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    Read more about the article Putting the puzzle together: a miniseries on chartreading

    Putting the puzzle together: a miniseries on chartreading

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:04/01/2022
    • Post category:Technical Patterns/Trading tools

    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…

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    Read more about the article Multiple timeframe conflict

    Multiple timeframe conflict

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:01/14/2022
    • Post category:Technical Patterns

    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…

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    Read more about the article The most important things

    The most important things

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:01/05/2022
    • Post category:Individual Traders/Technical Patterns

    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.…

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    Read more about the article Free bars: little patterns after big moves

    Free bars: little patterns after big moves

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:02/26/2021
    • Post category:Climax/Technical Patterns/Trend Termination

    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…

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    Read more about the article The power of an inside bar

    The power of an inside bar

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:10/28/2020
    • Post category:Technical Patterns

    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…

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    Read more about the article A trade I usually skip. Time to rethink?

    A trade I usually skip. Time to rethink?

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:08/17/2020
    • Post category:Anti/Trader Development

    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……

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    Read more about the article What is the Dominant Technical Factor?

    What is the Dominant Technical Factor?

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:08/10/2020
    • Post category:Technical Patterns

    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…

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    Read more about the article Failure is NOT always an option

    Failure is NOT always an option

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:07/31/2020
    • Post category:Breakout/Technical Patterns

    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…

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    Read more about the article Different markets are… different

    Different markets are… different

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:07/27/2020
    • Post category:Psychology/Quantitative analysis/Technical Patterns

    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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    Read more about the article The Anti: a trading lesson from ROKU

    The Anti: a trading lesson from ROKU

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:09/23/2019
    • Post category:Anti

    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…

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    Are the secrets of price action hidden in randomness?

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:04/28/2019
    • Post category:Technical Patterns/Trader Development

    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…

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    Being right being wrong (and multiple timeframe analysis)

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:04/18/2019
    • Post category:Technical Patterns

    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…

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    A shift in perspective

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:03/04/2019
    • Post category:Technical Patterns

    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…

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    How to get started in technical analysis

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:01/28/2019
    • Post category:Individual Traders/Technical Patterns/Trader Development

    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?”…

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    How to forecast future trading conditions in a market

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:01/23/2019
    • Post category:Technical Patterns

    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.…

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    The most important goal of chart analysis

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:01/22/2019
    • Post category:Technical Patterns/Trader Development/Volatility

    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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