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  • Monthly Archives: May 2018

    May 2018

    How to think about your trading decisions

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:05/30/2018
    • Post category:Trader Development

    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,…

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    Five Ideas to Get the Most from Your Coach

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:05/23/2018
    • Post category:Individual Traders/Trader Development

    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…

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    Reader Question: How to Stop Overtrading?

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:05/15/2018
    • Post category:Trader Development

    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…

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    Working on a new way to view charts

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:05/10/2018
    • Post category:Trading tools

    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…

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    When Good Setups Go Bad

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:05/08/2018
    • Post category:Pullback

    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.…

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    Reader question: stop vs stop limit orders

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:05/07/2018
    • Post category:Trading tools

    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…

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    Reader Question: Can We Use Indicators and Trade Price Action?

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:05/04/2018
    • Post category:Technical Patterns

    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…

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    Reader question: why write down prices or chart by hand?

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:05/02/2018
    • Post category:Trader Development

    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…

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    A Trading Lesson in Pullbacks

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:05/01/2018
    • Post category:Pullback/Trend Termination

    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…

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