Putting the puzzle together: a miniseries on chartreading
My blog is well over 100,000 words, covering a range of trading related topics, and spanning more than a decade of writing. This is both good and bad. The good…
Multiple timeframe conflict
Looking at multiple timeframes of the same market (“multiple timeframe analysis”) is a common practice. There are many nuances to this approach, and many ways to use the information on…
The most important things
Sometimes, it’s hard to know where to start. When we look at charts or go to the market for trading ideas, thousands of pieces of information compete for our attention.…
Free bars: little patterns after big moves
Bands or channels are usually set up around some type of moving average. They define what is normal for a market, so excursions outside the bands are potentially interesting. There…
The power of an inside bar
Just a quick lesson here, but an important one. Take a look at the chart above. Was there anything that could have helped us predict the breakdown on that last…
A trade I usually skip. Time to rethink?
Today, I want to share some thoughts I’m having on a pattern I usually skip in my own trading. I’m wondering if maybe these are trades I should be taking……
What is the Dominant Technical Factor?
When I discuss a chart or market, I often talk about the “dominant technical factor.” This is a useful concept that can help anyone, regardless of your experience level, to…
Failure is NOT always an option
Patience is a critical skill in trading. But, like everything, balance matters. Being “too patient” is as bad as being impatient. How do we find the balance? One answer is…
Different markets are… different
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…
The Anti: a trading lesson from ROKU
Stepping in front of a strongly trending market is one of the best ways to lose money. But trends do end, and sometimes those endings can offer great trades. How…
Are the secrets of price action hidden in randomness?
This might be a more challenging blog post than most, but if you’re interested in really understanding price action I think it’s very important. Over the past several weeks I’ve…
Being right being wrong (and multiple timeframe analysis)
It’s great when all stars align and every signal tells you to do the same thing. That’s the idea behind multiple timeframe analysis (which, by the way, is a topic…
A shift in perspective
Sometimes we can take tools we know and look at them in new ways. Doing this can give a surprising new perspective on how markets move, and can often suggest…
How to get started in technical analysis
This is the third in my series of blog posts for beginning traders. One of the questions I see over and over is “how do I start learning technical analysis?”…
How to forecast future trading conditions in a market
In the first blog in this new series for beginning traders/technical analysts, I suggested that the first goal of chart analysis is to understand the most likely emerging volatility conditions.…
The most important goal of chart analysis
This is the first in a short series of posts in which we will look at the basic, fundamental elements of directional trading. This series will be written for beginning…
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