[HN Gopher] A Java library for technical analysis
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       A Java library for technical analysis
        
       Author : _benj
       Score  : 27 points
       Date   : 2022-02-20 19:04 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | ghovertyi wrote:
        
       | adamnemecek wrote:
       | Does anyone actually use technical analysis?
        
       | agumonkey wrote:
       | Note that TA is old, and often these days subject to game-theory
       | like flukes because everybody knows what everybody is trying to
       | see.
        
         | tomc1985 wrote:
         | But that also gives it power... the more people act on a given
         | indicator the more powerful (even predictable) it becomes
         | 
         | So then you end up with this weird catch-22 where the indicator
         | only has value because people are watching it, while it is
         | those people watching it that gives them their power.
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         | They aren't going to be as useful for forecasting the big
         | institutional curbstomps that seem to characterize volatility
         | today, but there are other ways of understanding how those guys
         | behave.
        
           | szundi wrote:
           | If more and more people know this, it loses power
        
             | tomc1985 wrote:
             | It isn't whether or not more and more people know it, it's
             | weather or not they can overcome their emotions to use it
             | effectively. And I think that proportion of people will
             | continue to remain insignificant
        
       | laurensr wrote:
       | In finance, technical analysis is an analysis methodology for
       | forecasting the direction of prices through the study of past
       | market data, primarily price and volume [1]
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       | [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_analysis
        
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