Discretionary Trading vs Bots and AI: Can Humans Still Win?
After 51 years of charts, Michael Archer reflects on bots, AI and old trading boardrooms. Are discretionary traders a dying breed?
11 Jul 2025 · 6 min read
Technical analysis
Indicator Battery: Combining Moving Averages and Momentum
Moving averages work in trends, momentum works in sideways markets. Michael Archer explains the Indicator Battery and how to filter one signal with the other.
24 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
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