Is anyone using a Moving Average system that works and if so how do you avoid whipsaw?
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Moving averages are important indicators as to the health of a stock. They have limitations though, and are best used in conjuntion with a series of indicators. I use moving averages everyday, however I put much more emphasis on pattern recognition and price/volume action. Relative strength and the MACD are useful indicators as well. Furthermore, all of this information must be taken in the context of the general market. In the current market, many trend followers are getting whip sawed around, so don't feel too bad. I deal with times like this by sitting in cash. If you are going to trade keep your position sizing small and your stops tight.\n\nGood answer below, I aim to own a stock for several days to several weeks, barring getting stopped out. Other indicators work better for different traders and different time frames.
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yea, it looks like a trap game to me.  Id stay away from it\n\nby the way it started at 7.5 and now is down to 6 if that helps.
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There is a whole book based on this ("How to Lie with Statistics" by Darrel Huff).\n\nYou can choose the statistic that best fits you point of view.  For example, income is typically skewed to the right, meaning that the histogram of incomes has a tail to the right.  In that case, the mean income will be larger than the median income.  If you wanted to impress someone by saying that your neighborhood has a high "average" income, then you can use the mean to sweeten you average.  Of course, in the news, if they want to report the average income, they usually use the median, which is most appropriate statistic in the case of skewed data.\n\nTelevision commercials will state that "Four out of five dentists would chose Brand A toothpaste."  Of course, they never report the sample size.  It could be that they only asked 5 dentists!\n\nMany graphs can be easily doctored to "prove" your point of view.  Ways this can be done:\n1.  Start the vertical axis of a bar graph at a number other than zero.\n2.  Not take area into account when drawing bar graphs.  When looking at a bar graph, you aren't just looking at the height of rectangles, you are looking at area.\n3.  Use broken bars on your bar graph.  Bars that are much higher than the others are sometimes broken to fit better in the space.\n4.  Make the scale of the graph such the no pattern can be obtained.\n\nThese are just some ways to lie with statistics.  Of course I would never do that!
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I use AVG, from grisoft
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My opinion is that fools & their money will part. Many promise great things but what they really want is the cash from your pocket. They don't work & can make you very sick. Reducing how much I ate, regular meals. Smaller meals more often. Rid of junk food. Time & persistance worked for me. I realized that I had to lose the weight the way I gained it slowly. 100 lbs took me 18 months but I have kept it off for 5 yrs. now. Eating this way. works.
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Never used it myself, but I have seen people use it to calculate potential turning points for the day you are about to trade. \nBecause so many traders follow pivot points you will often find that the market reacts at these levels. \n\nTake a look here for a better explanation:\nhttp://www.investopedia.com/articles/technical/04/041404.asp
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Looking at their rates on HSH they are way off. You can not get those rates. They are about 1% lower than the going rates. I would walk away from them if they are advertising impossible rates like that. It's called bait and switch. Run don't walk away. \n\nhttp://www.hsh.com/lshow/g_squared.html
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I have used this long back, I don't know how good it is now\nhttp://www.analogx.com/contents/download/program/ssubmit.htm
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stattraker is a pile of shit it allmost never works the besy you can you is email yahoo fanasy
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There are a number of methods.  To help you locate (i.e. a Google Search) which method is best for you, consider the following specific methods:\n\nARIMA\nLinear/Non-Linear/Log Linear Trending\nFirst Differencing\nWinters\n\nStep 1:  Plot your data ... always plot your data\nStep 2:  Is there a Seasonal Component ?  Example:  If it's car sales, well then probably ... if it's pounds of beef purchased each month, probably no.\nStep 3:  Is it linear or could it be made linear (i.e. if you plotted the natural log of the values, does that straighten out the pattern a bit ?\n\nTime series forecasting can be very interesting ... I suggest that you seek out someone with a little experience in this area that can help you out.  This is generally college level (first/second year undergrad) stuff, so it's not too difficult, but not something that you'd really want to just "learn on your own"\n\nI do this professionally and would be glad to help (don't worry, I won't charge you).  Step 1 for that would be to send me your data and we'll take a look at it.  My contact info is in my profile.
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Neither, AVG is free, long as keep updated it works great, they have a free forum if need help it is there.
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AVG free works great!
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You are talking about BLACK BOX SYSTEMS. They DO NOT WORK.\n\nIf you really want to be successful in forex trading, you must learn how to do it yourself. There is not one true way of trading. If there was a magic box that would just make money automatically then that box would essentially be worth infinite dollars right?\n\n\nPlease read:\n\nForex: Beware of Frauds\nhttp://www.forextradinghq.com/forex-information/forex-resources/forex-trading-information-beware-of-frauds.html
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Law of averages at work. What moves Up has to Come down.\n\nIf only our investors knew this simple truth !!
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While this question does not provide sufficient information. I will make try.\n\nWith a monthly, annual, or even daily basis, an SD of .04 is very low and a return of 12% is very high . . . these two stats rarely occur together making me think you need more info. "Lies, damn lies, and statisitics" Beware!
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why work with averages - work with the real thing
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Maybe look into GASB34.  It's an accounting standard for government.  It is causing a lot of uproar because of what it means for asset management.  Hot topic right now.