Random Walk Theory

Claims that a stock’s past price action is no guide to future prices because prices move randomly, not in a pattern. Random walk theoreticians would sneer at the idea that because a stock has been moving up during the last few weeks it is likely to continue moving up.
Originally written on December 16, 2010 and last modified on January 19, 2018.

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