You can't be stupid enough to trade off anything I say.... I'm lucky they let me out of the straight-jacket long enough to trade.

J. P. Morgan

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

So...

I talked about another entry.... what we had was an attempt at a "Bump N Go" Now... if we break 90.20... there is a chance we will go to 89.80... But it's possible today is just a Pause. and that then tomorrow we could again go to 91, and hit my target..... Then still have a 2 or 3 day pull back into another Up-leg to the 93 level.

For the most part.... it's just contingencies, and playing the "potential", and knowing when you are wrong....

Sure you can just be a Punter and randomly say "Long" and if it goes against you get out.... but for the most part your brain isn't going to let you do "Random"

4 comments:

Tony said...

...and, I would add, probabilities.

Trying to get high probablility set-ups. For instance, Is the breakdown from 30.20 to 89.80 a 52% probability or 94%? If it's 52%, then it's not really worth the trade with slippage, etc. Nobody really "knows" the answer, it's just a mental exercise.

On a related note... In defense of Dr. B, he's just trying to put a metric on an intuitive and observable finding... that's kinda what psychologists always do: give "schizo-affective personality disorder" a name when we all know it's really the cat-lady down the street.

The problem is when one looks at a truly non-scientific undertaking and tries to make it "science" and that is the danger of following Dr. B I suppose, so we must know the limitations he is working under.

Tony said...

---should be 90.20 to 89.80...

Eric said...

cept that set up as a trap...

Eric said...

Corrections tend to be fast... so when the market "Muddles" it's probably going higher...

I know that isn't EWT ... But no reason to play today... but it would be good to short a fast push up...

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