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  • Monthly Archives: December 2012

    December 2012

    At the End of the Year, a Time for Reflection

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:12/21/2012
    • Post category:General Comments/Individual Traders/Institutional Managers/Traders

    A time to ask some questions and consider how you can improve your performance next year.

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    Know Your Tools

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:12/21/2012
    • Post category:General Comments/Individual Traders/Institutional Managers/Traders

    Make sure you understand everything nuance of every tool you use in your trading

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    Chart of the Day: Small Consolidation in Gold

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:12/20/2012
    • Post category:General Comments/Pullback

    Sometimes, important technical patterns are easy to miss. A small bar near the extreme of a recent thrust (near the extreme means near the low of a downthrust or the…

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    Chart of the Day: Managing the Failure Test in AAPL

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:12/18/2012
    • Post category:Failure Test/General Comments

    The failure test trade in AAPL develops.

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    Chart of the Day: Failure Test in AAPL

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:12/18/2012
    • Post category:Failure Test/General Comments

    A failure test in AAPL gives a long entry.

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    The Road to Mastery

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:12/17/2012
    • Post category:General Comments/Individual Traders/Trader Development

    A look at the stages a trader may go through on the road to mastery.

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    Chart of the Day: Nested Pullback in Crude Oil

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:12/14/2012
    • Post category:General Comments/Nested Pullback

    Crude Oil is consolidating lower following the break of the trendline. This pattern is perhaps more clear on the weekly chart, but it appears to be a small daily consolidation…

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    Yes, Virginia…

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:12/14/2012
    • Post category:General Comments/Individual Traders/Institutional Managers/Traders/Market Math

    [dc]I[/dc]t's nearly impossible to go a day in December without hearing the phrase "Santa Claus rally." There is an impression that the market tends to rally into the end of…

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    Reader Question: Why Sell a Book?

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:12/13/2012
    • Post category:General Comments/The Book

    Why would anyone spend a year writing a trading book?

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    Chart of the Day: Moving Stops with Confirmation

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:12/12/2012
    • Post category:Breakout/General Comments

    Too many times, when people talk about "trading patterns" they are focusing on entry patterns. Yes, it is important to have patterns that show a positive expectancy, but the decisions…

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    The Market is Not a Math Problem

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:12/12/2012
    • Post category:General Comments/Market Math

    Human behavior drives markets. Apply quantitative techniques with caution.

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    Chart of the Day: Market Scan

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:12/11/2012
    • Post category:General Comments

    A market scan.

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    Chart of the Day: Multiple Inside Days in FRX

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:12/11/2012
    • Post category:General Comments/Volatility

    Two inside days can set up a good breakout trade.

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    Quality Matters

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:12/10/2012
    • Post category:General Comments/Individual Traders/Psychology

    [dc]I[/dc]n an earlier post, I wrote of the need for simplicity in trading. I suggested you could probably throw out the vast majority of the tools you use and the…

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    Chart of the Day: Weekly Anti in TWC

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:12/08/2012
    • Post category:Anti/General Comments

    A weekly sell Anti setup in TWC contradicts the prevailing sentiment.

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    An Unlikely Skill

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:12/08/2012
    • Post category:General Comments/Psychology

    Being good at being wrong?

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