by AdamHGrimes | Nov 14, 2018 | Intraday Trading, Trading tools, Volatility
Most people know that stock markets tend to be much more active on the open and close, and are often “dead” in the middle of the day. This is important information for everyone. For intraday traders, the need to focus trading activity on the open and close...
by AdamHGrimes | Jun 4, 2015 | Intraday Trading
In my last post, I looked at intraday activity in stock indexes; I had a few requests to repeat the same work, showing time of day influences–intraday volume (tick volume) and trend strength–for a handful of major currencies. I’ll just present the...
by AdamHGrimes | Jun 3, 2015 | Intraday Trading
I want to share a few observations on trading activity during the trading day. I will focus on the S&P 500 futures here, but may extend this (if there’s interest) to look at a few currencies and maybe other commodities. The same general, broad concepts will...
by AdamHGrimes | Jun 2, 2015 | Intraday Trading, Technical Patterns
Over the past week or so, I’ve written a bit about short term trading strategies on my blog, and I’ve also done two podcasts (here and here.) Starting tomorrow, I’m going to start a few posts that will look into the statistical behavior of the...
by AdamHGrimes | May 28, 2015 | Intraday Trading
When I was an active intraday trader, one of the things that was most important to me was having a rough roadmap for the day: what is most likely to happen, based on the current market structure and most likely emerging volatility conditions. This is the same concept...
by AdamHGrimes | May 28, 2015 | Chart of the Day, Intraday Trading
Momentum begets momentum—selling, usually, leads to further selling. Yesterday sent a loud and clear warning to bears in US stocks: there is a lot of hidden bullish conviction. The rally was, statistically speaking, the least likely outcome following Tuesday’s...
