by AdamHGrimes | Sep 17, 2018 | Market Math, Psychology, Trader Development
In a previous post, I gave a look at my published swing trade record, with a title on the post of Trading is Hard! Let’s revisit that concept, almost exactly a month later. The point of that post was that outcomes are “streakier” than we...
by AdamHGrimes | Aug 16, 2018 | Psychology
Trading is ugly. Many of us, when we first get into the business, have the idea that the market will eventually be an ATM machine—you can sit down at the screen, do some things, and money will come flowing out. In the very long run… yeah, it sorta works like that....
by AdamHGrimes | Apr 30, 2018 | Psychology
Many traders struggle with making impulsive trades. For some reason, we can create the best and most carefully crafted trading plan, review the patterns we intend to trade, and resolve ourselves to doing everything correctly—but then we discover that half the trades...
by AdamHGrimes | Apr 5, 2018 | Individual Traders, Psychology, Trader Development
I’ve been thinking a lot about failure recently, and I wanted to share a few of those thoughts with you today. It’s a little glib to simply say “failure isn’t bad” and “don’t be afraid of failure.” Failure is no fun, and, in some pursuits (skydiving?) failure can have...
by AdamHGrimes | Mar 20, 2018 | Psychology
I’ve had many discussions with traders in the last week in which I see a common theme: many people are very frustrated with this market. Many people feel very much out of sync with the swings, and I heard from more than one person “it’s like I’m doing everything at...
by AdamHGrimes | Mar 6, 2018 | Psychology
This is a followup to my recent blog post on strings of losses in trading systems. I ended that blog with a promise to consider how the probabilities affected our behavior, and I’ve been swamped with requests to write this post! This is a good topic, and one that...
