by AdamHGrimes | Dec 6, 2018 | Chart of the Day, Market Math
This will be a very quick blog, as I’m just typing a few thoughts here in the first few minutes of what might be a volatile trading day. This morning, I noticed an extreme negative NYSE TICK reading on the open, and ran some quick stats. The low of today’s...
by AdamHGrimes | Nov 20, 2018 | Chart of the Day
I write a lot of words, but sometimes words aren’t really necessary. I’ll just leave you a look at the current chart of the S&P 500 index (daily), alongside the chart from last year. This suggests that the market environment may have changed, perhaps?...
by AdamHGrimes | Oct 3, 2018 | Chart of the Day
As I mentioned in my social media posts, I’m travelling this week and next so I will be a bit slower to get posts out. (I think an interesting topic is “vacation” for a trader. I’m writing this from my private terrace in Rome, but I’ve also done many hours of market...
by AdamHGrimes | Sep 19, 2018 | Chart of the Day
Pot stocks are the new cryptocurrencies, at least in terms of volatility and bubble potential. Take a look at the chart of TLRY below. A few thoughts: First, this chart is log-scaled. (One good reason to use log scaling instead of linear scaling is when there is a...
by AdamHGrimes | Aug 8, 2018 | Chart of the Day, Macro, Rates
Interest rates are constantly in the headlines. When I talk to traders and investors, interest rates are one of the topics that always come up. There’s a great deal of fear and concern about higher rates and about what that might do to many markets. If...
