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Eulogy have a look at http://www.biancatrends.com/FTSE.php
Good for an automated opinion to contrast with. Also I recommend candlesticks over a line chart, both can work but candlesticks are more accurate/informative


"technical analysis" disregards this requirement for evidence and merely descends into pseudo science

Its just some maths to me, averages and then speculation based on what the price did previously.
The evidence is in the price and volume. The more complicated indicators I kinda agree, if it appears to be colourful junk then just dont use it

You originally talked about what does a triangle mean. Its just a simple description of the price and then speculation on what it could mean happens next.

So a triangle with a flat base. The low price for a share each month was 30, 31, 30.5 and then the highest price in each month was 45, 40 and 36 for april, may & june
Thats a descending triangle, some people would then say this shows less people buying the share and the lowest price will fall, it'll go from 30 to 25 or 20. Where the two prices intersect (lines touch and it looks like a triangle) its more likely an event like this will occur.


Theres no science really, its just a maths numbers sequence and guess the next number.

Algo trading is computers using equations with the price history to then buy and sell automatically basically using the above technique and others. If it sounds dangerous, it probably is


Bianca is a computer doing roughly similar. It seems to show Hardy is at a relative top price. Only the recent rises have been more aggressive.
I've come to a similar conclusion except on my own personal judgement I think it go a bit further, there is some evidence there for it and its not any more complicated then seeing what just happened.
http://www.biancatrends.com/HDY.php

For EMED Bianca I think is saying the price is at a bottom, long term the blue line shows an increase.
Again I roughly agree, it could in theory go anywhere for any reason but theres still a pattern there past and future
http://www.biancatrends.com/EMED.php


SP500 futures at 1090 now which has been a big number a few times now
 
Wow what an interesting thread! I came across this while doing some googling for KEA news... Some very interesting posts on this thread... quite an unusual place to find it though :-) As a techie myself though I'm pleased to see the overclocking community also having an interest in shares :-)

By the way, I just bought an MXM card from MXM upgrade - the GTX250M - hoping it's going to be a good upgrade for my Acer Aspire z5610 :-)

By the way 2, having read this thread, I notice a lot of people are invested in AIM companies (me too ;) ) and thought you might be interested in RNSalert which sends you emails or text messages whenever a company releases an RNS to the stock market. It has proved very useful to me in finding out about about oilies in particular. http://www.rnsalert.com it only takes 2 mins to signup and means you dont have to keep waiting / hoping for RNSes :)
 
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Oh if only this was true!

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I saw that first thing this morning as I was drinking my tea and nearly whooped like a little girl, then reality set in and the 15-to-1 consolidation thought kicked back in!

Great days for MTA and YELL today, what the hell is going on? I'm guessing MTA is pre-news build up as we're due news on A12 and A13 any day soon but any idea what's spooked YELL into such a sharp rise?

Someone posted that Yell went from 20-80p this time last year, however I doubt very much that carries enough weight to push it 20% up on no solid news!
 
Yeah it does seem a bit odd Yell jumping up, hopefully it will continue..

Also good news on MTA, i got in at 5p and hopefully it will keep rising and i might cut my losses and get out.
 
What service do you guys use to buy and sell?

It seems that there are a few micro transactions (i.e. hundreds rather than thousands £) going on that a £10 fee soon eats into.
 
Yeah it does seem a bit odd Yell jumping up, hopefully it will continue..

Also good news on MTA, i got in at 5p and hopefully it will keep rising and i might cut my losses and get out.

Rumours now circulating on a 30p bid for YELL, long shot! I'm now debating getting out of YELL as I'm back at my entry point + a tiny smidge of profit after watching a couple of weeks of red.

Like yourself I'm in at a silly price on MTA, 4.7p. It's been a stinker of a share, propped up by Peter Hind's management spin and constant disappointments in the field. I'd love it to get into the 4-5p realm again but even with positive results at A12/13 I can't see anything more than 3p. In my humble one they've damaged their reputation with the dodgy RNSs, failures to deliver on time and to promise, etc..
 
Anyone else paying attention to ROK? Seems they're in much better financial health than CNT but the shares are stuck below 20p despite recent news about them winning a reasonable contract and that the troublesome PHE (fairly recently acquired) arm was found to be the only area with accounting issues.

Yep Been in them a long time. Been buying at all kinds of prices- hugely undervalued IMO
 
Im really tempted to sell up XTA, we are very close to a strong resistance point however if we breakthrough 11.00 there is a big gap until around 13.00 pending favorable market conditions we could see some nice gains.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4459470/Public charts/XTA.png

Copper seems to be doing well
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4459470/Public charts/Copper.png

Im quite pleased with my yell, I bought more at 18p yesterday so doing quite well on it. Still in huge loss as I bought the first batch at 36p
 
Well seems I got it wrong today. I sold up everything before the US jobless data as I thought it was going to be bad. I took a huge profit so I cant complain but XTA and broken 11 pounds so I would have held on a few more days if I know that would have happened.

I am still holing FOGL and YELL but I will sit on the side with cash for now.
 
You might just have been early. Its a holiday weekend and judgement may be suspended till afterwards. Jobs are bad just not surprising hence we continue up I guess, remember they spent a few trillion creating jobs so where are they

Cycling investments seems healthy to me, markets just dont go in straight lines . Saying that Im waiting for hdy and skr to top out a bit.
russia banned wheat exports so agriculture gets a bid but thats pretty shakey when skr dont even make anything yet :o


Any opinions on Sterling energy SEY ?
 
You might just have been early. Its a holiday weekend and judgement may be suspended till afterwards. Jobs are bad just not surprising hence we continue up I guess, remember they spent a few trillion creating jobs so where are they

Cycling investments seems healthy to me, markets just dont go in straight lines . Saying that Im waiting for hdy and skr to top out a bit.
russia banned wheat exports so agriculture gets a bid but thats pretty shakey when skr dont even make anything yet :o


Any opinions on Sterling energy SEY ?

Sorry I dont have any comments on SEY.

Its been a quiet day today. I think I will sit out of the market until I can get back into XTA at under 10 pounds again.
 
Anyone spotted BMR today?

Got in at the go with zero research, around £1k ish - more of a laugh than anything. Really tempted to get out after tomorrows madness pre-rns. Don't fancy being burned (KEA style!)
 
Sorry I dont have any comments on SEY.

Its been a quiet day today. I think I will sit out of the market until I can get back into XTA at under 10 pounds again.


Probably a good idea. I sold SKR into the strength today, 50% up in last 4 days. Problem is it could keep going on without me :confused:
Oh well, I already overinvested into bhp, bp and ved so its a question of balance, best to wait I guess though gkp is maybe due a rise again
 
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