[DesertCat]

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Just the greatest and most effective TA method ever, the "not using TA" method.


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OP said he wanted to "learn" about technical analysis. Learning is typically a good thing. Once you "learn" you can decide whether you want to "use" it or not. Ignorance of technical analysis is probably not a good idea even if you never plan to to use it.


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If people want to discuss TA, I'll stay out of the way of your fun. But he sounds like a novice so I wanted to point out the "other approach" to him.


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I'll bet you even Buffett knows a thing or two about chart patterns, trend channels, support, resistance and overbought/oversold indicators even if it isn't his main or even tertiary focus.

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He has said he studied them early in his career and found them useless.