Bile, rudeness, spite4 Nov 2018 16:47
What a load of cobblers. All I've done is defended my investment from those who seek to manipulate the price. I have not been rude or spiteful to anyone, I've simply countered a theory and requested holders open their eyes to shorting masquerading as technical analysis. These adjectives thrown at me and the so called 'filtering' and accusations of being Casabalanca or whatever his name is, is nothing more than a rouse to shut me up.
Ask yourself, how do I profit from my theory that technical analysis (EWT) is bullsh*t compared to how others might profit from espousing it?
The fact of the matter is, EWT is nothing but pseudo-science and anyone that actively promotes it as a way to earn higher returns is either deceitful or a moron. Don't you realise what these theories are up against? Trading firms spend hundreds of thousands of pounds to hire the best programmers in the world with computers stacked wall to wall in data centres as big as warehouses just to get their orders through a millisecond faster so they can gain an advantage.
Well guess what, according to EWT theorist (and similar), these 'idiots' needn't have bothered. All they have to do is read some moving average chart crap based on a head and shoulders pattern lol.
Technical analysis is to trading what astrology is to science. They find cases where the chart fits the theory, who knows, maybe they got lucky or maybe they're good at picking stock risers that will obviously conform to wave patterns because good stocks rise long-term and events happen (news/results/markets) that create zig zag (wave) patterns. There is some investor psychology involved, because MMs deliberately short shares - hence over accentuated dips.
But if EWT is legit technical analysis, don't you think everybody would be using it? The fact is, nobody is using it, except the 'trader' that goes to the casino thinking he has a “system”. But there is another reason for espousing the theory, to persuade others that it works when it doesn't, therefore creating artificial selling points from which they can profit from other people's stupidity. Call it what you like. In my world, that's called shorting.
How many people here have admitted they find these theories fascinating yet have no idea how it works? How many have been persuaded to trade based on the fact the poster appears to know what he's talking about and is respected?
All I have ever said is, don't fall for it. I don't mind people setting price targets, we all do it. We all believe BMN has a brilliant future, but this EWT crap is nothing but an exercise in market manipulation - in fact, that's the whole point of it, to find trading patterns that are the result of investor psychology not fundamentals. Whether said posters are deliberately trying to deceive, I couldn't tell you, maybe they believe their own drivel, all I'll say is, don't trust it, don't buy into it and definitely don't trade on it.