Make the Market Be Your Teacher
“Learn from the market. Let the market be your teacher.” This sounds like the path to true trading wisdom (and it is), but there’s an obvious question: how do we…
When You Meet the Buddha on the Road…
“While you are walking on the road, if you happen to meet the Buddha, you must kill him.” So reads one of the more enigmatic teachings in Zen Buddhism (attributed…
Return to Day Trading—A New Series of Blog Posts
I’ve been doing some exciting and challenging work recently, and want to share some of it with you. A quick biographical sketch, for those of you who don’t know me:…
Markets Unlocked 3/27/23: Dueling timeframes and influences
One of the critical questions traders must answer is how to reconcile conflicting information. If we are seeing markets clearly, there are always factors and arguments to be made for…
Markets unlocked 3/21/23: Watch the Nasdaq
All eyes will be on the FOMC mid-week, and we expect that markets will react, perhaps with extreme volatility, to any comments. This environment should underscore the futility of trading…
Markets unlocked 3/13/23: What happens next?
One of the things that has surprised me over the years (in a good way!) is that macro shocks align with technical, more often than not, when technical patterns are…
Markets unlocked 3/6/23: Strength from the bottom
The last few weeks have seen stocks under moderate pressure. Though bullish patterns have degraded on daily charts, our read of market conditions has been that this has not been…