That's right, Tim - currency pairs are an excellent reason to look at inverted charts - they really shouldn't have an up/down bias (though stocks and indexes might).
- Bill --- In [email protected], tr4d3rt <tr4d...@...> wrote: > > For what it's worth, I read a note once by someone who used to work for > Tudor Jones that he (Jones) used to look at charts upside down all the time. > > I notice sometimes when I look at a cash USDJPY chart that it will strike me > differently than a CME FT 6J (the Yen futures) chart. There are definitely > biases we have towards the long side and short side. > > - Tim > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 4:31 AM, cvanhaesendonck <carl....@...>wrote: > > > > > > > Bill, > > > > You have the sense of humor, that's the most important! And I think you are > > totally right that chart has a visual/right-brain side that is often > > ignored. Actually I have myself sometimes printed chart and turned the sheet > > up-down to have a different perspective so, now seriously,I believe that you > > search is totally valid. Good luck. > > > > Carl > > > > --- In [email protected] <amibroker%40yahoogroups.com>, > > "steesehwy" <steesehwy@> wrote: > > > > > > Carl: > > > > > > Actually, I like this idea - if I could just get a button or tab in > > Amibroker that did the work. Physically inverting a monitor also switches > > left-to-right, and makes it hard to read the text (but you knew that, didn't > > you?). Perhaps mounting an angled mirror above the monitors? Still hard to > > read, but left/right would be preserved. > > > > > > I like to invert (or switch charts) several times to double check what > > I'm seeing. Inverted H&S? About to break-out / break-down? I have a problem > > (a "personal" problem, I suppose) seeing price about to break-out, but I see > > it clearly about to break-down. > > > > > > I do back up away from the monitors, on occasion, to get a better > > perspective. Sometimes, seeing the chart from across the room makes all the > > difference. > > > > > > - Bill > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <amibroker%40yahoogroups.com>, "Carl > > Vanhaesendonck" <carl.van@> wrote: > > > > > > > > What about turning your monitor upside down ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ;-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Carl > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
