January 2015 - The Blog of Adam H Grimes

Using spread charts

Post author:AdamHGrimes
Post published:01/29/2015
Post category:Market Math / Spreads
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This is another post in the small series on tracking, understanding, and trading relative performance. In previous posts, we looked at two ways to track relative performance as a percent…

Multi-asset relative strength comparisons

Post author:AdamHGrimes
Post published:01/28/2015
Post category:General Comments / Market Math / Spreads
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My previous post looked at the concept of comparing relative strength of two assets by comparing returns from a specific point in time. In that post, I suggested using a…

Showing relative performance: simple charts

Post author:AdamHGrimes
Post published:01/21/2015
Post category:Market Math / Spreads
Post comments:4 Comments

Yesterday, I discussed some reasons why traders might want to consider looking at, or trading, the relative performance between markets. Today, let's look at a simple way to display that…

Four reasons to trade spreads

Post author:AdamHGrimes
Post published:01/20/2015
Post category:Spreads
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Today I begin a short series of posts looking at the tools and techniques of relative value trading. For some traders, this is intuitive; currencies are always valued relative to…

Looking ahead…

Post author:AdamHGrimes
Post published:01/06/2015
Post category:General Comments
Post comments:6 Comments

Well, looks like 2015 is here with a bang, and markets kick off the year with some volatility. Though we often focus on short term patterns and flows, it pays…