Systematic Trading makes SENSE? Systematic trading is probably what most beginners start with. Why? If us Singaporeans are good at one thing, I would say that it is to study from textbooks and answer exam questions word-for-word based on memory. After all, we've been doing this probably since Kindergarten. This is the very basis of our entire education system and if there is one thing we are good at, it would be the mindless application of theoretical concepts in a practical situation. In investing, systematic trading is learning the concepts from books or videos (eg: Rayner), and from there once you understand chart patterns to just go in and test the market. Surely the books cant be wrong? The people who wrote them are EXPERTS and if they are not correct they wouldn't be in book. Discretionary Trading makes CENTS? In my days of trading (literally), I've come to realize...