Reader question: what’s useful?
A reader, Mira, asks an interesting question: I've been going through your blog and podcast and have been surprised at some of the trading tools you don't use that everyone…
Reader question: what’s the most important thing?
Reader Mark asks a beginner's question that might not be such a beginner question after all: Hi Adam. This might seem like a silly beginner question, but what is the…
Reader question: how to backtest?
Reader Jas asked a question about backtesting: I was wondering if you'd be able to advise me on how to back test a strategy on some custom indicators. I'm aware…
Reader question: is VWAP useful?
I received a good question from Brent: I recently watched [a presentation someone else did] about VWAP and they seemed really convinced it was an effective indicator. I am curious…
How to deal with market uncertainty?
I received a good question from a reader, Jeremy, this morning: In you latest podcast (#26 - Taming the bear) you made the comment:".... participating in the market means fully…
Reader question: you can do it in your sleep?
I received a good question from Nick: In many of your writings as well as the most recent podcast, you have mentioned looking at charts prior to going to bed.…
Reader question: staying alive long enough to learn to trade
I received a lengthy question for a reader who has put in a lot of time learning to trade, and has not yet left the trading simulator. I thought his…
Reader question: Sentiment analysis?
Reader Tom asks: I have been reading your blog for a few weeks and I don't see any mention of sentiment. I also see you trade futures but you do…
Reader question: what’s the music?
I recently received a couple questions on the same topic: people asking where the bumper music I used for the videos for my (free) trading course comes from, with a…
Reader question: regrets in trading?
Reader Thomas asks: have you ever written about regrets in trading? They seem to dominate mine...missing an entry, not taking the exit, etc Good question, Thomas, and, no, this isn't…
Reader question: why do patterns work?
A really interesting discussion developed in the comments to this post on pullbacks. Since you're capable of clicking the link and reading the comments, I won't copy the whole discussion…
Reader question: Falling asleep in trance sessions?
I'll paraphrase a question I received from a reader on the trance portion of my trading course: When I do the trance recordings I get so relaxed that I sometimes…
Reader question: Cutting losses quickly or properly?
Reader Dan asks, in response to this post: Good article. A few questions/comments. Define "cut losses quickly?" If you are trading pullbacks and you set a stop loss that would…
Reader question: How do you calculate relative strength?
Trader-Socrates asks, in response to this post of relative strength leaders: What kind of RS do you use? What timeframe you mean by "short-term" RS? I am sure, that you…
Reader question: Volume?
Nathan asks: Does volume play any role in your analysis? Do you look at increased volatility in conjunction with increased volume? Also, since the spot FX market does not have…
Reader Question: Gaps and Context
Reader Shai suggests a clarification on my last post, specifically concerning the gap and the idea of slippage being a good sign for a trade: Like always great posts. Again,…