How to think about your trading decisions
One of the things I’ve been thinking about recently is how to evaluate the quality of our decisions. This is a topic that traders probably don’t think enough about. Furthermore,…
Five Ideas to Get the Most from Your Coach
Working with a mentor, trading coach, or teacher can cut years off the learning curve. For many, it’s the difference between ultimate success and failure. This is an important and…
Reader Question: How to Stop Overtrading?
I have received several questions about overtrading over the past few weeks. Each question touched on a different aspect of the problem,; this is a serious question that many traders…
Working on a new way to view charts
I change slowly. The last major change I made to my trading was in 2005, and the smaller changes I've made since then are tiny, incremental changes. Often, they're just…
When Good Setups Go Bad
One of the best setups I've seen in the currency markets was (note: past tense) the EURCHF. After a multi-month uptrend, the currency pulled back into a picture-perfect bull flag.…
Reader question: stop vs stop limit orders
I received a good question from J last week: As you know, I’ve recently switched to using Stop Limit orders for entries after experiencing a lot of slippage last month…
Reader Question: Can We Use Indicators and Trade Price Action?
Today’s question comes from Mohammad, but the question emerged over the course of a more extensive discussion, with other people contributing, clarifying, and confusing! Here’s the question, paraphrased: If we…
Reader question: why write down prices or chart by hand?
Here’s the first in a series of posts answering reader’s questions. Bob asks: Adam, question for ya if thats alright… I was noticing on part of your free course it…
A Trading Lesson in Pullbacks
I have found, over the years, solid results from trading a handful of patterns put in the proper context. Perhaps the most useful of those patterns in the pullback, which…