EQF,

When you say this:

"the things which you are trying to explain etc. simply do not apply to the data with which I am working",
you're losing focus. Derivatives are integral to the charts you are tryng unsuccessfully to understand. Numerical analysis is also necessary.

Two points:

1. Who are the "experts" that consider your approach to EQ prediction relevant? Perhaps they can articulate what you cannot.

2. You are convinced your methods work, but you have only presented 17 events with a highly unlikely pattern. Some of us have examined thousands with more accurate codes. If you can make working predictions, do so, or otherwise don't claim your method is already working.

John