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To: Lee Lichterman III who wrote (24394)	11/18/2001 11:40:57 AM
From: TechTrader42	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 52237

"As for trend following. I agree if there is a trend. What happens with your linear regression method if we go into a protracted long term trading range as I expect down the road. At times like that. Systems like mine and Don's work better. Different methods for different times. Chris has touched on this a few times. One should have a trading range method and a trending market method ready at all times and then the trick is deciding which kind of market you are in." This is well said, Lee. There's a lot of TA wisdom in it. Many systems that prosper in trending markets don't do well in ranging markets, and versa vice. And indicators that do better in ranging markets would be quicker to spot overbought or oversold conditions in the short term that might lead to quick, dramatic changes in trend, too. In a ranging market, trending indicators would be subject to the thousand unnatural shocks of the market's whipsaws. In a trending market, ranging indicators would suffer the swings and arrows of whipsawing signals, while the market continued to move steadily up or down. But whatever. Back to my foxhole.