The importance of ritual
I spent much of the last two weeks or so traveling through the south west of France (think in the direction of Toulouse, toward Spain), and had a chance to…
I spent much of the last two weeks or so traveling through the south west of France (think in the direction of Toulouse, toward Spain), and had a chance to…
I received an interesting email from a friend who is doing a survey. In that email, he asked a few questions about trading. As I thought about these, I decided…
I'm sitting here at my desk looking out the window. On my desk is a (perfectly normal and fair) coin that I had been flipping a while. Question: can you…
I just wanted to take a few minutes here at the end of the week and share some things I'm working on. Some of these things you will see soon,…
This will be the last post in a short series in which we have looked at ways to quantify and to understand a trading edge. This series was motivated by…
I thought it might be useful, since most markets are about as exciting as drying paint right now, to take a few steps back and consider some basic tools that…
An interesting debate emerged in the comments to one of my posts. In the post, I had suggested the discipline was the most important thing; a reader countered that patience…
I appreciate the opportunity to share with you, my readers, here on this blog. Over the years I've learned a lot from you, have had you challenge my thinking in…
i received a great question from Glenn, which I'll summarize and paraphrase below: Adam, I'm doing many things right in my trading, but I struggle with one thing: I get…
Reader Steve asks a good question: Hi. I know that most of what you talk about isn't really about daytrading, but I am a daytrader and I have a question.…
Matt asked a question that I sat on for quite a while. I wasn't sure how to write a reasonably concise answer to a good question, but I'll try today.…
One of the problems swing traders in stocks face is correlation; the sad reality is that stocks mostly move together, and trades in stocks mostly win and lose together. If…
I've written a bit on the difference between high and low level programming languages, and on why I think Python is the right choice for many traders today. In this…
So let's assume you've read my preparatory posts (here, and here), and that you're on board with the need to learn to do your own analytical work in the markets.…
I've had a few weeks to kind of reset and reconsider the direction for my blog and podcast. As I said in my previous post, I've been busy on the…
First of all, a belated happy New Year and happy holidays to all my readers! I want to thank you all for a great 2015. Whether you and I have…