Are You Paying Attention? I Hope Not…
The first time you hear someone tell you to ignore something happening in the market, it might be surprising. Ignore it? I thought we were supposed to be trying to…
Trading Lessons from Knife Sharpening
A few nights ago I decided to sharpen my knives. As many of my readers know, I spent some time in a professional kitchen, and there was a time when…
Thinking about Thinking: Probability and Psychology in the Markets
This is a followup to my recent blog post on strings of losses in trading systems. I ended that blog with a promise to consider how the probabilities affected our…
Probability and Strings of Losses
I received a question from a reader, David: Hey help me out please. I was reading a good blog by a smart math guy and he said that your next…
The Completely New and Revised Trading Course is Nearing Completion
For some of my readers, you already know what I’m going to tell you today. But I’ve learned recently, in talking to many developing traders, that a lot of people…
A few lessons on risk in short volatility strategies
There are so many “teachable moments” in recent market action, it’s hard to decide where to start. I think one of the clearest lessons comes from the recent implosion of…
ChartSchool: What exactly do we mean by context? And a long trade in CCE.
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ChartSchool Video: a flag failure in UPS
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My biggest mistake
Mistakes are a part of trading. They’re a bad part of trading, and we generally do everything we can to reduce those errors. In fact, for developing traders at certain…
Guest Post: The Sunday Night Dream
This is a guest post from my friend (and a trader and author for whom I have tremendous respect) Kevin Davey. I first "found him" through his book. I read…
What Glenn Is Doing Right
I want to share a note I got from a friend and developing trader, Glenn: A note on my trading. It is better than it has ever been. It is…
A better cup of french press coffee
I’m a little obsessive about… some things… well, ok, maybe most things, and especially most things that are food-related. One of the things I’m probably most obsessive about is my…
Shortcuts to world class?
One of the things I’ve puzzled over for years is the assertion Tim Ferriss makes, that anyone can become world-class in any endeavor in six months. The point of this…
What I learned from a year back at the piano bench
Note: much of my daily market analysis and market-focused educational work is now hosted at MarketLife. This, my personal blog, will evolve in some slightly new directions. Though there will…
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