Slippage? Yes, please.
Sometimes, the thing you're afraid of turns out to be not so bad. Slippage is one of those things: as system developers, we know it will eat into our backtested…
Are you losing when you should be winning? Here’s something you might be missing.
Most people think about where to get into and out of positions. Most traders know how important it is to follow their rules, and most traders are always working toward…
Gold: a big drop in the big picture?
I thought it might be useful to step back and take a look at gold from a much longer-term perspective. First, the monthly chart (difference back-adjusted continuous futures): The first…
MarketLife Ep 9 – Expectations make all the difference
The second part of a two-part miniseries on what to expect when you're learning how to trade. Highlights from this episode include: What do you need to give yourself the…
Efficient Markets? Ask trapped traders what they think!
One of the age-old questions is "why should any pattern work?" In this case, we're not simply talking about patterns on charts, but we could ask the same question of…
US Dollar trend update… next steps
Just a quick followup to this post, in which I suggested the US Dollar might be set for a fakeout rally (that has happened) that might fail into a sharp…
Coming soon…
Just a short note here as we head into the holiday weekend. I want to share a few updates and tell you about about some exciting new things that are…
Stop! Don’t make that trade…
So you're a trader, huh? (Or investor... if you think of yourself as an investor, just read "invest" instead of "trade"; this message is for you too!) If you are…