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Ancient Wisdom / Modern Markets

Post author:AdamHGrimes
Post published:10/20/2011
Post category:Individual Traders / Psychology / Trader Development
Post comments:2 Comments

Wisdom from ancient Eastern texts offer guidance for modern traders in all markets.

Managing Gap Openings

Post author:AdamHGrimes
Post published:10/19/2011
Post category:General Comments / Individual Traders / Risk Management
Post comments:3 Comments

Gap openings can present both danger and opportunity to swing traders. You need a plan for handling these volatile and potentially dangerous events.

Current Technical Situation: S&P 500

Post author:AdamHGrimes
Post published:10/18/2011
Post category:Failure Test / General Comments / Individual Traders / Institutional Managers/Traders / Technical Patterns
Post comments:1 Comment

A failure test that justifies flipping a long position to a short position.

Small Stops, Big Risks?

Post author:AdamHGrimes
Post published:10/17/2011
Post category:General Comments / Individual Traders / Market Math / Risk Management
Post comments:10 Comments

[dc]S[/dc]ome of the most persistent myths about trading revolve around the idea of low-risk trades. You will often hear traders say that they took a trade because the risk was…

Two Statistical Studies

Post author:AdamHGrimes
Post published:10/16/2011
Post category:General Comments / Individual Traders / Institutional Managers/Traders / Market Math
Post comments:3 Comments

[dc]I[/dc] want to share two statistical "studies" with you. Both of these were done this weekend, using the cash S&P index from 1/2/1987 - 10/14/2011. Both show a strong and…

Careful With Correlations

Post author:AdamHGrimes
Post published:10/15/2011
Post category:Individual Traders / Institutional Managers/Traders / Market Math / Risk Management
Post comments:2 Comments

A casual understanding of mathematical concepts can often lead to incorrect conclusions. This post shows that the direction of markets on charts does not necessarily reveal anything about the correlation between those two markets.

What Do You Really Want From the Market?

Post author:AdamHGrimes
Post published:10/14/2011
Post category:General Comments / Individual Traders
Post comments:5 Comments

A look at the true reasons and motivations behind our trading.

Know Your Risk

Post author:AdamHGrimes
Post published:10/13/2011
Post category:Individual Traders / Institutional Managers/Traders / Risk Management
Post comments:4 Comments

[dc]"F[/dc]irst, know your risk." Every trader has heard this, and for good reason: It truly is one of the most important elements of successful trading. Amateur traders get into a…

Volatility Compression

Post author:AdamHGrimes
Post published:10/12/2011
Post category:Individual Traders / Institutional Managers/Traders / Technical Patterns / Volatility
Post comments:8 Comments

[dc]I[/dc] will write more about this in the future, but I want to introduce you to an important concept called volatility compression. From a theoretical perspective, markets tend to operate…

Anatomy of a Trade: Nested Pullback in ANR

Post author:AdamHGrimes
Post published:10/10/2011
Post category:General Comments / Individual Traders / Institutional Managers/Traders / Nested Pullback / Technical Patterns
Post comments:2 Comments

[dc]I[/dc] want to share with today an example of an actual trade I made in September. Two points before we begin: this is, perhaps, a slightly complex example. If you…

The Art and Science: A Deeper Look (2/2)

Post author:AdamHGrimes
Post published:10/10/2011
Post category:Individual Traders / Institutional Managers/Traders / The Book
Post comments:2 Comments

This is the second post in a two-part series, taking a deeper look at the contents of my new book, The Art and Science of Technical Analysis, to be published…

The Art and Science: A Deeper Look (1/2)

Post author:AdamHGrimes
Post published:10/09/2011
Post category:Individual Traders / Institutional Managers/Traders / The Book
Post comments:7 Comments

PART I: THE FOUNDATION OF TECHNICAL TRADING CHAPTER 1: THE TRADER’S EDGE Most losing traders lose because they do not truly understand the nature of the challenge before them.…

So You Want To Be a Trader? (reading list 3/3)

Post author:AdamHGrimes
Post published:10/08/2011
Post category:Individual Traders / Institutional Managers/Traders / Trader Development
Post comments:15 Comments

This is the third post in a series. Please read part 1 and part 2 first. So if you've gotten this far you see the title of this series maybe…

Proposal for a Training Course

Post author:AdamHGrimes
Post published:10/07/2011
Post category:General Comments
Post comments:23 Comments

Adam asks what the community would like to see in an Introduction to Technical Analysis training course.

Domestic Stock Index Analysis (10/6/11)

Post author:AdamHGrimes
Post published:10/06/2011
Post category:Failure Test / Individual Traders / Institutional Managers/Traders / Pullback / Relative Strength / Technical Patterns
Post comments:3 Comments

A look at the technical position of the S&P Index 10/6/11. Illustrates use of simple technical patterns and relationships to derive an edge.

Market Pattern: The Failure Test

Post author:AdamHGrimes
Post published:10/06/2011
Post category:Failure Test / Individual Traders / Technical Patterns
Post comments:4 Comments

There is a theory of market behavior that essentially says that markets exist to create trading activity and volume; whether this is precisely true, or whether it completely explains all…