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I teach people to make money in financial markets.

Different markets are… different

Different markets are… different

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:07/27/2020
  • Post category:Psychology / Quantitative analysis / Technical Patterns
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What is different and what stays the same? This is one of the key questions traders who trade on different timeframes or in different markets face. We often hear the…

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Here’s why you can’t win that argument on Facebook

Here’s why you can’t win that argument on Facebook

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:06/01/2020
  • Post category:Psychology
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Continuing from my last post, I want to explore how emotion influences our thinking and bias. Humans are not (purely) rational In my trading and investment work, one of the…

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Thinking about thinking: lessons from the coronavirus

Thinking about thinking: lessons from the coronavirus

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:05/26/2020
  • Post category:General Comments / Psychology
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It’s been a rough few months for all of us—everyone, all over the whole world. I want to share a few thoughts on the coronavirus epidemic, politics, and what this…

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What really moves markets?

What really moves markets?

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:03/11/2020
  • Post category:Psychology / Trader Development
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In the face of recent historic moves in stocks, crude oil, bonds, and many currencies, it is a good idea to step back and think about a fundamental question: what…

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Hello, regret, my old friend…

Hello, regret, my old friend…

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:03/04/2020
  • Post category:Psychology / Trader Development
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Trading can be emotional. The market often has volatile moves and it seems new highs or the end of the world are just around the corner. In this environment, it’s…

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Markets stress… trader stress

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:05/13/2019
  • Post category:General Comments / Psychology
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Here’s a bit of a stream of consciousness post in response to today’s (5/13) market movements. First, these types of moves are often called ‘risk off’ moves because we see…

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How to be more creative

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:03/05/2019
  • Post category:Psychology / Trader Development
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Creativity is, for me, right at the heart of our growth as humans. In this post, I’ll share some ideas for connecting with your own creativity and bringing the power…

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The law of small numbers: a mistake you’re probably making

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:02/27/2019
  • Post category:General Comments / Individual Traders / Psychology / Trader Development
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One of the very positive advances over the past decade is the amount of attention focused on cognitive biases. We are, through the work of some gifted authors and speakers,…

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The power of habit and momentum

The power of habit and momentum

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:01/14/2019
  • Post category:General Comments / Individual Traders / Psychology / Trader Development
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So, it's January 14th and I'm writing my first blog of the year. There's an important lesson here: habit, momentum, and daily rhythm are important. I have come to believe…

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Reader question: is anyone worried?

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:11/16/2018
  • Post category:Individual Traders / Psychology / Trader Development
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In a Facebook discussion group I run, Dan asked if anyone was worried about the market. In this own words: I know you guys are robots who play the tape,…

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Revisiting streaks

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:09/17/2018
  • Post category:Market Math / Psychology / Trader Development
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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…

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Trading is Hard

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:08/16/2018
  • Post category:Psychology
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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…

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Stop Making Impulse Trades: 5 Ways to Make Your Trading Better Today

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:04/30/2018
  • Post category:Psychology
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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…

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Use your failure

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:04/05/2018
  • Post category:Individual Traders / Psychology / Trader Development
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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…

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Are you out of sync with the market? Here’s what you can do about it…

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:03/20/2018
  • Post category:Psychology
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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…

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Thinking about Thinking: Probability and Psychology in the Markets

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:03/06/2018
  • Post category:Psychology
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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…

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