how much did ur trading system cost???, page-4

thanks gregy, a few extra words makes all the difference.
As far as fundamentals vs technical analysis is concerned, i've tried both with various success. It really is a matter of how you develop your own interpretation of the information that those methods deliver to you. Not all practitioners of fundamentals will arrive at the same conclusion because they apply their own unique interpretation when they analyse the data and the same concept applies to those whom analyse technical data. I don't discount the probability that many practitioners of T/A rely on predetermined buy/sell signals from their software packages, but the art of T/A comes from understanding what the indicators represent and then adapting them to your own method of analysis. Those indicators in good software packages have operator selectable variables built in to further enhance the analysis of the data. While many practitioners of T/A may agree on the result of a certain indicator, the variables that individuals tweak in their software may provide for many varied interpretations and hence results.
my own opinion is that T/A is suited more to the short term trader.
Whatever method you employ, best of luck.

K