People Will Give You a Hard Time

Some people regard charting and trading as nothing more than glorified gambling or guessing at the future. Let them talk. Just smile and bite your tongue, and think about the profit you just earned after closing out a winning position. Remember, people tend to make fun of things they don’t understand.

Plenty of successful traders make a comfortable living using technical analysis as a primary trading tool. One of them even owns a professional baseball team. Who’s gonna try to ridicule you when you’re buying a sports franchise? Okay, your trading goals may not be that lofty, but you see my point.

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