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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
  • Post comments:0 Comments

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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What are the odds? What market stats can and can’t tell us…

What are the odds? What market stats can and can’t tell us…

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:06/04/2019
  • Post category:Quantitative analysis / Support / Resistance / Trend Termination
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I want to share the results of a quick statistical study I did today, and also share a few thoughts about using stats, in general, to shape our trading decisions.…

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What we learned about price levels

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:05/24/2019
  • Post category:Intraday Trading / Quantitative analysis / Support / Resistance
  • Post comments:0 Comments

This is part 2 of a two part blog. Read the first part here. Quick summary: to test the validity of price levels in markets, we created a test in…

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When is a human better than a machine? Using human discretion in quantitative testing.

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:05/22/2019
  • Post category:Quantitative analysis / Support / Resistance
  • Post comments:0 Comments

First, thank you to each of you who participated in the experiment/quiz. We have stopped collecting data, but you can re-take the quiz and see which answers were right or…

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Roll em! How to calculate futures rolls (and why you care)

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:02/10/2017
  • Post category:Market Math / Quantitative analysis
  • Post comments:7 Comments

This post will be a bit more technical than most, but it’s an important subject to understand. Today, let’s talk about rolling and back-adjusting futures prices: why we did it.…

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Reader question: what’s wrong with Fibonacci?

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:03/23/2016
  • Post category:General Comments / Quantitative analysis / Readers Questions
  • Post comments:31 Comments

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.…

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No, it’s not all the same.

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:02/22/2016
  • Post category:Breakout / Quantitative analysis
  • Post comments:11 Comments

In my last post, I showed a quick test of a simple system applied to the futures markets. The point of that post was to show how a simple quantitative…

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Testing a trend-following approach in futures

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:02/17/2016
  • Post category:Breakout / Quantitative analysis
  • Post comments:5 Comments

In this post, we'll take a look at a common trend-following trading idea: channel breakouts (also called Donchian channels). I want to share with you a way of looking at…

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Getting your hands dirty: tools for understanding the market

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:02/11/2016
  • Post category:Quantitative analysis
  • Post comments:6 Comments

Continuing on the theme of my last post, I want to take some time to dig into the options you have when you think about doing your own testing and…

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Quantitative analysis: what it is and why you need to do it

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:01/28/2016
  • Post category:Quantitative analysis
  • Post comments:4 Comments

I think most traders and investors understand that we live in a world in which markets are becoming ever more competitive. To make money in those markets, you must have…

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