Hey all!
A friend and mentor of mine told me to try manually charting on paper, and I've sat down this weekend amazing myself with all of the things I miss on my computer screen...
Go to your local Walgreen's or whatever and get some Crayola colored pencils like kids use in school, then actually print some charts off your computer. Sit down with them with a ruler, protractor, calculator, etc., and the math behind all the indicators you're using. Physically plot everything by hand with pencils and a ruler. It will amaze you. Old guys that traded before super-fast computing did it that way, and I'm starting to think that's why they have a more solid grasp of the market than people who always and only used computers.
I'm not saying to do this all the time, it's time consuming and tedious. It's more of a learning tool. Try it a couple of evenings, though, and you might find out some things that you didn't notice before...
A friend and mentor of mine told me to try manually charting on paper, and I've sat down this weekend amazing myself with all of the things I miss on my computer screen...
Go to your local Walgreen's or whatever and get some Crayola colored pencils like kids use in school, then actually print some charts off your computer. Sit down with them with a ruler, protractor, calculator, etc., and the math behind all the indicators you're using. Physically plot everything by hand with pencils and a ruler. It will amaze you. Old guys that traded before super-fast computing did it that way, and I'm starting to think that's why they have a more solid grasp of the market than people who always and only used computers.
I'm not saying to do this all the time, it's time consuming and tedious. It's more of a learning tool. Try it a couple of evenings, though, and you might find out some things that you didn't notice before...
"The time to act is when others show signs of tire." --W.D. Gann
