Video blog: trade review and the art of trading management
Continuing from yesterday's post, I thought it might be interesting to review some trade setups I posted here this month (here and here, but also this post on the euro…
Continuing from yesterday's post, I thought it might be interesting to review some trade setups I posted here this month (here and here, but also this post on the euro…
A good reminder that sometimes more information is not the answer. (MartinKronicle) A little out of date (my fault for missing last week's link update), but a point that must…
[dc]M[/dc]uch of my writing here has focused on quantitative tools and ways to look at data. I have called for higher standards and have questioned many of the established tools…
[dc]S[/dc]ometimes, the obvious does need to be said. The S&P 500 cash index touched the big round number 2,000 yesterday. Here we are, in late summer, with very little happening…
[dc]I[/dc] distinctly remember my first trades: the months of fevered study and preparation, the excitement of filling out those first brokerage forms, getting the first statements in the mail, and…
[dc]R[/dc]elative strength is an important trading concept, and there are a lot of ways to define, monitor, and trade these relationships. Looking at the sector relative strength within the US…
[dc]I[/dc] have written a lot this week, much of what I wrote calling for critical attention to traditional technical analysis. I thought it might make sense to end the week…
[dc]M[/dc]y blogging this week turned into a bit more of a stream of consciousness exercise than I'd expected; I needed more words to make fewer points than I'd hoped, and…
Here are a few trading ideas. Some may be immediately executable; some may need to go on a watchlist. In most cases, these are consolidation plays and could be entered…
So, after laying out the early steps and missteps of my trading journey (here and here), I left you yesterday when I was a technical analysis junky. Let's begin there,…
Yesterday I wrote a bit about my path to becoming a trader, focusing heavily on my background. That post might have been pretty light on application and concrete market tie…
I have written before about volatility compression, which is the tendency for markets to make cleaner, more directional moves after the volatility has contracted on the same timeframe. Triangles and/or…
[dc]I[/dc]'ve seen a lot of charts floating around talking about the "big reversal" in grains, and specifically corn. I think there are a few important lessons here, so allow me…
[dc]I[/dc]'ve been thinking a lot lately about why I do and believe the things I do as a trader. I would like to write a post here that might be…
Reader Dan asks, in response to this post: Good article. A few questions/comments. Define "cut losses quickly?" If you are trading pullbacks and you set a stop loss that would…
Trader-Socrates asks, in response to this post of relative strength leaders: What kind of RS do you use? What timeframe you mean by "short-term" RS? I am sure, that you…