by AdamHGrimes | Nov 13, 2018 | Multiple timeframes, Pullback
FOMO (fear of missing out) is a killer in the markets. One of the surest ways to lose money is to miss a trade, get frustrated, and then bang into a bunch of bad trades trying to make up for your miss. These emotions lead to many mistakes. This is why we often advise...
by AdamHGrimes | Nov 7, 2018 | Breakout, Pullback, Trader Development
I firmly believe the best trading lessons come from the market… and the best of the best trading lessons come from your own work and trading. Let me share some recent trades we published for our MarketLife clients. Below, you’ll find every trade we...
by AdamHGrimes | Oct 29, 2018 | Pullback
Here’s a rambling, somewhat more personal blog post than most: Tom and I were going through some old trading documents last week when I stumbled across this pdf: the first writing for which I was ever paid, and the first piece I ever had in print–an...
by AdamHGrimes | Sep 24, 2018 | Breakout, Pullback
Take a look at the chart below. We were looking to enter a short in gold (or silver), based on the long downtrend, and then a bounce that was likely setting up to be a bear flag. We also knew that there was reason to be cautious and to expect the trade might fail:...
by AdamHGrimes | Sep 13, 2018 | Pullback, Trader Development
So many of us get into trading for action and excitement. (That was one of the things that drew me to trading, years ago.) But what it takes to be successful is often the exact opposite–the patience and willingness to do nothing at all, until the time is right....
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...
