by AdamHGrimes | Sep 4, 2018 | Climax, Pullback
A few lessons from a simple short trade in silver. First, a little bit of history. I’ve been trading gold fairly actively this year, and have published five trades in my published research. These trades were in gold, but, in every case, I considered whether silver was...
by AdamHGrimes | Apr 16, 2018 | Climax, Trading tools
A quick lesson on trendlines and what they can tell us about market dynamics. Take a look at a fairly long-term chart of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (below) with trendlines doing back to the low in early 2016. First, notice the light little trendline that ends in...
by AdamHGrimes | Dec 1, 2016 | Anti, Climax, Failure Test, Pullback, Technical Patterns, Trend Termination
Recent action in copper futures gives us some market lessons. These can be adapted to other markets and timeframes (so if you just trade stocks or currencies, don’t skip over this because it’s a futures market!) I’ll try to keep this as short as possible, but there...
by AdamHGrimes | Jul 7, 2015 | Climax, Podcast
This podcast episode looks at trading around market extremes, Acts of God, and very large market moves. From market history, some examples might be 9/11, 1987, Fukushima, Katrina, etc. Today, Greece has the potential to lead to these types of moves and extremes....
by AdamHGrimes | Mar 16, 2015 | Climax, Trading tools
The US Dollar is in a trend of historic proportions; the strength and rapidity of its advance has shocked many other currencies as they scramble to adapt to the new US Dollar. This creates an environment with considerable risks, but also brings some opportunity for...
by AdamHGrimes | Mar 10, 2015 | Breakout, Climax, Failure Test, Pullback, Volatility
We can simplify many of the problems of technical or tactical trading to one question: assume that a market just made a large move. Do we want to fade (go against) that move, looking for reversal, or do we want to take a position with that move, looking for...
