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To: TA2K who wrote (9885)	3/16/1999 9:36:00 PM
From: Sean W. Smith	Respond to of 12039

Nicholas, you just don't get it.... you can't ask questions that generic and expect something specific or meaningful??? are you using it as a trend indicator?? are you using it as entry or exit?? How Long do you want to be in a trade?? All these factors determine the answer. I think clearly time series MA and Vidya like MA's the MSwin Var ma are the best they adapt based on volitility but even still you much choose the # of periods for the volitility index. I personally like using Vidya and MsVarMA511. I love richards MACD(13,34,89) as a intermediate trend determination tool. I throw a 50 and 200 day up because so common I want to know what the masses are seeing... Sean Sean

To: TA2K who wrote (9885)	3/16/1999 10:07:00 PM
From: Richard Estes	Respond to of 12039

I suggest you test them to find out what fits you. I have repeatly suggested lengths, but if you trading every 3-5 days, what do you find does the job best for you? When you look for the answers, then they are yours and you might believe them or remember them. If you are dependent on others, you might read what they have said before.

To: TA2K who wrote (9885)	3/16/1999 10:14:00 PM
From: Jurgen	Respond to of 12039

OT: Hi Nicholas, you do deserve some credit for bringing this fine board back to live. Since you've started your inquisition, the number of messages has gone up considerably (i have real problems to keep up) From what i see you seem to suffer from a typical TA beginner's mistake: information overload. You try something, move on to the next topic, jump all over the place and than come back where you started. You need to focus on something, dig into it real deep and work on the weaknesses of that indicator/systems. There are hundreds of indicators, but they all deal with only three variables: price, time and/or volume. They are correlated, you can expect similar results for different indicators if you look at the same timeframe. Pick your indicators for trend and trading range and build your system. I think everybody here will be glad to help you with that (well, almost everybody..) But stop looking for the 100% top system - if somebody has it, he won't tell you This is just my opinion, and it's worth what you paid for it.. good luck ! Jurgen