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  • Monthly Archives: January 2012

    January 2012

    1/31/12 Chart of the Day

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:01/31/2012
    • Post category:Pullback

    [dc]T[/dc]his chart shows the bull flag in JAZZ that tested the previous swing high and failed. As this stock was nearing that previous pivot, I tweeted that it was breaking…

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    First Principles in Technical Analysis (4/?)

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:01/30/2012
    • Post category:Climax/General Comments

     Trends end in one of two ways [dc]T[/dc]he last lecture looked at the power of an intact trend. Of course, trends do not go one forever. They do end, and…

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    Chart of the Day: 1/29/12

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:01/29/2012
    • Post category:Pullback

    [dc]T[/dc]he bull flag is a simple, classic pattern that is a fundamental expression of the ebb and flow of buying pressure in an uptrend. In this case, we entered a…

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    First Principles of Technical Analysis (3/?)

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:01/28/2012
    • Post category:General Comments/Pullback

    2: Trends are more likely to continue than to end [dc]T[/dc]he previous post in this series considered the first principle of price behavior: that markets tend to alternate between periods…

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    First Principles of Technical Analysis (2/?)

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:01/27/2012
    • Post category:Individual Traders/Institutional Managers/Traders

    The first principle of price behavior: Markets alternate between trends and trading ranges.

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    1/26/12 Chart of the Day

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:01/27/2012
    • Post category:Anti/Technical Patterns

    [dc]T[/dc]his chart shows an Anti pattern in the chart of Apollo Group, Inc (Nasdaq: APOL). This is an important trend termination that often leads to some very clean trades. This…

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    First Principles of Technical Analysis (1/?)

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:01/26/2012
    • Post category:Individual Traders/Institutional Managers/Traders

    The building blocks of market structure and price action. [dc]T[/dc]echnical analysis is the art and science of predicting the future direction, timing, and/or magnitude of a market’s movements, mainly by…

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    1/26/12 Chart of the Day

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:01/25/2012
    • Post category:General Comments

    [dc]T[/dc]his chart of Natural Gas futures shows a classic pattern: parabolic acceleration outside the Keltner Channel and the parallel trendline. It is difficult to play a move like this as…

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    1/25/12 Chart of the Day

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:01/25/2012
    • Post category:General Comments

    [dc]T[/dc]his pullback in Gold futures could offer an opportunity for a short. Positions could be established on a weak close, looking for a first leg to retest previous lows (1,525…

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    You Get Paid to Hold Overnight

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:01/24/2012
    • Post category:General Comments/Individual Traders/Risk Management/Trader Development

    A look at one reason why daytraders may struggle...

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