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Question The Most Unbelievable and Controversial Techniques

What the most unbelievable and controversial techniques do you know? I'm fascinating about Fibonacci levels and Carolan's theory. Are there any similar techniques?
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Re: The Most Unbelievable and Controversial Techniques

Controversial...

Hmmmm...

The first one that comes to mind is Jack Hershey. Plenty on him over at elitetrader.

Then you have methods based on moon patterns, weather changes, etc. Those are pretty wild if you ask me.

Some would say that Gann's work is iffy at best, some love fibs, others hate them...
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The first one that comes to mind is Jack Hershey. Plenty on him over at elitetrader.
Where I can find more information about he and his techniques?
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Where I can find more information about he and his techniques?
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Re: The Most Unbelievable and Controversial Techniques

Yes, it is nice that the SCT boys and gals have not made their way here. I am surprised BF that you did not mention VSA.
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Re: The Most Unbelievable and Controversial Techniques

Funnily enough some of JH's stuff has roots in reasonably solid techniques. Certainly controversial. Gann published some really solid principles too (money management stuff, quantifying price action etc.) The controversial stuff is all the esoteric 'natural law' and planetary motion portions. Apparently its all locked away in code in his novel tunnel through the air.

I was going to suggest some of the out and out scammers that are around now but I guess to be truly controversial you need a small element of 'well maybe it has something'.
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Re: The Most Unbelievable and Controversial Techniques

....gann has a bad rep....
.... all his stuff is based on simple concepts of geometry....
....if you can draw a rectangle on a chart.... then you are on the path of gann...
....it is beside the point if he discovered his techniques by reading the bible....
...edit... jack hershey also has a bad rep.... because his writing is loony...
... if you can draw a channel on a chart..... then that is jack hershey....pretty basic...
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Funnily enough some of JH's stuff has roots in reasonably solid techniques. Certainly controversial. Gann published some really solid principles too (money management stuff, quantifying price action etc.) The controversial stuff is all the esoteric 'natural law' and planetary motion portions. Apparently its all locked away in code in his novel tunnel through the air.
I was going to suggest some of the out and out scammers that are around now but I guess to be truly controversial you need a small element of 'well maybe it has something'.
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Yes, it is nice that the SCT boys and gals have not made their way here. I am surprised BF that you did not mention VSA.
Hi, I would like to read any summary of criticisms of VSA (not to argue, just to learn).

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