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PART I: Trend Following > CHAPTER 5: Insider Information Is Reflected in the Ch...
CHAPTER 5
Insider Information Is Reflected in the Charts
The most successful traders have simple strategies. Keith understands that less is more and he focuses his efforts where it really matters—price action. He shows up every day on the StockTwits stream and shares an incredible number of ideas. He gets that StockTwits is an “idea network.”
There is no substitute for hard work. Hard work creates good luck.
—Thomas Edison
MARKET BIO
I entered the trading business as an investment representative, working briefly for Merrill Lynch and also Edward Jones. As a broker I discovered that a brokerage house focused more on sales than on proper equity selection. I realized that the only way to learn about what drives stock prices is to study market psychology by researching the behavior of thousands of individual stocks in different time frames. My studies led me to technical analysis.