Trailing stops: 9 ideas you can use today
Trade management is at least as important as trade entry, and maybe a lot more important. There are two main tools for trading management: profit targets and stops. From these…
Price action triggers: how much patience is too much?
Take a look at the chart below. We were looking to enter a short in gold (or silver), based on the long downtrend, and then a bounce that was likely…
Chartschool: do your own homework
In this video, I show you how to use an Excel spreadsheet and, in just a few minutes, get some basic answers about market tendencies and market stats. https://youtu.be/d6Ob19DMLlk
TLRY and other Pot stocks: trading extreme moves
Pot stocks are the new cryptocurrencies, at least in terms of volatility and bubble potential. Take a look at the chart of TLRY below. A few thoughts: First, this chart…
Chartschool: Is the move significant or not?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=patvFlJUluU
Another way to get your questions answered
The new podcast is taking off--reviews and feedback have been outstanding, and I'm thinking maybe I underestimated the power of this format. It's a great way to really dig into…
Revisiting streaks
In a previous post, I gave a look at my published swing trade record, with a title on the post of Trading is Hard! Let's revisit that concept, almost exactly…
Slide along the bands: a trend pattern you should know
Just a quick post here to point out a trending pattern that should be in your toolkit. Take a look at the chart of SEAS above, which shows a particularly…
Stalking a trade–patience
So many of us get into trading for action and excitement. (That was one of the things that drew me to trading, years ago.) But what it takes to be…
What happens if you believe?
Over the years, I've moved toward being increasingly skeptical and critical of trading ideas. I knew this was happening, even if it was not a deliberate choice, but a recent…
Chartschool: daytrading setups and context
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMmphbbC4ew&feature=youtu.be
The right mindset: perspective from a newbie
In our Facebook group, Paul made this post: Hi all, I am a newbie and this post is directed at people like me and not the more experienced traders out…
Where to find the new podcast (and how it’s different from the old podcast)
As we head toward the two week anniversary of the launch of the Trader's Workshop podcast, I am seeing a few of the same questions over and over, so i…
Chartschool: real life trading in crude oil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jEqn4nOLjo
Reading the chart of Ethereum with sigma spikes: cryptocurrencies aren’t so cryptic after all…
One of the tools I’ve come to rely on over the last 10 years is an indicator I call Sigma Spikes. (Read about it and how to calculate here.) This…