Unraveling the Mystery
of Stock Prices

Here’s a simple method you can apply to interpret financial charts. It uses classical statistics as well as a number of simple chart indicators, which may help you better understand classical charts from the viewpoint of random processes.

Every trader is familiar with stock charts. To most traders the chart is just a common tool, like a hammer is to the carpenter. The exception is the new trader reading charts for the first time or the advanced trader who begins to question the value of the charts he or she watches.

Although financial charts can be vivid and attractive, they do tend to have contradictions with modern statistics. The charts can introduce dubious and unstable measures, which in turn become the basis of popular trading strategies. This could increase the risk of your trading operations.

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Stocks & Commodities V. 28:3 (10-16)

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