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To: Jeff Jordan who wrote (1375)	5/13/2001 12:19:26 AM
From: TechTrader42	Respond to of 1471

I have no interest what so ever." One curious thing about 5-year charts is that you don't have to take an interest in them for them to affect your trading. They can significantly influence your trading regardless of your interest in them. This has been well documented in studies. There appears to be much anecdotal evidence, too. The stories are not unlike those about Ouija boards that begin to influence those who use them. With 5-year charts, though, one needn't even use them. It may in fact be preferable not to use them. How is this possible? With Ouija boards, it may be through the intervention of spirits, and the same may be true with 5-year charts (though with spirits of a different sort). But clearly, definitive answers can be found by analyzing the nature of 5-year charts. And yet -- here's the difficulty -- you have no interest in 5-year charts. So while 5-year charts are affecting your trading, you might never know precisely how or why. This need not be a problem. Perfect Trader Inc. offers many excellent programs designed for the oblivious trader who only wants to make money, without understanding the whys and wherefores of complicated charts, indicators and systems. "I don't know why it works; I just know that it does," is how one formerly active trader, now a TA guru, once put it. I know, in fact, more than a few groups dedicated to this approach.