by AdamHGrimes | Mar 4, 2019 | 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 new places to look for edges. Here’s an example. I use Keltner Channels on all my charts, and have for nearly...
by AdamHGrimes | Jan 30, 2019 | Breakout
We’ve started a series of “quick hit” trade analysis on our MarketLife YouTube channel, done my my trading partner, Tom. These are all actual trades, with points of entry, trade selection, trade management, and exit discussed. We’ve gotten...
by AdamHGrimes | Jan 28, 2019 | 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?” Let’s talk about some of the pitfalls of the traditional paths, and how I think you might better get started....
by AdamHGrimes | Jan 25, 2019 | Pullback
Just a quick post here, under the heading of “simple things work.” Take a look at the chart of the USDCAD below. This is a picture perfect short setup, and there are several lessons we can take from it. The setup There are a few key components to the setup. We don’t...
by AdamHGrimes | Jan 23, 2019 | 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. In this blog, we’ll dig into that a little bit more, and talk about how we...
by AdamHGrimes | Jan 22, 2019 | 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 traders—for those taking their very first steps—but I can promise insight for more experienced...
