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I teach people to make money in financial markets.

The power of an inside bar

The power of an inside bar

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:10/28/2020
  • Post category:Technical Patterns
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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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How to Trade Support and Resistance Levels

How to Trade Support and Resistance Levels

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:10/16/2020
  • Post category:Support / Resistance
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This is a continuation of a recent blog post in which I introduced the MarketLife PowerLevels. These levels are predicted support and resistance with a robust quantitative edge, available on…

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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
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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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What is the Dominant Technical Factor?

What is the Dominant Technical Factor?

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:08/10/2020
  • Post category:Technical Patterns
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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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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
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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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Different markets are… different

Different markets are… different

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:07/27/2020
  • Post category:Psychology / Quantitative analysis / Technical Patterns
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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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This is how breakouts work: lessons from the S&P 500

This is how breakouts work: lessons from the S&P 500

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:07/20/2020
  • Post category:Breakout
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Just a brief blog post here to share some pattern lessons from the S&P 500. First, context matters, and that context is: Bullish because of the existing uptrend from the…

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Support and resistance… right now

Support and resistance… right now

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:01/13/2020
  • Post category:Support / Resistance
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Support and resistance is a controversial topic. Traders’ cognitive bias and random price motion conspire to play tricks on the mind. Many technical analysis books and gurus parrot conventional wisdom…

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Using highs and lows

Using highs and lows

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:10/09/2019
  • Post category:Intraday Trading / Support / Resistance
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How do we know how that market is doing on any day? If we turn on the news, we will hear something like “the Dow Jones is up 40 points…”,…

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Bear flags in cryptos

Bear flags in cryptos

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:10/02/2019
  • Post category:Pullback
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This morning, Tom says to me "Cryptos are looking like good shorts." He's right. Take a look at the daily chart of Bitcoin Cash: Recently broke below a channel with…

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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
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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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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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Nested bear flag: CHFJPY

Nested bear flag: CHFJPY

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:05/31/2019
  • Post category:Chart of the Day / Nested Pullback
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One of the nice things about swing trading is you can have resting orders, so your alert that a pattern has triggered is an order being filled. Here's a nice…

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Short setup in crude oil

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:05/28/2019
  • Post category:Chart of the Day / Pullback
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Here is a trade setup we published today as a MarketLife TradeLab, available to both MarketLife Premium and MarketLife Plus subscribers. We are also offering a lifetime 20% discount on…

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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
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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
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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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