YouTube series: Tom’s Trades
We've started a series of "quick hit" trade analysis on our MarketLife YouTube channel, done my my trading partner, Tom. These are all actual trades, with points of entry, trade…
How to get started in technical analysis
This is the third in my series of blog posts for beginning traders. One of the questions I see over and over is “how do I start learning technical analysis?”…
A good pullback setup in the USDCAD
Just a quick post here, under the heading of “simple things work.” Take a look at the chart of the USDCAD below. This is a picture perfect short setup, and…
How to forecast future trading conditions in a market
In the first blog in this new series for beginning traders/technical analysts, I suggested that the first goal of chart analysis is to understand the most likely emerging volatility conditions.…
The most important goal of chart analysis
This is the first in a short series of posts in which we will look at the basic, fundamental elements of directional trading. This series will be written for beginning…
Tracking sector flows
Understanding stock markets can be difficult. Which index should we look at? There are many ways to slice stocks: by market cap, by proprietary index methodology, by geography, by valuation,…
The power of habit and momentum
So, it's January 14th and I'm writing my first blog of the year. There's an important lesson here: habit, momentum, and daily rhythm are important. I have come to believe…