179: Effective techniques to identify trends – Doc Ahrens

On this episode of BST Live, Doc Ahrens from Trendline Dynamics joins us to discuss "Effective techniques to identify trends", including:

• The Macro-trend Analyzer indicator and 3 ways to use moving averages for macro trend analysis,
• Why it's important to have simple trading solutions and what failures in aerospace can teach us about trading strategies, 
• Studies that conclude technical indicators don't work,
• Using visual confirmation to understand indicator reaction to market scenarios,
• The 3 types of support and resistance, 
• How to draw trendlines properly, why it's impossible to "understand the market", the importance of persistence in trading and loads more.

 

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