Mark Whistler is a full-time dealer and writer of a number of books on Swing Trading, Trading Psychology and Volatility who investigated quite a bit the sentiment and information applied sciences within the markets. He believes that markets and information are inefficient by nature and “the only real way information technologies will assist the masses, is to help dissect information to make it more easily understandable.” Whistler thinks sentiment and gossips instruments will be helpful, however the merchants have to contemplate them as noise that alert them to some type of imbalance. His recommendation is “not to depend on the last post you just witnessed” however “look beyond the hype.” He foresees that “when technology-based-data-sentiment finally collides with effective processes to ensure efficacy and reliability, technology-based sentiment tools will win out.”
Who is Mark Whistler? Mark is a full-time dealer and writer. Whistler has appeared on CNBC, whereas additionally contributing to FXStreet.com (discussing forex buying and selling and international markets), and has labored as Senior Market Strategist with TradingMarkets.com.
Books: Macro to Micro Volatility Trading (2010), Volatility Illuminated (2010), 2034 The Corporation Post 2012 – A Modern Orwellian Novel (2009), The Swing Trader’s Bible (2008), Trade with Passion and Purpose (2006), Trading Pairs (2004), Profit from China (2006), and Profit from Uranium (2006)
Years out there: 15
Education: Degrees in Finance and Art History