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…
A short trade in silver: dealing with oversold levels in trends
A few lessons from a simple short trade in silver. First, a little bit of history. I’ve been trading gold fairly actively this year, and have published five trades in…
Trader’s Workshop: my new podcast
This past week, I’ve finally re-launched my podcast series. You can find the podcast, Trader’s Workshop, on all the major podcast outlets. Here’s a link to the podcast on iTunes.…
How and why we were short GGAL, a major Argentinian bank
I have a confession to make: I’m trying to learn to do better marketing. I’m not the kind of person to brag about success—one of the reasons for that is…
Reader question: How do I measure liquidity?
A reader, Mohammad asks: I see you mentioning liquidity or a market being too thin to trade. I’m not sure what this means or how to measure liquidity. Please help.…
Trade management lessons from a nasty reversal
I want to share a trade with you that I recent published in my Talon research report. There are a few lessons here: first, the enduring lesson of trading pullbacks…
Chartschool: FOMO and breakouts in the USDCHF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd4Xgq7IFiU
The dirty dozen: my beliefs about the market and trading
I thought it might be interesting to put together a list that summarizes my experiences, successes, failures, and the beliefs that grew out of that work. It's not a simple…
Trading for a living: real talk
Trading for a living—this is why many of us come into the market in the first place. It's the fuel that drives a lot of marketing, good and bad, and…
Chartschool: nested flag and a short in corn
https://youtu.be/OUZvkiZAWaI
Do you have a pre-trade checklist?
Consistency in trading results requires consistency of process. If you are doing something different every time you trade, it’s hard to evaluate your results. A simple pre-trade checklist can help…
Trading is Hard
Trading is ugly. Many of us, when we first get into the business, have the idea that the market will eventually be an ATM machine—you can sit down at the…
Shifting price dynamics in the AUDUSD: what shadows can tell us
Sometimes, reading market action is about putting the pieces together... building a big picture from the composite of small bits of information that might not seem terribly meaningful by themselves.…
What can price action tell us about China?
https://youtu.be/u5lr7WegGQ8