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    Read more about the article Make the market be your teacher

    Make the market be your teacher

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:03/31/2023
    • Post category:Trader Development/Trading tools

    “Learn from the market. Let the market be your teacher.” This sounds like the path to true trading wisdom (and it is), but there’s an obvious question: how do we…

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    Read more about the article When you meet the Buddha on the road…

    When you meet the Buddha on the road…

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:03/28/2023
    • Post category:General Comments/Trader Development

    “While you are walking on the road, if you happen to meet the Buddha, you must kill him.” So reads one of the more enigmatic teachings in Zen Buddhism (attributed…

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    Read more about the article Return to day trading—a new series of blog posts

    Return to day trading—a new series of blog posts

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:03/25/2023
    • Post category:Psychology/Trader Development

    I’ve been doing some exciting and challenging work recently, and want to share some of it with you. A quick biographical sketch, for those of you who don’t know me:…

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    Read more about the article On shorting stocks

    On shorting stocks

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:10/10/2022
    • Post category:Psychology/Trader Development

    A few thoughts on shorting stock markets, which may prove to be especially relevant here, as we head into the end of 2022. Long-term stock bias One of the most…

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    Read more about the article The worst thing that a daytrader can do

    The worst thing that a daytrader can do

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:04/22/2022
    • Post category:General Comments/Psychology/Trader Development

    Yesterday, a trader I have worked with a bit over the years (let’s call him M) pinged me with this real-money equity curve: (For the record, that's a pretty good…

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    Read more about the article Being right and wrong at the same time

    Being right and wrong at the same time

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:12/05/2021
    • Post category:Psychology/Trader Development

    I’ve been thinking and writing a lot about uncertainty lately—and about making decisions with incomplete information. Over the past two years, we've all had to make decisions in an uncertain…

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    Read more about the article Life hacks and learning to trade

    Life hacks and learning to trade

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:08/23/2021
    • Post category:General Comments/Psychology/Trader Development

    One of the interesting developments of the past ten years is the gradual death of the “life hack” approach. This is a good thing. The reason this movement has died…

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    Read more about the article Are you asking the right questions?

    Are you asking the right questions?

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:07/30/2021
    • Post category:General Comments/Psychology/Trader Development

    I took part in an interesting exchange in a Facebook group last night, in which a trader was asking “should I buy puts or calls for the spy or qqq?”…

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    Read more about the article It’s Hard to Learn from the Market

    It’s Hard to Learn from the Market

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:03/27/2021
    • Post category:General Comments/Psychology/Trader Development

    How do we learn? For most things, a pretty simple plan works: do something and evaluate the results. Make some changes to what you do, and see how the results…

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    Read more about the article How to Get Started Trading? Answer #1: the Casual Approach

    How to Get Started Trading? Answer #1: the Casual Approach

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:09/02/2020
    • Post category:Trader Development

    I received a question from a reader, Cian, who asks: … My goal is to become a career trader. I am 30 years old and I am currently unemployed due…

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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 really moves markets?

    What really moves markets?

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:03/11/2020
    • Post category:Psychology/Trader Development

    In the face of recent historic moves in stocks, crude oil, bonds, and many currencies, it is a good idea to step back and think about a fundamental question: what…

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    Read more about the article Hello, regret, my old friend…

    Hello, regret, my old friend…

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:03/04/2020
    • Post category:Psychology/Trader Development

    Trading can be emotional. The market often has volatile moves and it seems new highs or the end of the world are just around the corner. In this environment, it’s…

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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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    How to be more creative

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:03/05/2019
    • Post category:Psychology/Trader Development

    Creativity is, for me, right at the heart of our growth as humans. In this post, I’ll share some ideas for connecting with your own creativity and bringing the power…

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    The law of small numbers: a mistake you’re probably making

    • Post author:AdamHGrimes
    • Post published:02/27/2019
    • Post category:General Comments/Individual Traders/Psychology/Trader Development

    One of the very positive advances over the past decade is the amount of attention focused on cognitive biases. We are, through the work of some gifted authors and speakers,…

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