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To: Gary E who wrote (38267)	10/22/1999 1:10:00 PM
From: Patrick Slevin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 44573

Well, over the years I've printed out charts on BMI, PC Quote, and so forth.....not QCharts as yet. But it isn't the lines, it's notes. Like where this indicator was and when. Right on the chart. In that way I can get a feel for when a move is over and a counter move starting. Doing that every day sharpens the intuition. If I am repeatedly writing down that such and such hit this level here and view that the market topped there, fo example, I will have a sixth sense to exit a trade or reverse on when I see it happen. Of course I won't have time to look up all the instances, it's just honing the "sense" of what will usually happen. I file in hardcopy now, not by date but by pattern cycle and then by date. I only draw lines on daily and weekly charts. Even then I suspect I do so only in case I have a visitor who can then gawk at my wall and think I'm actually doing something important.