Chart Reading Isn’t About What’s Right. It’s About What Works
What’s the right way to read chart structure? That’s the wrong question. This post explains why context and utility matter more than correctness in trading charts.
Trading with Head and Heart: Balancing Strategy and Psychology
I received an email from a reader named Doug, about my recent blog post: “…I'm definitely a skeptic with the psychology portion of trading - but as a futures day-trader,…
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Reader Question: What is Momentum?
Here’s a good question from a reader, Said: “I know this is a very basic question, but what is momentum? I see people use it and I am not sure…
The right mindset: perspective from a newbie
In our Facebook group, Paul made this post: Hi all, I am a newbie and this post is directed at people like me and not the more experienced traders out…
Reader question: How do I measure liquidity?
A reader, Mohammad asks: I see you mentioning liquidity or a market being too thin to trade. I’m not sure what this means or how to measure liquidity. Please help.…
Reader question: how can it be random?
I received a good question from Gareth this morning: "Your book is one of my top sources in trading literature, though there are some ideas that I find it difficult…
What to do with missed profit targets?
A trader I work with, Glenn, sent me this note: Adam, I think this would be an excellent blog post because when it happens it is so frustrating. I got…
Reader question: what am I missing?
A reader, Denys, sent me a question this week: Dear Adam, . In short, i've been doing some trading for about a year and read dozens of different books and…
Reader question: what do I do when I miss the move?
Dimitar sent a question, and I bet he’s not the only trader who struggles with this: Hi Adam, I am part time private Trader. I read regularly your blog articles…
Reader question: what to do about missing trades?
I got a good question from a reader, Eric: Adam, can you please help me? I am going crazy because I feel I am missing the best and biggest trades.…
Reader question: Multiple timeframes?
Matt asks: Hi Adam, I have a question regarding trading timeframes. Do you have multiple trading timeframes or do you tend to trade one? For example, scanning the daily charts…
Reader question: How to handle exits?
Glenn comes back today with another good question. Here's his full, unedited question: Your many hats, your one job, the one and only thing that matters. For what it is…
Reader question: how active with exits?
Let's go to the mailbag for a question. Reader Anthony asks: I have a bit of an internal psychological dilemma going on at the moment. I place my stops usually…
Reader question: what’s wrong with Fibonacci?
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.…
Resources for learning Python
I received a good question in response to my previous post on starting to learn Python for finance. Here's Mark's question: Thanks again for all your work and all that…
Reader questions: order types and rules
Dave asks: "Can you talk a little about order types? Market, limit, and stop orders? Do you work your orders overnight? Do you ever cancel like a stop before it…