DislikedIn a nutshell, I don't think that art has anything to do with trading and I have stated my views and reasons. I believe we can agree to disagree without taking it personal.Ignored
Here are a few references to art and, in some cases science, in trading references. I can assure you there are many that I skipped over.
Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns page 559: What you do not want to do is invest near the end of a downtrend. Of course, trying to determine when a trend will end is something of an art.
Candlesticks, Fibonacci, and Chart Pattern Trading Tools page 116: However, finding the correct PHI-ellipse is an art. It takes skill, experience, patience, and trust…
Chart Your Way To Profits: The Online Trader’s Guide To Technical Analysis page 140: Drawing a trendline is very simple for most people….The art, however, is discerning when to redraw the trendline…
Candlestick and Pivot Point Trading Triggers: Setups for Stock, Forex, and Futures Markets page 259: Another consideration in the art of placing stops using a time element is the aid of a moving average.
Technical Analysis for Direct Access Trading: A Guide to Charts, Indicators, and Other Indispensable Market Analysis Tools page 19: Furthermore, technical analysis is more art than science. Two people using the same concepts and looking at the same data may arrive at completely different conclusions. The reason is that technical analysis contains a strong element of interpretation inherent to its application.
The Day Trader's Manual: Theory, Art, and Science of Profitable Short-Term Investing page 82: The art of trading different expiration series and different strike prices is a recently developed strategy.
Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders page 365: These subjects, however, did not provide any insights into the art of trading.
Stock Market Wizards: Interviews with America's Top Stock Traders Page 51: Picking stocks is as much an art as a science.
Page 163: You have all these people trying to come up with formulas to beat the market. The market is not a science. The science may help increase the probabilities, but to excel you need to master the art of trading.
The New Market Wizards page 104: Eckhardt brings many strengths to the art of system design…….
Page 181: Is technical analysis an art or a scienece? It’s both an art and a science. It’s an art in the sense that if you asked ten different traders to define a head and shoulders pattern, you’d come up with ten different answers. However, for any individual traer, the definition can be mathematically precise.
Page 221: It’s not purely deterministic; there’s an element of art involved. Ultimately, you have to balance your underlying faith in the company with the price action
Page 248: Trading is probably more of an art than most people want to believe.
Point & Figure Charting: The Essential Application for Forecasting and Tracking Market Prices page 42: But above all, remember this is an art not a science.
Page 74: As much as people try to make investing a science, it remains an art.