Do you have a pre-trade checklist?
Consistency in trading results requires consistency of process. If you are doing something different every time you trade, it’s hard to evaluate your results. A simple pre-trade checklist can help to shape what you do and to guide you toward that oft-elusive...
Trading is Hard
Trading is ugly. Many of us, when we first get into the business, have the idea that the market will eventually be an ATM machine—you can sit down at the screen, do some things, and money will come flowing out. In the very long run… yeah, it sorta works like that....
Shifting price dynamics in the AUDUSD: what shadows can tell us
Sometimes, reading market action is about putting the pieces together... building a big picture from the composite of small bits of information that might not seem terribly meaningful by themselves. For the past several weeks, swing trading in currencies has been...
What can price action tell us about China?
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Do interest rates scare you?
Interest rates are constantly in the headlines. When I talk to traders and investors, interest rates are one of the topics that always come up. There's a great deal of fear and concern about higher rates and about what that might do to many markets. If you're sharing...
Come and study support and resistance trades with us this week
Hi gang. We’re rounding the corner into our last week of specific pattern focus in the Facebook group. We’ve covered with trend and countertrend trades, and looked at breakout examples last week. This week, we will shift our focus to support and resistance holding....
MarketLife Ep 41 – Randomness: why it matters and how to understand it
I received a good question from a listener, Alex: I was talking to a friend of mine (who is a physicist). " I presented him with some market statistics that seem to hold true in many markets, e.g. that the market has only a low probability to hit yesterday’s high and...
MarketLife Ep 40 – What’s Wrong with Tips?
Just a quick podcast here to share some thoughts and ideas about tips--what's wrong with stock tips? Why is it a bad idea to take trading tips from social media? What can you better? How can you take ideas and give yourself the best chance of success? The answers to...
MarketLife Ep 39 – What’s Luck Got to Do with It?
I received a great question from Jason: Mr Grimes, I need to ask you something. I have been watching your videos and I'm a little confused about one thing. On one of your examples, you showed a diagram of a collection of people making I believe 250 trades with a...
MarketLife Ep 38: Using stock screens
In this podcast, I look at some ideas for using stock screens well and successfully. We start by considering all of the possibilities and screens that are available, narrowing them down to the types that might truly help your trading. Going through a few points, we...
Marketlife Ep 37 – How to Get Confidence and Other Readers’ Questions
In this podcast, I answer a few reader questions: From Tom: I'm definitely not a beginner. I consider myself intermediate, but always suffered from "I know nothing. Other market participants know more or know better" inferior-type thinking. How does one gain the...
Marketlife Ep 36 – How to Fix Your Trading
In this podcast, I cover a step by step plan that I've found to be very effective in fixing the problems traders face. Too many times, people waste time on trading plans that do not work. Too many times, traders do not understand their edge, or even know if they have...
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