Thanks -- I did browse the first paper "Fourier Transform for Traders" by John Ehlers and got the drift. In the end he concluded that the resolution of his Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) did not provide sufficient accuracy in low signal-to-noise ...

Trading Focal Points -- "A Leap Of Faith"...

Chat with you later -- and thank you @parisboy...

Trading Focal Points -- "A Leap Of Faith"...

Yes -- please, go for it. I'm not sure how much I'll understand or even know what question(s) to ask, but if you are up to it then let's keep on trucking and see where it leads. BTW -- now that we've got the initial posts out of the way I'll relax ...

Trading Focal Points -- "A Leap Of Faith"...

Holy shit -- no thank you. I'll opt out of that one... The fact you can share a humorous comment says a lot about you. Sir -- my hat is off to you...

Flying Dutchman

I don't know what that is, but I probably shouldn't ask you to explain, should I? If there is pain or blood involved, my knees are already buckling...

Flying Dutchman

Wow, wow -- I am truly impressed. The software we develop for troubleshooting RF uses the Fourier Transform alogorithm to extract the accumulated frequencies (i.e. sine waves) into individual frequencies that are then displayed by the software. So ...

Trading Focal Points -- "A Leap Of Faith"...

Haha -- and that can be treated with antibiotics? We live in amazing times. Just wait until you get old enough and your physician recommends a colonoscopy -- something to look forward to...

Flying Dutchman

Another little bird asked what's with the backshiftng? Why backshift the SMA lines? Again, I haven't read the original reseach but I do have a hunch why... The SMA(16), SMA(32), SMA(64) and SMA(128) are very different. Their moving average periods ...

Trading Focal Points -- "A Leap Of Faith"...

A little bird asked me a question -- what's with all these power-of-2 SMA lines? Why power-of-2? Why not power-of-3 or power-of-1.5? What's "magical" about power-of-2? I haven't read the original research papers from 60 years ago, but I have a good ...

Trading Focal Points -- "A Leap Of Faith"...

Are you familar with Fourier Transform?

Trading Focal Points -- "A Leap Of Faith"...

I'm sorry to hear that -- I wish you a speedy recovery...

Flying Dutchman

You know what -- I'm beginning to understand what you write, and that scares me...

Trading Focal Points -- "A Leap Of Faith"...

Thanks, but I think I'll pass. I just ate...

Flying Dutchman

Yes, I see that. They aren't all as pretty as this one, but I am getting better at spotting them...

Trading Focal Points -- "A Leap Of Faith"...

Too funny. But could you please keep the vocabulary under 4-5 letter words. I have this old, dog-eared Websters dictionary and I have to keep getting up and walking across the room to look up the words you guys use...

Flying Dutchman

Yes -- very nice...

Trading Focal Points -- "A Leap Of Faith"...

The Focal Points strategy deserves a thread of its own -- its a shame that @BestTraderEv insisted on corrupting the original strategy for the purpose of creating something in his name that is totally unrelated. I'm interested in sharing with y'all a ...

Trading PlanetX & Oscillators

@parisboy -- you are too quick -- I'm still working on post #1!! Thank you for jumping in...

Trading Focal Points -- "A Leap Of Faith"...

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Trading Focal Points -- "A Leap Of Faith"...

A couple of tips: (1) SMA(128) -- this SMA line is "da man". The SMA(128)'s brownish line passes through most all the valid Focal Points. That is probably the first thing I notice. If the SMA(128) line intersects with what looks to be a Focal Point ...

Trading Focal Points -- "A Leap Of Faith"...