The part about pretending to be a trader appealed to me in a small way, but I can't be bothered to try to fool anyone. I've looked at technical analysis before, but haven't seriously studied it. I just always have the feeling if I tried it I wouldn't recognize the "candlestick" or "cup and saucer" or "head and shoulders" that was forming and telling me to buy or sell or whatever. To me it looks like shapes in the clouds. But I haven't given it a serious effort, so I am not dismissing it.