RichKid
PlanYourTrade > TradeYourPlan
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brerwallabi said:Rich your starting to sound like a chartist lol,
wayneL said:Golddust,
Though shalt not insult the moderator
RichKid said:I wonder what the latest COT charts are telling us overall???
MARKETWAVES said:Here are 2 pictures of Gold's best friend
before and after ........................
wayneL said:Getting close to extremes again. But thats not telling us anything of use ..... yet. Stay tuned!
RichKid said:Thanks Wayne,
Yep, stay tuned alright, watching closely. Is that a recent graph? I thought they were compiled every Friday or something like that, so would it be last weeks?
For those who are having trouble picking the orange from the red the red is the price (I think?), it is the flatter line at the top.
More free COT graphs here, hope I haven't posted this already, current graphs are for last week: http://www.upperman.com/basic-cot-share/cotfree.htm
The guy who runs that site (Upperman) has written a book on trading using COT. He seems to look for 'w' style double bottoms in the graphs, amongst other things. Might have one here for Gold??
Porper said:I read somewhere that if you looked at a chart and wasn't too sure where it was heading, get a 10 year old and ask them whether it is going up, down or sideways.Apparently they are usually correct as they have no preconceived ideas so as to influence them.
My point is, if we keep it simple, that is sometimes better than trying to find wave counts or looking at technical indicators.
Now where Gold is concerned, the trend for a while has been up with the inevitable profit taking.I am very confident that this will not change.Gold is no longer attached to the USD by the hip, so maybe the dollar will dive as predicted by some experts,maybe not, maybe people are anticipating this and this has caused the separation, who knows.
I have 70% of my portfolio in Gold stocks, and see no reason to change my position, if I get stopped out, so be it.
wayneL said:I've got no arguments with that, KISS for sure.
The case for wave counts etc comes from the simple fact that all trends end, or at least punctuated by corrections.
The professional trader doesn't want the drawdown involved with the above, so looks for ways to mitigate this, hence, a layer of complexity not necessary for the investor/trader.
Does it help? In the final analysis it may or may not. But the goal is limiting drawdowns, rather than strictly enhancing returns.
Your approach is correct in your circumstance. However in my circumstance, trading the retracement made good sense....different stroke for fifferent folks
Cheers
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